the school reported that "[attendance] during the first semester of the new format was more than 95 percent, and the instructor tallied a 98 percent on-time submission rate for assignments. When registration for the second semester began, both 15-student sections filled up in a day and a half, and several students reached out to Rege asking to get on the waitlist." In a 2018 interview with Delaware Online, Paco described his mindset before each show:I like to give people good energy through the drums and my African culture. Always, before a performance, I say to myself that I want to give the audience love and make them happy.In 2022, Paco taught "West African rhythms via hands-on bucket drumming" during The Grand Opera House's Summer in the Parks series in Wilmington, Delaware. Throughout February 2023, the Oxford Arts Alliance collaborated with Paco to lead a "drumming masterclass" as well as performing as part of an ongoing exhibit series in Oxford, Pennsylvania. As of 2023, Paco lives in Wilmington, Delaware. References Griots Senegalese musicians Senegalese drummers Senegalese-American history Wolof-language singers Wolof people American people of Senegalese descent 1976 births Living people