DirectFlight-Cuba will feature a bunch of local favorites and some flying in from out of town/country:

  • Jose Carrión, former lead dancer/choreographer with Cuban dance troupe, Cutumba of Santiago de Cuba.
  • Freila Merencio, from Havana, Cuba, folkloric/modern dancer and former dancer of Raices Profundas.
  • Michael Spiro, Grammy-nominated recording artist, educator, and percussionist with San Francisco’s  La Moderna Tradición.
  • Pedro Vargas, former percussionist with Buena Vista Social Club artist Barbarito Torres.
  • Carlos Cascante of Tumbao and Spanish Harlem Orchestra.
  • Elspeth Savani and Miguel Muñoz of Orchestra Zarabanda.
  • And one of the people who has nutured Cuban music and dance in Seattle for so many years, Roberto Borrell.

$15, starts 7:30pm

http://www.directflightcuba-seattle.com/

http://www.thetripledoor.com/Calendar/Events/March-2010/Direct-Flight–Havana-Seattle.aspx?date=2010-03-27

DirectFlight-Cuba 3-27-10