9 best gallagher volume 1

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1619. The British colony of Jamestown, Virginia is shaken up when the first women in 12 years land in this breathtaking wilderness. While love triangles, bitter rivalries, and fierce competition cause conflict for the residents and the native inhabitants, the Pamunkey, they are bound together by their resolute will to survive and thrive in their new lives. Broadcast Rating is TV-14.

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Jamestown, Seasons 1 & 2

Description: 1619. The British colony of Jamestown, Virginia is shaken up when the first women in 12 years land in this breathtaking wilderness. While love triangles, bitter rivalries, and fierce competition cause conflict for the residents and the native inhabitants, the Pamunkey, they are bound together by their resolute will to survive and thrive in their new lives.

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Kabiosile respectfully offers high-quality digital videos, in DVD format, of public religious ceremonies in Matanzas, Cuba. Our goal is to capture and share the beauty and power of these ceremonies and to aid in the cross-cultural understanding of our religious traditions.

"Vamos al Tambor: Presentations in Matanzas, Cuba" is a DVD of approximately 1.5 hours in length. It includes two separate Lucumi Santeria presentations, both of which were recorded live at the home of Alfredo Calvo in Matanzas. "Three Changos" is the presentation of three new initiates or priests to the sacred drums, known as Aña. It documents the traditional Matanzas style of presentation to the drums: the "kings" or "queens" are dressed in luxurious garments in the colors of their Orishas, and a complete sequence of praise songs is played and sung (as opposed to the cursory Havana style presentation in which only the initiate’s crowning Orisha is played to). The three Iyawos in this presentation (two men and a woman) were all "born" on the same day from the same Padrino’s Chango. Alfredo Calvo is akpon (lead singer) and calls the Orishas down to Earth in his inimitable style (just the part where he sings to Chango is worth the price of the DVD). He is accompanied by three of his finest drummers and members of the Santeria community of Matanzas.

"Aña" is the presentation of newly consecrated sacred drums to the community. Alfredo Calvo and his son Alberto are akpons and Toribio García, one of the hottest young drummers in Matanzas today, plays Iya (the "mother" drum). Watching Toribio play drum-to-drum with the newly born Iya as he transfers the spirit of Aña is simply amazing. The presentation of new Aña drums is a rare event in Cuba, no less in the US, as very few sets of sacred drums are consecrated anywhere.

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"Vamos al Tambor" beautifully captures two Matanzas Lucumí events never before documented....Spirits and emotions are high,...the drumming dramatic. -- David Brown, FolkCuba.com



Wonderful DVD….A very rare glimpse into the private religious practices of Santeria in Matanzas....Done with great respect. Highly recommended. -- Bruce Polin, Descarga.com

About the Actor

Alfredo Calvo is the lead singer on both "Three Changos" and "Aña." He is the last surviving godchild of Ferminita Gomez, a famous Yoruba ex-slave who founded one of the most important branches of the Afro-Cuban religion popularly known as Santeria. Calvo, who just turned 73, was crowned a priest of Agayu (Yoruba deity of the volcano) by Ferminita when he was 12 and she was 102. It was foretold during his initiation that he would be the person to carry on the traditions of her house—and that he certainly has done. Hundreds of godchildren and many sets of Aña have been born in his house (including the first set of Aña ever brought to the United States, by Francisco Aguabella), and he has taught dozens of drummers, singers, and priests of the religion.

Alberto Calvo, lead singer on "Aña," is Alfredo's son and a strong Santero, Palero, drummer and singer in his own right. He is a priest of Ogun, the Yoruba warrior deity of iron and all things technological.

Christina Gallagher, the director, is a priest of Obatala (Yoruba deity of the mountains, white cloth, and the head) and wife of Alberto Calvo. She is also the founder of Kabiosile, the label that produced this DVD and the CD "Bata y Bembe de Matanzas I: la presentación de un Iyawo of Chango" (which also features Alfredo Calvo as lead singer and Alberto Calvo as lead bata drummer). She lives and works with her husband and father-in-law in Matanzas, Cuba.

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Experience all the foible-bashing, watermelon-smashing hilarity of Gallagher at his very best in this unforgettable performance. Routines include Mad as Hell and Two Real.

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From strange props and random weirdness to outrageous social commentary and food-splattering finales, Gallaghre remains one of the wildest comedic minds of our time. Routines include The Maddest and Stuck in the 60s.