Cuba's 2008 World Music Festival: VARADERO 2008!

~Mesmerizing sounds in a magical location... Varadero, CUBA!
2008, is Cuba's World Music Festival, the musical event of the year, presented here, exclusively
to "African Consciousness", by the man who was named "The Showbiz Man of the Century",
El Maestro, Mr. Daniel Cuxac. AD~

Cuba !

Cuba's 2008 World Music Festival!

Never in the history of music has the world come together for such a grand event!
Cuba, African, European, international, source and godmother to the most
perfected of musical genres, whether they be instrumental, sung or danced,
classical, traditional or popular.

Cuba, the matrix for countless musicians and musical styles, who for centuries,
have continuously followed one another, creating a place for themselves
in the universal history of culture.

Cuba, with her rituals transported from the ships coming from Europe,
whose abnegation and tears of blood came to blend with waves of hope,
which in time turned into melodies and expressive choreagraphy,
but also tenacity and consecration.

Cuba is 2008's World Music Festival, on the most wonderful beach in the world
taken over by a world of beauty, top of the line hotel infrastructures,
exquisite cuban cuisine, amazing platforms of musical encounters highlighted by
rhythm, sounds and lights, rhum and cigares, and this all, with a touch of sunshine,
offering the promise of a never-ending summer!

Our common dream for a paradise on earth will finally come to be for this very
first edition of Cuba's 2008 World Music Festival.
Thanks to you.
Daniel Cuxac

Daniel Cuxac
World Entertainment Organisation
(WEO)

THE WORLD MUSIC FESTIVAL: Organization

The World Music Festival is organized by Cuba's Secretary of Culture in
association with the Secretary of Tourism.
This will be an annual event with the first edition taking place from June 11th
through June 15th, 2008 in the beautiful beach resort of Varadero, Cuba.

The purpose of this world festival is to create, on an international level, a special
meeting place for the most eminent specialists in the genre, and each year,
to salute some of them with international awards presented by WORLD
ENTERTAINMENT ORGANISATION.

Cuba's Music Institute is the main executor of this event, with the expertise and
assistance of the Secretary for Culture and the great contributions from the
Secretary of Tourism.

Maestro Juan Formell, Director of the legendary group Los Van Van and President
of the Union of Cuban Musicians, is the President of Cuba's 2008 World Music
Festival, and also at the head of the National Organization Committee responsible
for managing and providing all the technical and human logistics for the event.
Cuba's excellent and long-standing experience in this field is one of the key factors
for the management and success of such of grand event.

The international coordination for this event is held by WEO – WORLD
ENTERTAINMENT ORGANISATION, a company based in France who's been
specialized in events planning for the past 37 years. This company holds expertise
at levels of competencies and is responsible for the filming and TV distribution for
the event, as well as for the organization, communications, artists participation and
corporate sponsorships.
WEO is assisted in their work by the following:
- International representatives all over the world
- Travel agencies, travel parters, cargo planes and airlines
- A firm specialized in international communications.

THE ARTISTS:

For the first time in the history of musical events, a selection of the best
international artists will be introduced simultaneaously in one place,
on 12 site locations.

Incredible, fabulous, amazing... but true!!!
3000 artists of all the musical genres one could imagine,
divided into 300 groups, coming from everywhere,
for this year's World Music Festival!

New concerts every day starting at 2 PM and going on until 5 AM!!

About Cuba's World Music Festival
The Theme: Africa-Cuba!

Africa atVaradero 2008!
Nominees from the African continent include:
Pierre Akendengue (Gabon), Alpha Blondy (Côte d'Ivoire),
Myriam Makeba (South Africa), Manu Dibango (Cameroon),
Cesaria Evora (Cape-Verde), Salif Keita (Mali), Youssou N'dour
(Senegal), Tabuley Rochereau (République Démocratique du
Congo), Bonga (Angola) and King Sunny Ade (Nigeria).

For more information on the
World Music Festival
participating artists, nominees and much more:

www.festivalmondialdelamusique.com

For more information on WEO and Daniel Cuxac,
the International Coordinator for this event:

www.weo -international .org
For cuban music lovers:
Check out "Radio Cuba" on WEO's website!

African Consciousness ®

Cuban Artists participating in this Festival:
Los Van Van, Pupi y los que Son Son, Manolito Simonet y su
Trabuco, Charanga Habanera, Adalberto Alvarez y su Son,
Aragón, Melodias del 40, Estrellas Cubanas, Orquesta Jorrín,
Moneda Dura, Carlos Varela, X Alfonso, Buena Fé, Robertico
Carcasses e Interactivo, Polito Ibañez, Willian Vivanco,
Elmer Ferrer, Alexis Bosch, Bellita y Jazztumbatá, Bobby
Carcasses, César López y Havana Ensamble, Orquesta Revé,
Maickel Blanco y Salsa Mayor, Alain Daniel, Bamboleo,
Pedrito Camacho y el Clan, Septeto Nacional, Septeto
Habanero , Son del Nene, Sierra Maestra, Compay Segundo y
sus muchachos, Afrocuba de Matanzas, Columbia del Puerto,
Yoruba Andabo, Clave y Guaguancó, Afroamerica, Los
Papines, Muñequitos de Matanzas, Alfredo Rodríguez,
Arnaldo y su Talismán, and many more!

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Varadero

2008

Daniel Cuxac

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WEO Organisation

present

uba's World Music Festival

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Text & Visual Credits: WEO