Drum Circle with Spy Boy Walter at 419 Decatur St

New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park

and

Jean Lafitte National Historical Park & Preserve

 present a

Drum Circle

led by

Spy Boy Walter

 Saturdays at 10:30 am

At the National Park Service French Quarter visitor center

419 Decatur Street, New Orleans, LA

Join our interactive and open to all ages program that features

African drumming and dance! (All levels welcome.)

Join us for an interractive drum & dance circle as we honor those who came before us. Play drums and learn about our cultural history and the legacy of Congo Square in New Orleans. This drum circle is open to all ages. No experience required.

Spy Boy Walter Sandifer III of the Beautiful Creole Apache is a second-generation Masking Indian born into the Creole Wild West tribe in 1996. His father, Walter Sandifer Jr., also known as Big Chief Beautiful, masked as a Spy Boy for the Creole Wild West for over 20 years and introduced Walter to the sewing techniques when he was 11 years old. He has been turning heads and dropping jaws with his unique art sense and singing skills ever since. Spy Boy Walter has performed onstage at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival numerous times, holds beading classes for youth, and teaches Masking drumming rhythms in local schools to preserve the unique culture and tradition of New Orleans, Louisiana. He is a young entrepreneur, a family man, and the owner and operator of Tribal Pro Moving.

Fees

Free and open to the public

Location

At the National Park Service French Quarter visitor center - 419 Decatur St, New Orleans, LA 70130

Latitude and Longitude 29.954823, -90.064786

Schedule

10:30 to 11:30 am Central Time

Event Type

• Cultural/Craft Demonstration
• Performance
• Talk