  April 17-27, 2009
Hang out in New Orleans for 10 non-stop days of percussion and dance classes, parties, concerts, parades and more with Yosvany Terry's Afro-Cuban Ye-de-gbe Project, the ReBirth Brass Band and Cuban hip hop group Orishas.
Price: $1,850
Includes double accommodations with breakfast at St. Vincent's Guest House in the Historic Garden District, music and dance workshops, daily cultural activities, and tickets to the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival for April 24, 25, & 26. Airfare not included. Contact us or CubaNOLA at info@cubanola.org for more information. Deadline to register is March 30, 2009.
Cuban Music - Jazz - Parades - Parties - Classes
Our tour guide, Keith Frazier (co-director of the ReBirth Brass Band) will seamlessly guide us through large tourist events, as well as local neighborhood festivities. You'll experience the African connections between Cuba and New Orleans in some of the city's most important cultural events of the year, including the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, the French Quarter Festival, Mardi Gras Indian events and Second Line Parades.
 You'll also hear some inspirational Cuban music with Yosvany Terry's Ye-de-gbe Afro-Cuban project, featuring Yunior Terry, Osmany Paredes, Justin Brown, Pedrito Martinez, Roman Diaz, Sandy Perez and master dancer, Felix "Pupi" Insua. Also, Cuban hip hop group, Orishas will perform at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival.
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