Phillips Ave. Elem. School
     141 Phillips Avenue
     Flanders, NY 11901
     Principal Thomas Payton
            631.369.6787
     

          Black History Month at Philliips


 
   
   
   
 
                       The Phillips Avenue School celebrated Black History Month with
                       a special celebration, several learning events and a concert entitled
                       the "Vision of African Music" by Edwina Lee Tyler.
 
   

 


Edwina Lee Tyler, an internationally famous musician and educator, shared her "Vision of African Music" with the students at Phillips. Ms. Tyler, wearing a traditional dress from Senegal, demonstrated each of four percussion instruments: a Senegalese drum called a djembe, a shekere, a kalimba and a marimba. The teachers and children got into the act with Ms. Tyler by responding to her drums and her spirit with enthusiasm.

Pictures: Teachers dance at Edwina Lee Tyler Concert (left)
(Top) Black History Celebration

 
 
  The event was one of many in celebration of Black History Month.