{"id":46787,"date":"1999-12-15T01:43:56","date_gmt":"1999-12-15T01:43:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dr1.com\/new\/pages\/christmas-in-the-colonial-city-11\/"},"modified":"1999-12-15T01:43:56","modified_gmt":"1999-12-15T01:43:56","slug":"christmas-in-the-colonial-city-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/1999\/12\/15\/christmas-in-the-colonial-city-11\/","title":{"rendered":"Christmas in the Colonial City"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&quot;Navidad 99&quot; is the celebration of Christmas organized by the Ayuntamiento de Santo Domingo (city municipality), Secretar&iacute;a de Turismo (ministry of tourism), Comisi&oacute;n de Monumentos (historic monuments commission), Oficina de Patrimonio Cultural (office of cultural heritage), and the Patronato de la Ciudad Colonial (board of the colonial city).  Most of the events take place at the Parque Col&oacute;n (Isabel la Cat&oacute;lica corner Conde), the Patronato de la Ciudad Colonial (Isabel la Cat&oacute;lica 103) or the Palacio Consistorial (Arz. Meri&ntilde;o corner Conde), Cathedral of Santo Domingo (Arz. Meri&ntilde;o corner Arz. Nouel), Capilla de los Remedios (Calle Las Damas corner Mercedes). To plan ahead, note the schedule through the weekend:   Wednesday, 15 December 6 pm. Christmas Sunsets. Christmas Music Concert by the choir of the Central Bank. Parque Col&oacute;n.  8 pm. Performance of the Folklore Ballet of the Municipality of Santo Domingo. Parque Col&oacute;n.  8 pm. Convento de los Dominicos. Christmas music concert by the National Choir.  9 pm. Concert for piano and violin. Olga Voigt and Zvedana de Tavar, Palacio Consistorial.     Thursday, 16 December 6 pm. Christmas Sunsets. Superintendency of Banks Christmas Concert. Directed by Edgar Mart&iacute;nez. Parque Col&oacute;n.  8 pm. National Symphony Orchestra Concert. Directed by Amaury S&aacute;nchez. Sponsored by the Ministry of Tourism. Arcades of the Borgell&aacute; Palace.  9 pm. Christmas Festival. Marianela S&aacute;nchez&#8217;s Children&#8217;s Choir.   Palacio Consistorial. 9 pm. Christmas partying. Juan Pablo Duarte neighborhood. From Parque Col&oacute;n to the Convento de Santo Domingo (Padre Billini corner Duarte)    Friday, 17 December 5 pm. Opening Handicraft exhibition (through 19 December). Parque San Jos&eacute; (19 de Marzo corner Jos&eacute; Gabriel Garc&iacute;a), sponsored by the San Jos&eacute;\/Montesinos neighborhood.  6 pm. Christmas Sunsets. Christmas Concert by the Choir of the Banco Popular. Directed by Prof. Ram&oacute;n E. Restituyo. Parque Col&oacute;n.  8 pm. Christmas Cinema, A Christmas Nightmare, starring Tim Burton. Plazoleta de Regina (Padre Billini corner Jos&eacute; Reyes).  8 pm. Christmas Concert. Municipal Chamber Orchestra. Directed by Prof. Rodolfo Manzano. Parque Col&oacute;n.  9 pm. Christmas Festival: Concert by flutist Luis Ruiz, accompanied by violinist Jazmina Gavrilovich. Palacio Consistorial.  9:30 pm. Christmas partying. Santa Clara\/Cathedral neighborhood. From Parque Col&oacute;n to Parque Pellerano Castro (Isabel la Cat&oacute;lica corner Jos&eacute; Gabriel Garc&iacute;a).    Saturday, 18 December 6 am. &quot;Ma&ntilde;anitas,&quot; early morning caroling. Carmen neighborhood, leaving from Calle S&aacute;nchez 112.  5:30 pm. Puppet show: &quot;Christmas Tree&quot;. Teatro Papalote. Parque Col&oacute;n.  6 pm. Christmas Sunsets. Christmas Concert by the choir of the National Army. Directed by First Lieutenant Medina Cuevas.  8 pm. Luchy Vicioso in Concert. Accompanied by Maestro Tito Delgado, sponsored by the Municipality of Santo Domingo. Parque Col&oacute;n. 9 pm. Christmas Festival: Concert of the Vocal Ensemble Group of Santo Domingo. Accompanied at the piano by Maestro Ram&oacute;n D&iacute;az. Palacio Consistorial.  9 pm. Christmas partying. San Ant&oacute;n neighborhood. Groups leave from Parque Col&oacute;n to the Plazoleta de San Ant&oacute;n (Restauraci&oacute;n corner Hostos).    Sunday, 19 December 3 pm. Tour of the nativity scenes in the Colonial City. Organized by the Conde\/Mercedes neighborhood. Leaving from Atrio de las Mercedes, Calle Mercedes.  6 pm. Christmas Sunsets. Men&#8217;s Choir of the Instituto Cultural Dominico-Americano. Directed by Prof. Ram&oacute;n E. Restituyo. Parque Col&oacute;n.  8 pm. Fernando Casado in Concert. Accompanied by Maestro Tito Delgado. Sponsored by the Municipality of Santo Domingo. Parque Col&oacute;n.  9 pm. Christmas Festival. Concert by the Ars Nova Chamber Orchestra. Directed by Fran&ccedil;ois Bahuad. Palacio Consistorial.  9 pm. Christmas partying. San Jos&eacute;\/Montesinos neighborhood. Leaving from Parque Col&oacute;n to Parque San Jos&eacute; (19 de Marzo corner Jos&eacute; Gabriel Garc&iacute;a).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&quot;Navidad 99&quot; is the celebration of Christmas organized by the Ayuntamiento de Santo Domingo (city municipality), Secretar&iacute;a de Turismo (ministry of tourism), Comisi&oacute;n de Monumentos (historic monuments commission), Oficina de Patrimonio Cultural (office of cultural heritage), and the Patronato de la Ciudad Colonial (board of the colonial city). Most of the events take place at &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/1999\/12\/15\/christmas-in-the-colonial-city-11\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read more\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[12,3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46787"}],"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=46787"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46787\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46787"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46787"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46787"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}