3rd Annual LATIN AMERICAN CHRISTMAS CONCERT / NAVIDAD LATINOAMERICANA

For immediate release
November 10, 2008
Anne Marie Weiss-Armush
DFW International Community Alliance
president@dfwinternational.org
www.dfwinternational.org/Navidad
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3rd Annual LATIN AMERICAN CHRISTMAS CONCERT / NAVIDAD LATINOAMERICANA

DFW International Community Alliance is proud to announce North Texas' third annual Navidad Latinoamericana with two concerts of musica tradicional navideña. Enjoy the villancicos, posadas, tonadas and aguinaldos, that are the true jewels of the Latin American Christmas tradition. Tickets are $5 for adults and are available at the door. Children 10 and younger are FREE. Our Navidad Latinoamericana concert is made possible by support from Target and Compass Bank. Additional information is available from our website by clicking HERE.

• December 13 at 7:30 pm at Holy Trinity Church: 3811 Oak Lawn Ave, Dallas, TX 75219
• December 20 at 7:30 pm at Mary Immaculate Catholic Church: 2800 Valwood Parkway (just east of Josey Lane) in Farmers Branch, TX 75234

In Navidad Latinoamericana, seventeen different musical groups will participate in the two concerts, which feature Christmas carols from eleven nations.
           Argentina: Gustavo Tolosa
                        Voces del Sur
                        Danzas Folkloricas de Argentina
           Chile: Cantares
                        Maria Eugenia Cuevas y Carlos Furlon            
           El Salvador: La Chanchona
           Guatemala: Marumba
            Latino USA: Orlando Salinas
            Latin America: Cornell Kinderknecht
            Mexico: Mariachi Los Reyes de Dallas
                       Ricardo Paz Mendoza
            Paraguay: Lorenzo Gonzalez y Nino Palacios
            Puerto Rico: Puerto Rico Tropical Sound
            Peru: Raíces
                       Danzas de Estampas de Perú
            Spain: Coro de la Casa de España
            Texas: Debes Creer en Ti
            Venezuela: Parranda Venezuela

The Navidad Latinoamericana concert is sponsored by Target, Compass Bank, and the City of Dallas Office of Cultural Affairs. Media support has been provided by Al Dia, Univision Radio, Univision Television, 1270 AM – La Voz Del Pueblo, and Recuerdo 94.1 FM,El Hispano and Novedades News.DFW International Community Alliance is the portal for global North Texas, a network of 1,600 of the region’s ethnic and internationally-focused civic, community and educational organizations.  The organization promotes and links North Texas ethnic and immigrant groups through its website and cultural calendar at www.dfwinternational.org, that receives over two million hits a month.  For more details about the organization, see the media page HERE.