{"id":191279,"date":"2022-12-19T07:53:26","date_gmt":"2022-12-19T11:53:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/?p=191279"},"modified":"2022-12-19T09:09:59","modified_gmt":"2022-12-19T13:09:59","slug":"chencha-santo-domingo-east-gets-new-recreational-area","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2022\/12\/19\/chencha-santo-domingo-east-gets-new-recreational-area\/","title":{"rendered":"Chencha: Santo Domingo East gets new recreational area"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img src=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Chencha-SD-Este-El-Dia-1024x680.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-191344\" width=\"600\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Santo Domingo East Mayor Manuel Jim\u00e9nez proudly inaugurated last week the entertainment public space, \u201cChencha.\u201d The venue is located under the Mat\u00edas Ram\u00f3n Mella Bridge (La Bicicleta), in front of the Ozama River, in the Villa Duarte sector, in eastern Santo Domingo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A Santo Domingo East municipality press release describes the new public place as a cultural center with parking area, restrooms, permanent security, lighting, sound system, dance platform, fixed stage, ramps for the disabled, landscaping, food and beverage outlets, and a privileged view of the sunsets on the Ozama River delta, in front of the floating bridge and the Colonial City.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The new public space is dedicated to Inocencia Paredes (Chencha) and Jos\u00e9 Mar\u00eda Guerrero (Bony\u00e9) known as the most emblematic son dance couple since 1986. They regularly danced son at the Club Nacional de Soneros, the main place to dance and listen to the tropical rhythm in the country. They took their dance to international stages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Merengue singer Cuco Valoy and Grupo Bony\u00e9 delighted those attending the inauguration of the Chencha public space with the first live concert of many to follow. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the opening ceremony, Mayor Manuel Jimenez said that Chencha is part of his project to enhance the quality of living in Santo Domingo East for families and friends.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img src=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Centro-Cultural-de-Danza-Popular-CHENCHA-Z101-Digital-1024x585.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-191350\" width=\"600\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The area is marked by colorful murals depicting emblematic local artists, such as Los Hermanos Rosario, Cuco Valoy, Miriam Cruz, Sexapil, Raul\u00edn Rosendo, the late Luisito Mart\u00ed, the director and creator of the Music Academy, Alicia P\u00e9rez de Tamares (Iris Del Valle).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The facility will also be used for the development of the Musical Band System that the City Council is implementing with the support of the AES Dominicana Foundation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During the ceremony, Jim\u00e9nez also presented a recognition to Cuco Valoy and Chencha, for their outstanding support to art and culture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The inaugural ended with a fireworks show and the performance of Cuco Valoy, who kept the audience dancing through the night. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read more in Spanish:<br><a href=\"https:\/\/eldia.com.do\/alcaldia-de-sde-inaugura-chencha-espacio-abierto\/\">El Dia <\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.diariolibre.com\/revista\/cultura\/2022\/12\/16\/el-nuevo-espacio-cultural-de-santo-domingo-este\/2172290\">Diario Libre <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>19 December 2022<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Santo Domingo East Mayor Manuel Jim\u00e9nez proudly inaugurated last week the entertainment public space, \u201cChencha.\u201d The venue is located under the Mat\u00edas Ram\u00f3n Mella Bridge (La Bicicleta), in front of the Ozama River, in the Villa Duarte sector, in eastern Santo Domingo. A Santo Domingo East municipality press release describes the new public place as &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2022\/12\/19\/chencha-santo-domingo-east-gets-new-recreational-area\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read more\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[293,3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191279"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=191279"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191279\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":191352,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191279\/revisions\/191352"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=191279"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=191279"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=191279"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}