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TORCHLIGHT PARADE HISPANIC AMERICAN PARTICIPATION ORGANIZED BY CENTRO CULTURAL HISPANO AMERICANO (CCHA).

CENTRO CULTURAL HISPANO AMERICANO
& LA ASOCIACIÓN DE CHARROS DEL
ESTADO DE WASHINGTON
ARE THE WINNERS OF THE
KIRO TV EQUESTRIAN AWARD 2009
OF THE SEAFAIR TORCHLIGHT PARADE

Centro Cultural Hispano Americano (CCHA) is one of the leading organizations working with the Seafair Activities Board in Seattle to coordinate the Hispanic community for the Seafair Torchlight Parade, which takes place the last Saturday of July. Since 2003, CCHA has coordinated and organized the participation of the 22 Hispanic American countries to show the Seattle community the beauty and richness of our colorful culture with music, dances, folkloric costumes and our flags.

Please join us as an organization or as an individual to this effort to represent Hispanic America, and together organize our participation.

SPONSORED BY CENTRO CULTURAL HISPANO AMERICANO

Poncho Sanchez Latin Jazz Band

The Pacific Jazz Institute at Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley welcomes Grammy Winning Master Conguero Poncho Sanchez and his Latin Jazz Band New Year’s Eve 2012! Band members: Poncho Sanchez (Congas/Vocals), Joey De Leon (Timbales), Rene Camacho (Bass), Ron Blake (Trumpet), Robert Hardt (Alto and Tenor Saxophone), Francisco Torres (Trombone), Jose Rodriguez (Bongos) and David Torres (Piano). New Year’s Eve show times are 8:45p and 11:00p.  Doors open 6:30p and for the late show, doors at 10:30pm.

NEW YEAR’S EVE PACKAGES OPTIONS:

1. The 1st Show Dinner Package - Cost = $115.50 per person & includes a four-course dinner, admission to the first show, and tax & tip.  Doors open at 6:30 PM and the music starts 8:45 PM & continues until 10:00 PM

2. The “Ring in The New Year” Package – Cost = $100.50 per person & includes admission to the second show, choice of dessert, coffee or tea, party favors and includes tax & tip.  Doors at 10:30 PM and music starts at 11PM.

3. All Evening Package (1 and 2) - $175.50 per person

4. First Show Non-Dinner Package - $60.50 per person

Given all the ups and downs the music industry has experienced in the past three decades, it’s remarkable to find anyone who still retains a sense of allegiance or loyalty. Master Conguero, Band Leader and Latin Jazz Legend Poncho Sanchez is the exception. Thirty years ago, his close friend, multi-instrumentalist jazz icon Cal Tjader recommended he sign with Carl Jefferson’s Concord Records. Thirty years and 26 albums later, Sanchez, whose Live in Hollywood recording released on October 30,2012 on Concord Picante, is still with the label.

Sanchez turned 60 this year and received A Lifetime Achievement Award from the Latin Recording Academy at a November 14, 2012 ceremony in Las Vegas. Being able to make a living playing music is a dream come true. As a teen, Sanchez first learned to play guitar from “the guy across the street” because he couldn’t afford to buy an instrument and his friend would let him borrow his guitar. He then gravitated to percussion after his siblings introduced him to the music that was then called cha-cha music.

Whether it’s salsa, straight-ahead jazz, Latin jazz, or even elements of soul and blues, the mesmerizing array of sounds and colors from Poncho Sanchez's youth have telegraphed across the decades and continue to inform his creative sensibilities to this day.

SPONSORED BY CENTRO CULTURAL HISPANO AMERICANO

VICCI MARTINEZ

January 8 - 9, 2013
COST: $26.50
At The Pacific Jazz Institute
at Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley
2033 6th Avenue, Seattle, WA, 98121

The Pacific Jazz Institute at Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley welcomes the debut of singer/songwriter and "Season One Finalist" of NBC’s THE VOICE, Vicci Martinez, for two nights!  Set times Tuesday and Wednesday at 7:30pm. Doors at 5:30pm.

Vicci Martinez isn't worried about the rules. The singer-songwriter continually goes against the grain both musically and lyrically. She doesn't adhere to guidelines of what pop music is supposed to be or how it should be presented.

Her genuine spirit courses through the fabric of every song she writes on the album. Whether it’s a revealing autobiographical ballad or a groove-driven rocker, the music ebbs and flows with a raw and real fire from the energy of "Come Along" to the honesty of "Let Go." Vicci's been working toward this for her whole life. For as long as she can remember, she knew that she would play music. After her older sister gave up violin, she picked it up at six-years-old, taking proper lessons for five years. Eventually, she traded the violin for a guitar and began writing songs driven by diverse influences ranging from Led Zeppelin and The Beatles to Sarah McLachlan and Gloria Estefan.

After spending high school honing her talents, she began releasing music independently in 2003. Touring the country for almost a decade, she released seven independent albums culminating with 2011’s Live from Jazzbones. Along the way, she shared stages with everyone from Sting and Annie Lennox to The Supersuckers and Jonny Lang. However, NBC’s television show The Voice came calling in early 2011, and that opened doors for the next phase of her career.

That's precisely why she landed in the show's top four after riveting and roaring performances of Adele's "Rolling in the Deep" and an explosive duet with coach Cee Lo Green of Pat Benatar's "Love is a Battlefield". However, it was her stunning live performances of “Jolene” and “Dog Days Are Over” as well as the original song that was written for her, “Afraid To Sleep,” where she shined the brightest.

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