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Música de la Gente — Music of the People Festival
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Música de le Gente — Music of the People Festival
American Roots Music Education and Metro Parks and Recreation
celebrate the music of Mexican-Americans
A festive and *FREE* celebration of Mexican-American music will be
presented by American Roots Music Education and Metro Parks and Recreation
on Saturday, May 31, 2008 at the newly renovated Coleman Park Community
Center.
Throughout the afternoon there will be lots of live music from local
bands, including *Ocho Treinta*, *Son Latino* and *Danny Salazar y Trova
Urbana*. At 5:00 pm the internationally renowned group from San Antonio,
Texas, *Los Texmaniacs*, will perform.
Children can participate in crafts such as making paper flowers, cowboy
hats, embossed tin boxes, lizard keychains and rhythm instruments. A
children’s folklorico group will perform at 3:30 and there will be lots of
piñatas, an exhibit of visual art by Latino artists, and plenty of dancing.
Food and drink will be available for sale from local vendors.
*FREE and open to the public*
Date: Saturday, May 31, 2008
Time: 12:00 – 6:30 PM
Location: Coleman Park Community Center
(corner of Nolensville Road and Thompson Lane), Nashville,
TN
Good weather — outside! Not-so-good weather — in the gym!
*Complete schedule of events and more info on Los Texmaniacs** is available
on our website – www.americanrootsmusic.org*
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For more information & photos (color or B/W) please contact:
Buffy Holton (Director, American Roots Music Education)
615-385-5998 buffyholton@earthlink.net *
www.americanrootsmusic.org*
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For further information contact:
Mimi Shimmin (Special Events Coordinator, Metro Parks) 615-862-8424 x 357
Jose Ochoa (Superintendent of Cultural Arts, Metro Parks)
615-862-8424 x 347 en Español*
www.nashville.gov/parks*
**
For handicapped access call 615-862-8400
This project is funded in part under an agreement with the Tennessee Arts
Commission and National Endowment for the Arts, and in part by a grant from
the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with the Southern Arts
Federation and the Tennessee Arts Commission.
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