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A Salute to Argentina
Bridgeport Holiday Inn,
1070 Main Street,
Bridgeport, CT
Reception Hour:
Tango Porteno
Special Presentations:
Award of the Sixth Annual La Danza Scholarships
St. George's Youth Danza Group,
Ballet Los Pampas, Tango Suenos
Dancing: Orquesta Sabor Tropical
Adults $50.
Bocadillos/Hors D'Oeuvres/Tapas
Hot & Cold bountiful selection
Cash Bar until 1:00 am |
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Under the leadership of the 1996
Ringmaster Michael C. Bisciglia, Rosa J. Correa
and Ana L. Garcia, inspired by Puerto Rico’s
national dance, founded La Danza as a charter
event of the Barnum Festival. The celebration of
La Danza in Bridgeport coincides with the May
16th celebration of the Week of La Danza in
Puerto Rico.
For eleven consecutive years, the Barnum
Festival La Danza celebrates the Puerto Rican
Danza as it promotes the cultural diversity of
Latin American by an annual salute to a
different country. Puerto Rico as the host has
woven a unifying tapestry by paying tribute to
Cuba, Dominican Republic, Mexico, Columbia,
Peru, Venezuela, El Salvador and Espana. This
year La Danza is dedicated to Argentina.
La Danza, a style of music that generations of
Hispanic Americans have embraced since the early
nineteenth century, has been kept alive to
celebrate and carry on the tradition for our
contemporaries and for future generations. La
Danza celebration helps to highlight the
contributions and talent of Hispanics in
Fairfield County and beyond. Just as this
beautiful musical style gained in depth,
richness and expression, the spirit of La Danza
is revived through this celebration.
La Danza has a two pronged purpose: celebrate
and promote the culture, heritage and history of
the Americas at a gala on the second Friday of
May and promote student participation and study
in the performing arts by granting annual
scholarships through the Greater Bridgeport Area
Foundation.
The Southern Connecticut Gas Company and WCUM
1450 Radio Cumbre were the corporate sponsors
for this inaugural event. In 1997, JP Morgan
Chase Bank joined the rank of sponsor.
Barbara Bodine and Elizabeth Pfriem are
committed supporters of the Scholarship Fund. We
also count among our partners several businesses
that support La Danza.
This event sponsored by:
JP Morgan Chase Bank,
Southern Connecticut
Gas Company,
WCUM
Radio 1450 AM |
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