| Seacoast Keeps Dancing for Haiti School |
APRIL 13, 2013
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The fourth annual Caribbean Night Dance Party will be 7 pm Saturday, April 13 at the VFW in
Local food and local restaurants, which have become increasingly important to the success of this dance, will contribute Indian and Mexican food, as well as chowder, baked goods, meatballs and flatbread pizza. And this year the dance will include a photo exhibit by local photographer Mary Dolan, who attended a trip to teach quilting in May.
When the first Caribbean Nights Dance Party was held in
The Dance Party begins at 7 pm with a slide show of the school and a talk on the progress made thanks to the hundreds of seacoast residents who have been involved, including about a dozen who have been down to the school in
Dancing starts at 8 pm to the great beat of Combo Sabroso, which plays a variety of Latin music, including traditional Afro-Cuban music.
We love playing this gig which brings together people who love to dance, eat and have fun together,” said Matt Jenson of Arlington, Mass., band leader and University of New Hampshire alumnus who is currently on the piano faculty at Berklee College of Music. “But it also brings together people who feel great about helping to build a school in
Combo Sabroso was formed in 1998 when keyboard player Matt Jenson, then living in
Jenson said the band follows in the tradition of venerated maestros, but layers its own jazz solos over energetic dance rhythms. They play anything from Cha Cha to Danzon, from Bolero to Salsa, from Latin jazz to Plena.
The line up for this year’s event include Manolo Mairena of Costa Rica on conga and vocals, who recently performed at Carnegie Hall, It also includes is Jason Davis on bass, David Rivera, a recent Berklee grad, on drumset and vocals, Mondongo on trombone, and on trumpet Yaure Muniz of Cuba, who is touring with the Afro-Cuban Allstars.
The lineup for the short slide show will include Brian Lenzi of
And several women who went to Milot in May to start a quilting program will report back on that effort, and will have small quilts available made by the women and teenagers of Milot.
While in Milot, Lenzi explored the cost and availability of materials for building the guest house. In the past Lenzi has built structures in the Caribbean as well as South and
Salacain explored water tanks in
The Cap Haitien Rotary has agreed to partner with the York Rotary as well as the South Berwick-Eliot Rotary on two grants. These grants will pay for vocational supplies, a water tank, a generator, solar panels and the shipping a container with the materials to
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Tickets are being sold at Black Bean in Rollinsford, Ceres Bakery in