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BWW Previews: THE STRAZ ARTS LEGACY REMIX PROJECT CELEBRATES CARIBBEAN CULTURE at The Straz Center For The Performing Arts

By: Oct. 10, 2019

BWW Previews: THE STRAZ ARTS LEGACY REMIX PROJECT CELEBRATES CARIBBEAN CULTURE  at The Straz Center For The Performing Arts  Image

As a way to celebrate diversity in Tampa Bay, The Straz Center created The Straz Arts Legacy REMIX Project, where writers, actors, musicians, singers, and dancers join together to perform for a free event showcasing a particular culture. On October 11, The Straz Arts Legacy REMIX Project will celebrate the Caribbean culture.

Guests will get an up-close look at the beauty of the Caribbean culture through music, dance, and cuisine provided by food vendors Jerk Hut and Auntie Tootsie.

BWW Previews: THE STRAZ ARTS LEGACY REMIX PROJECT CELEBRATES CARIBBEAN CULTURE  at The Straz Center For The Performing Arts  Image
Fred Johnson, Artist-in-Residence
at The Straz Center
and dancer Milagros Ramirez

The special event features the Caribbean band Impulse, Bomba Dance; Drumming and Song group CuKiAra; Trinidad & Tobago Cultural Association of Tampa Bay, Kiddies Carnival Dancers; dancer Milagros Ramirez; song and storyteller Ms. Jen-Jen, Indo-Caribbean musician and & singer, Ricky Ramnarase, and singer Tara Siewdass. Kerri Ann Prescod will be instructing audience members in the art of Caribbean dance.

New to The Straz Arts Legacy REMIX project is a visual display. Artists Maria Ortiz-Haynes, Junior Polo, and Dawn Gonsalves will be featured in an art gallery.

Caribbean American National Development Organization (CANDO) will have a table set up and will be accepting donations for the Bahamas hurricane relief.

The Straz Arts Legacy REMIX Project - Caribbean Cultural celebration is October 11 at 630-930pm, Straz Riverwalk. Learn more at https://www.strazcenter.org/Events/Straz/Shows/Other-Straz-Center-Events/Arts-Legacy-REMIX_1920/Caribbean-Celebration

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