 Nationally acclaimed author, instructor, and performer in Middle Eastern Percussion. |
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| Birthday
Concert - August 14, 2005 Bella Donna Center, Berkeley, CA - Presented By Mary Ellen Donald |
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 Mary Ellen Donald - Voice and Middle Eastern Percussion |
 Larry Hancock - Drums |
 MB Hanif- Soprano and Alto Saxophones |
 Kash Killion- Bass and Sarangi |
 Reyna Alcala- Belly Dance |
 Reyna Alcala- Dancing with Veils |
| Sound
provided by Lou Judson – Intuitive
Audio Video by Smiles Productions |
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| Unfortunately, we have no still shots of the following musicians; but want you to know they are marvelous and you can see them on the videos listed below. | |
| Dee Spencer- Piano | Kenny Kearney- Guitar Introduction |
| The following links are video files of our concert. They are Quicktime Movies, so you will need the Quicktime Player. It is available for free for Windows here. These are large media files - anywhere from 6 to 17 megabytes. If you do not have a broadband connection to the internet, such as Cable or DSL, we recommend that you right click and "save target as", thereby saving the file to your own computer, which allows you to watch it from your desktop. Have fun! | |
| Belly Dancing by Reyna Alcala | 17.3 Megabytes |
| More Belly Dancing by Reyna Alcala | 16.6 Megabytes |
| Caravan | by Duke
Ellington and Irving Mills, Mary Ellen Donald on Cymbals 9.3 Megabytes |
| Caravan - Part Two | 12.2 Megabytes |
| Equinox | by John
Coltrane 10 Megabytes |
| Estate | by Bruno
Martino and Brighetti 8 Megabytes |
| Hallelulia Hamdil Elah | by Mary
Ellen Donald 6.6 Megabytes |
| Homage | MB Hanif
with Mary Ellen Donald on tambourine 17.6 Megabytes |
| I Only Have Eyes For You | by Harry
Warren and Al Dubin 5.4 Megabytes |
| Love | A Poem
From "The Prophet" by Khalil Gibran Arranged by Mary Ellen Donald 13.8 Megabytes |
| Love - Part Two | 16.0 Megabytes |
| Midnight Sun | by Lionel
Hampton, Sonny Burke, Johnny Mercer 8.2 Megabytes |
| Naima | by John
Coltrane Lyrics by Mary Ellen Donald 5.6 Megabytes |
| A Night In Tunisia | by Dizzy Gillespie - 14.0 Megabytes |
| Pannonica | by Thelonious
Monk and Jon Hendricks 11.7 Megabytes |
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