The Instituto de Estudios Caribenos (INEC) carried out a cultural survey in 22 provinces and Santo Domingo, on occasion of the celebration at the Centro Leon in Santiago of the International Music, Identity and Culture in the Caribbean Congress. Among the findings is that merengue is still king amongst Dominicans, despite the boom in popularity of bachata groups abroad. 57% of those polled feel that the merengue is the preferred music and the one with which they identify the most. According to the survey, Juan Luis Guerra is the most popular merengue representative performer with 38%, followed by Johnny Ventura with 20%, Fernando Villalona with 15.4%, Milly Quezada 9.4% and Joseito Mateo with 5.6%. These are all old-timers, which may mean Dominicans do not think much of the new generation of merengue band leaders. For information on events scheduled for the Congress, see http://www.centroleon.org.do