If you are in Santo Domingo for 12 December, be sure not to miss the concert of the decade, a benefit. The Sammy Sosa Foundation, the 4-40 Foundation (Juan Luis Guerra), the Gloria Estefan Foundation, and the Foundation of Young Latin American Artists have joined efforts to present a mega concert at Altos de Chavón in La Romana. The event will mark the reopening of the La Romana artists’ village, adjacent to Casa de Campo, one of the resorts that suffered most damages during the passing of Hurricane Georges. Casa de Campo is closed for repairs and has a 20 December reopening date. Gloria and Emilio Estefan, Juan Luis Guerra, Jon Secada, Shakira, Angela Carrasco, Carlos Vives and Carlos Ponce, accompanied by a National Symphony Orchestra directed by Maestro José Antonio Molina. The funds generated by the concert will be used to build three medical dispensaries and a school. The Ministry of Public Health, the Ministry of Education and the Instituto Nacional de la Vivienda (INVI) will be building the dispensaries and the school. The buildings will be ready by 12 December so that the visiting artists can personally inaugurate them. The group will also make a donation of US$25,000 in musical instruments to the Foundation of Young Latin American Artists, presided over by José Antonio Molina. Producer George Nader said that each of the performers will sing two or three songs and will be performing gratis. The show will be transmitted live by Televisión Dominicana (Channel 4) and by Mango TV. He said tickets will cost RD$600 per person. Tours are being organized from Puerto Rico, New York and Miami as well as from all around the country.
