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| Lorena Garay wins Latino de Oro 2009 Award in the category of Music! |
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Lorena Garay was honored by the Identidad Latina Hispanic
Newspaper at the 5th Annual Latino de Oro 2009 Award Ceremony as the Music
Award Winner!
This past Saturday,
November 7, 2009, the Identidad Latina Hispanic Newspaper in Connecticut hosted
the 5th "Latino de Oro 2009" Award Ceremony. The event was held in
the Theatre of the Performing Arts at the Learning Corridor in Hartford.
The awards are designed
to recognize men and women of Connecticut that have made a significant
contribution to our community and have shown outstanding performance in their
field.
There are 10 award
categories: Politics, Sports, Arts & Culture, Music, Education, Media,
Health, Student of the Year, Community Service, and Lifetime Achievement.
Check out the Latino de
Oro 2009 Commemorative Magazine, which will be distributed during all Identidad
Latina’s sponsored events through 2010!
www.latinodeoro.org
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We're excited to announce that the album
Surcari won third place in the category of “South and Central American Album”
at the 2009 Just Plain Folks Music Awards Show in Nashville, TN.
42,000 albums from over 80 different
countries around the world in 93 genres of music were submitted in the largest
music awards of any kind in world history!
The winners and
finalists were chosen by 10,000+ judges assigned in the final round of voting
which included a mix of Music Industry Professionals, Music Fans and other
Musicians and Songwriters. http://www.jpfolks.com
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Lorena Garay just finished composing, recording and
producing a 15-track instrumental Latin Ska CD commissioned by the TV Sports
Channel ESPN: The worldwide leader in sports.
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Since 2008, Lorena Garay
has been recording and producing a bilingual recording for children. The CD will
include 16 original tunes by Lorena Garay, which highlight the culture,
folklore, and traditions of Puerto Rico and Latin America. The CD will feature the
voices of kindergarten students from two elementary schools in Springfield, Massachusetts.
A DVD with animated
illustrations, sing-along lyrics, and cultural information will
accompany the CD. The CD will be released in October of 2010.
ORGANIZATIONS SPONSORING THIS PROJECT:
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Explorations in Puerto Rican Culture, a
partnership between the Springfield Public Schools and the Massachusetts
Cultural Council. The program is funded by an Arts Model Development and Dissemination
Grant from the US Department of Education.
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Teatro Vida, a project of the Latino
Breakfast Club, and Hispanic Resources Inc.
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This project is
funded in part by The Irene E. & George A. Davis Foundation.
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