Music Magic Time
Early childhood music and movement class
April 6th - June 20th
Monday-Friday at 10-10:45 AM CT
Age: 18 months- 4 years
Free for the month of April
Music Magic Time offers an exciting and engaging musical
treat that encompasses a broad range of styles and party
experiences including:
• Fun call and response chants
• Interactive instruments
• Partici-Party dance lines
• Group dance competitions
• Reggae, Rock & Roll, House music
• Soul-awakening drum beats
• Ceremonial tributes for loved ones
• Musical games
• Blindfold dancing to trance music, and more
Coffy and Yakini create an unforgettable musical escape that
allows event-goers to stop and enjoy the present moment with
captivating rhythms.
Early childhood music and movement class
April 6th - June 20th
Monday-Friday at 10-10:45 AM CT
Age: 18 months- 4 years
Free for the month of April
Music Magic Time offers an exciting and engaging musical
treat that encompasses a broad range of styles and party
experiences including:
• Fun call and response chants
• Interactive instruments
• Partici-Party dance lines
• Group dance competitions
• Reggae, Rock & Roll, House music
• Soul-awakening drum beats
• Ceremonial tributes for loved ones
• Musical games
• Blindfold dancing to trance music, and more
Coffy and Yakini create an unforgettable musical escape that
allows event-goers to stop and enjoy the present moment with
captivating rhythms.
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Jean-Paul Coffy and Yakini Coffy
Jean-Paul Coffy, a.k.a.“Coffy”, was born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti and came to live in Chicago in September 2001. Coffy has been the lead teacher at La Grande Famille for more than a decade. Coffy received his degree from the Academy of Music in Haiti and early childhood degree in the Waldorf education system. Prior to his teaching career, Coffy traveled the world as the lead musician for a folklore band “Boukman Eksperyans”. He speaks English, French, Haitian Creole, and the universal language of music!
Yakini Ajanaku-Coffy was born in Chicago, and studied business management at Spelman College in Atlanta. She worked at the Haitian consulate in Chicago when she met Coffy during one of his musical tours. After living in Haiti for a few years, they returned to Chicago. With two young kids at home (Ade and Akin), Yakini decided to quit her corporate career and pursue a path that would keep her closer to home and allow her to spend more time with her family. That’s when they started La Grande Famille (with Yakini’s mother). She handles all administrative matters, and helps Coffy with the implementation of the curriculum. She loves singing, planning and preparing the meals for the children, and strongly believes that at the heart of care-taking is “creating for our children an extension of their homes along with an exciting educational component.”
Yakini Ajanaku-Coffy was born in Chicago, and studied business management at Spelman College in Atlanta. She worked at the Haitian consulate in Chicago when she met Coffy during one of his musical tours. After living in Haiti for a few years, they returned to Chicago. With two young kids at home (Ade and Akin), Yakini decided to quit her corporate career and pursue a path that would keep her closer to home and allow her to spend more time with her family. That’s when they started La Grande Famille (with Yakini’s mother). She handles all administrative matters, and helps Coffy with the implementation of the curriculum. She loves singing, planning and preparing the meals for the children, and strongly believes that at the heart of care-taking is “creating for our children an extension of their homes along with an exciting educational component.”