Wilfrido Vargas and his merengue orchestra are scheduled to be the stars of the Pan Am Games closing ceremony. Santo Domingo will host the Pan Am Games in 2003, and Wilfrido Vargas’ performance will serve as a taste of what visitors to the Santo Domingo games can expect. During his performance he will perform a medley with five of his best merengues of all times. Dominicans will be able to watch Wilfrido Vargas in Winnipeg on Sunday, 8 August. Color Visión (Channel 9) will be transmitting live on the Gordo de la Semana program from 5 to 6 pm. Wilfrido Vargas, who is celebrating his 25 years as a merengue star, is one of the greatest merengue musicians of all times. He is credited with being one of the first Dominican musicians to win international recognition and to travel extensively abroad. That same evening, from 9:30 to 10 pm, also on Channel 9, viewers in Santo Domingo may also watch the ceremony during which the Mayor of Winnipeg hands Mayor Johnny Ventura of Santo Domingo the Pan Am Games flag.
