Contact: Frances Medina
Tel: (212) 427-5221 /pleneros21@gmail.com
Los Pleneros Kick off the Holiday Season, Puerto Rican style with their incomparable annual “LA GRAN FIESTA NAVIDEÑA”
–a live music and family-friendly party to dance and celebrate!
Wednesday, November 23rd, 2011 – El Barrio, Spanish Harlem, NY. Los Pleneros de la 21 (LP21), the Grammy nominated Puerto Rican music group and barrier-breaking community organization is excited to celebrate the start of the Holiday season with their highly anticipated and eagerly awaited - La Fiesta Navideña – a fun filled day with live music, food, beverages, arts and crafts appropriate for all ages and anyone interested in celebrating the Holidays, El Barrio and Puerto Rican-style! LP21’s annual Fiesta Navideña is a time tested and popular event embraces the warmth of the holiday season in true Puerto Rican and community style complete with savory Puerto Rican food, refreshing beverages, and of course the swinging music that characterizes the lively celebrations of Puerto Rican Christmas, including live performances by Los Pleneros de la 21 and El Trío New York, both performing original and classic staples of the Bomba, Plena, Boleros and Aguinaldo repertoire. This great community and family oriented celebration is true gem of East Harlem, and is not to be missed! La Fiesta Navideña will be held on Sunday, December 18th 2011, starting at 3:00 pm at East Harlem’s beautiful Crystal Ball Room of the Taíno Towers (240 East 123rd Street and 2nd Avenue, New York, 10035). Tickets are on sale now online or by contacting LP21 today- ($12 Pre-Purchase/$15 at Door), Senior/Group Discounts available! For more information, contact: 212.427.5221 or pleneros21@gmail.com
Background on La Fiesta Navideña
Celebrated by LP21 since the group’s establishment and as an official program since 1989, La Fiesta Navideña is a family-style event that focuses on Puerto Rican traditions and holiday celebrations by bringing together traditional and contemporary musical talents, crafts, and delectable food, all from the community, in a single event. La Fiesta is but a taste of the celebrations offered throughout the Holiday Season within Puerto Rican and Latino homes and it represents the effort to spread these joyous festivities from the LP21 family to the community at large.
About Los Pleneros de la 21
Founded in 1983 by National Heritage Fellow, Juan Gutiérrez, Los Pleneros de la 21, is a non-profit, Spanish Harlem-based group of Puerto Rican folk masters and professional musicians, united in common cause to expose and highlight the importance of the traditional musical forms of Bomba and Plena. Through energetic, sociable and interactive performances, Los Pleneros have developed an extraordinary presence in the Puerto Rican community and beyond. Los Pleneros de la 21 is dedicated to fostering awareness, appreciation and understanding of the richness and vitality of Puerto Rican artistic traditions of African descent and Creole, as well as to promote their further development.
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