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# Jamming with java
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/jamming-with-java/
- Published: 2004-05-22T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T04:22:43.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Education, Promenade, #archive-import

*By Daily Press staff*

Challenge yourself today to a conga while sipping an ice-blended drink. The Coffee Bean Conga Challenge will encourage people to do the conga in the name of charity. There will be a large conga line formed in front of the Third Street Promenade coffee shop, and for each person that participates, The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf will donate the price of an Ice Blended beverage to P.S. ARTS, a non-profit organization dedicated to restoring the arts in public schools.

There also will be a special performance by the “Hot Marimbas,” a group of youngsters that play Latin percussion instruments from P.S. ARTS. Conga participants also can sample the new summer drinks from The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf — Piña Colada Ice Blended, Dulce de Leche Ice Blended and eXtreme Caramba Ice Blended.

The event will be held from noon to 2 p.m. P.S. ARTS is dedicated to restoring art education programs to public schools by providing comprehensive, skills-based, sequential classes in dance, drama, music and visual arts to children attending Title I schools in California. The organization also offers workshops to classroom teachers that are designed to inspire and instruct teachers how to integrate creative expression and the arts into core curriculum.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on May 22, 2004.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/052204.pdf?ref=smdp.com)