Less than an hour and a half west of Santo Domingo, Azua has many beaches. Now the Ministry of Tourism, Presidente, Barcelo and Pepsi are sponsoring a series of Latin music concerts on the 2km-long Monte Rio Beach featuring El Poeta Callejero, Kinito Mendez, Melymel, Grupo Diamante, Silvio Mora, Mozart la Para, La Grena, Kelly Banda and Yiyo Sarante. The concerts are scheduled for every last Sunday of the month from July to September. Jessica Mordechay says the initiative is part of several events that are being organized by the youth organization Atrevete por Azua y para Azua (Dare for the Sake of Azua and for Azua) with the backing of the Ministry of Tourism.
The first concert will be on Sunday, 27 July with El Poeta Callejero, Kinito Mendez and Grupo Diamante. The second is scheduled for Sunday 31 August with Mozart La Para, Ala Jaza and Kelly Banda.
A third concert will take place on Sunday, 28 September with Melymel, Yiyo Sarante, and La Grena y su Super Banda.
The Dare for the Sake of Azua and for Azua group is a civic-social movement made up of people who were born in Azua or who care for Azua and who seek to make contributions to development through solutions for specific problems affecting the community.
For more on ongoing and upcoming events, see http://www.dr1.com/calendar