III Music Fiesta 2010
The III Music Fiesta 2010, organized by the Alliance Francaise in Santo Domingo, is being held from Saturday, 19 June from 6pm to 12 midnight throughout the Colonial City, continuing through 21 June. The events are sponsored by Santo Domingo Municipality, the Ministry of Tourism and the Ministry of Culture. Performances including jazz, hip hop, rock, classical, reggaeton and folk music can be seen at Casa de Teatro, Teatro Guloya, the Tourism Cluster of Santo Domingo, Fundacion Taller Publico Silvano Lora, Teatro Las Mascaras, Fundacion Juan Mayi, Brazilian Culture Center, the Spanish Culture Center, the Nicolas de Ovando and Mercure Accor Group hotels, and the Dominican-French Chamber of Commerce.
Freddy Ginebra, who heads the organizing committee of events for Santo Domingo, American Capital of Culture says that events are also taking place simultaneously at six parks in the Colonial City: Duarte, Colon, San Jose, Plaza de Espana, El Conde and Fray Bartolomeo.
Santiago is also participating in the French cultural event, Music Fiesta 2010 with performances at Duarte Park on 6pm, with Grupo Tipipalo, the VideoCafe at Centro Leon, and on Monday at the Bar Moises Souahin of GTC.
Alliance Francaise director Jean Solito said that the event was aimed at promoting music in two ways: first, by encouraging amateur musicians to voluntarily play their music on the street. And second, to organize free concerts so the general public can appreciate a range of musical styles.
This is part of an international event being celebrated in 310 cities in 120 countries to mark the start of summer.
Groups taking part this year are Stevy Mahy (fusion ballads), the ensemble of the National Conservatory of Music, Folklorists Glaem Parls and his Group, the Ministry of Tourism folkloric dance troupe, palos groups from Villa Mella, the National Music Conservatory choir, rock groups La Tripulacion, Malapaz, Blackout, Zigzag, De Hierro, Astronautas Clandestinos, Nordic, Second Thought, Sister Madness, Alvin and Guntel playing rap, Mamboferoz and Aumbata in fusion, songwriters Victor Victor, Frank Valdes, Irma Carias, Vicente Cifuentes, Annia Paz and Milton Felix Trio playing jazz, Maximo Perez playing classical music and Yiod Band representing Latin fusion music, Nameless Absolution: Metal, Crescendo for R and B, pop, Samuel Breuil for Raggamuffin and Ulipo performing ballads.
Alliance Fran?aise de Saint-Domingue
