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| The Excellencies
Group’s Travel Division is taking issue 61 of the Caribbean
Tourist Excellencies magazine to launch a new section, “Festivals
in Sights,” aimed at promoting upcoming festivals and fairs
scheduled for both Cuba and the Caribbean. For further and more
updated information about travel packages and registration fees
related to these events, send an email to festival@excelenciastravel.com.
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Tenth International Fair Cubadisco 2006
May 21 to 28, Havana
Music and Dancing in the Caribbean Culture
This is indeed a special occasion to take a look at Cuba’s finest
music, to enjoy presentations staged by the best Cuban musicians,
sign up for an interesting colloquium, share experiences with outstanding
dance and show companies, hold meetings among collectors and experts
from the recording industry, and cut deals among entrepreneurs linked
to the music industry.
The fair’s program includes the opening ceremony on May 21,
the welcome reception on the 22nd, a colloquium entitled Music and
Dancing: Two Supreme Arts of Cuba’s Cultural Heritage from May
22 to 25, the Cuba-China Cultural Gala on the 24th, the Tradeshow
from May 24 to 28, and the closing ceremony on the 28th, this time
around setting the stage to pay tribute to Alicia Alonso. The weeklong
celebration will also include artistic performances, workshops on
dancing and music, film and video presentations, concerts and pop
music shows.
Fifteen Heineken Jazz Festival in Puerto Rico
June 1 to 4, San Juan
Over the past 15 years, this festival has turned out to be one of
the Caribbean’s top jazz events, featuring some of the best
performers on the face of the earth. The Tito Puentes Amphitheater,
the festival’s venue, will spare four nights of concerts and
presentations in which Latino Jazz and its many local shades will
be stealing the limelight. Famous musicians will delight the audience
with their scatting skills, especially a new breed of jazzmen that
will certainly cash in on this opportunity to put on a good show in
the world scenario.
Twentieth International Golden
Boleros Festival
June 22 to 25, Havana (*)
Dedicated to great bolero crooners and UNEAC’s 45th anniversary
Penciled in as one of the world’s most prestigious and important
popular musical events, this is no doubt a fine meeting ground for
sharing experiences and knowledge, as well as for listening to top
performers from everywhere under the sun. Both seasoned and young
singers will share the spotlight in theaters and nightclubs around
Havana. A festival devoted to Cuban and universal music full of feelings
for the lovers of romantic music.
Emotion-packed shows at the Mella, America, National and Karl Marx
theaters, as well as the halls of Dos Gardenias and El Gato Tuerto.
The patio of the Huron Azul House at the UNEAC’s headquarters
will feature nightly jam sessions. Cuban artists like Cesar Portillo
de la Luz, Marta Valdes, Omara Portuondo, Beatriz Marquez, Manolo
del Valle, Rolo Martinez, Raquel Hernandez, Pedrito Calvo, Lourdes
Torres and Hector Tellez have scheduled presentations.
Other major attractions will be the nonstop performance of a group
of bolero singers that intend to set a new world record, plus a contest
and a cuisine exhibition related to boleros.
(*) There’ll be other venues for the festival, like Villa Clara
and Cienfuegos from June 8 to 11; Santiago de Cuba, Camaguey and Holguin
from June 15 to 18; Guantanamo, Moron and Pinar del Rio from June
29 to July 2.
26th Caribbean Festival (The Fire Party)
July 3 to 9, Santiago de Cuba
Dedicated to the Caricom’s member states
Top figures of singing and dancing, scholars and fine artists from
the Caribbean nations and other parts of the world, as well as over
a hundred artistic groups from across Cuba will invade parks, theaters
and squares of Santiago de Cuba to send a passionate cultural and
folkloric message. In the face of so many pop artists and thinkers,
the people of Santiago de Cuba are going to roll out their endless
hospitality that will also reach out to those traveling to the city
to take a firsthand look at the event.
Within the framework of the festival, attendants will take part in
the Caribbean Binds Us Colloquium, targeting topics linked to the
history and culture of the Caribbean nations, regional integration,
cultural identity and artistic creation.
35th Fort
de France Festival
July, stretching for two weeks
Presentations of the performing arts, dancing and music at the Grand
Carbet in Parc Floral, and the Fort de France Municipal Theater. This
event comes around every year organized by the Service Municipal d’
Action Culturelle (Sermac).
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