August 21, 2014

Soneros from various locations of California rehearse together to present son jarocho at the Library of Congress and the Kennedy CenterACTA’s Apprenticeship Program for the Library of Congress as part of the American Folklife Center’s 2014 “Home Grown Series,” on September 11 at 12:00pm EDT at the Coolidge Auditorium in the Thomas Jefferson Building, in Washington, DC.  An additional performance will occur the same day at The Kennedy Center at 6:00pm EDT.

The invited artists include Luis Sarmiento and Ana Urzua from Santa Ana, Cesar Castro and Xochi Flores from Los Angeles, Artemio Posadas from San Jose, and Dolores Garcia from Oakland, all of whom are deeply integrated into this transnational cultural phenomenon.

Please join us for a live internet broadcast of this presentation direct from the Kennedy Center on September 11, 2014, at 6:00 pm EDT.  For more information go to http://www.kennedy-center.org/programs/millennium.