(Prensa Latina - Cumbancha) Havana, Cuba - The Cuban Union of Writers and Artists (UNEAC) invites dancers, bands and researchers to participate in the First International Havana Danzón Festival to take place March 25 through 28. The festival is aimed to spread Danzón among the youth. The widely enjoyed rhythm is considered Cuba’s National Dance.
A colloquium on it is scheduled to take place from March 25 to 27 at the Riviera Hotel and a mass party at the La Tropical’s Salon Rosado, on March 26 and 27. Emblematic groups such as the Orquesta Aragón, Estrellas Cubanas, Siglo XX, Enrique Jorrin’s, America and Hermanos Izquierdo’s orchestras and the Charanga All Stars will perform in two deluxe shows March 27 and 28 at the America Theater, in the municipality of Central Havana.
[Photo of Orquesta Aragón].
World Music Central
http://www.worldmusiccentral.org/article.php/2004012519141890