Saturday, October 1st, 2011
from 3:30pm to 4:30pm | Bowie International Festival
* Free Event * | Allen Pond Park, 3330 Northview Drive
Bowie, MD 20716 |
The festival, which grows larger each year, includes performances of music and dance, foods, games and children’s activities from around the world. Bring your dancing shoes and teach the youngsters some Latin dance steps!
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Saturday, September 10th, 2011
5:15pm | Silver Spring Jazz Festival
* Free Event * | Silver Spring Civic Building One Veteran's Plaza
Silver Spring, MD 20910 |
You are probably most familiar with the Big Band. Did you know that La Leyenda has a Latin Jazz Combo? We play classic and original Latin Jazz and Afro-Cuban music. The best part is that you can still dance to it.
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Friday, July 15th, 2011
7:30pm to 10:30pm | Latin Night at Carter Barron
* Free Event * | 16th Street and Colorado Avenue
Washington DC, 20011 |
Three bands: Rudy Gonzalez y su Locura; Verny Varela and his Orchestra, and Orquest La Leyenda
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Saturday, June 11th, 2011
from 11:00pm to 1:00am | Remembering The Palladium | Artisphere
1101 Wilson Blvd, Rosslyn, VA 22209 |
The Palladium Ballroom was a second-floor dancehall on 53rd Street and Broadway in New York City which became famous for its excellent Latin music from 1948 until its closing in 1966. It had a dance floor that could hold a thousand couples dancing at once. It featured live bands - every Wednesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday three bands: Tito Puente, Tito Rodriguez and Machito from 8pm to 4am. CAN YOU IMAGINE!!
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Wednesday, May 4th, 2011
6:00pm to 7:00pm | Kennedy Center
Millenium Stage
* Free Event * | 2700 F Street, NW
Washington, DC 20566 |
Come out to hear the fantastic sounds of Orquesta La Leyenda. Do you like the old-school hard-driving dance rhythms from Tito Puente, Machito, Tito Rodriguez? The trailblazing Salsa bands from Fania? AfroCuban rhythms? Then don\'t miss this event.
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Saturday, April 30th, 2011
6:00pm and 8:00pm | CSM Latin Fest 2011
Latin Music Workshop at 6, Concert at 8
* Free Event * | College of Southern Maryland
8370 Mitchell Road, La Plata MD 20646 |
This is unbelievable: A free event with buffet at 5pm; at 6pm a workshop on Latin music, with special emphasis on Latin rhythms, and then at 8pm the incredible sounds of the big band.
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Tuesday, February 22nd, 2011
7:30pm to 11:00pm | Salsa Tuesdays at Artisphere
Salsa Lessons
Dance to La Leyenda
$15 Cover | Artisphere
1101 Wilson Blvd
Arlington, VA 22209 |
Do you like to dance to Salsa, Mambo, Rumba, Cha-Cha-Cha? Do you like old-school Latin music? Come and dance to our music.
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Monday, December 6th, 2010
4:30pm to 6:30pm | Santeros to Salseros
Latin Music from Cuba to NY
Panel Discussion and Dance
* Free Event * | Dewberry Hall
George Mason University
Fairfax Va |
Panelists:
Ned Sublette - musician, author of Cuba and its Music and The World that Made New Orleans
Kip Hanrahan - recording artist and producer, American Clave Records
Jim Byers - host of "Latin Flavor Classic Edition" on WPFW
Followed by a dance set with La Leyenda's big dance band
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Tue, Nov 30th, 2010
8:30 to 11:00 pm | Latin Night at Artisphere
Premiere new Ballroom in Rosslyn
$15 Cover | Artisphere
1101 Wilson Boulevard
Arlington, VA. 22209 |
Artisphere will open on October 10, 2010.
Featuring a 3000 sq-ft hardwood floor ballroom, it will offer live bands several nights a week.
On Tuesdays, salsa is king (queen?) with dance lessons starting at 7:30pm and live music from 8:30 to 11:00pm.
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Friday, November 19th, 2010
7:30pm to 10:30pm | Annual Gala in Celebration of Hispanic Naval Officers
**Private Party** | OAS Headquarters
Constitution Avenue and 17th St NW, Washington DC |
A festival evening: cocktails, dinner and dance
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Sat, Oct 2nd, 2010
4:00 to 5:00 pm | 2010 Bowie International Festival
* Free Event * | Allen Pond Park
3330 Northview Drive
Bowie, MD 20716 |
The festival, which grows larger each year, includes performances of music and dance,
foods, games and children’s activities from around the world.
Bring your dancing shoes and teach the youngsters some Latin dance steps!
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Sat, Sep 11th, 2010
3:45 to 4:40pm | Arts on Foot Festival
(in front of National Portrait Gallery)
* Free Event * | F between 7th and 8th St, NW
Washington DC 20560 |
Saturday's festival is the culmination of this 4-day happening: juried art exhibits, great food,
hands-on activities for kids and adults, theater, wine sampling and seminars, performances by local artists.
Listen to La Leyenda quartet play some classic Latin Jazz and original compositions.
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Fri, Sep 10th, 2010
7:30 to 10:00 pm | First Fridays at the Lewis
Members - $15,
Non-Members - $20 | Reginald F. Lewis Museum of African-American History
830 E. Pratt St. Baltimore, MD 21202 |
La Leyenda's combo: Afro-Cuban Jazz at its best.
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Sat, Sep 4th, 2010
2:00 to 4:00pm | Metro Mambo
The Mambo in Film
* Free Event * | Smithsonian, Anacostia
1901 Fort Pl SE, Washington DC, 20020 |
This will be the opening event of the second of Jim Byer's great series of lectures. We are pleased to be working with Jim again.
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Fri, Jul 23rd, 2010
10:00 pm to 1:00 am | Salsa Live! 2010 | The Salsa Room
2619 Columbia Pike
Arlington, VA 22204 |
Start your weekend dancing to the best in classic salsa, mambo and chá with La Leyenda's big band
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Wed, Jun 9th, 2010
5:30 to 8:00 pm | Party at the Plaza
(Sponsored by Arlington Cultural Affairs)
* Free Event * | Rosslyn Plaza
1611 Kent Street Arlington, VA. 22209 |
Need to unwind mid-week?
Come out and dance to salsa, mambo, rumba and cha cha chá with us and learn some new steps from Eileen Torres!
We're bringing the whole swingin' big band!
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Sat, Nov 28th, 2009
3 to 5pm | Metro Mambo
Mambo in Mexico
* Free Event * | Smithsonian, Anacostia
1901 Fort Pl SE, Washington DC, 20020 |
Lecture on the Mambo in Mexico and dance demonstrations by WPFW's Jim Byers followed by dancing to La Leyenda
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Sun, Nov 8th, 2009
6:00pm to 10:0pm | U Street Jazz | The Islander Restaurant
1201 U St NW, Washington, DC 20001 |
Enjoy the authentic cuisine of Trinidad and Tobago while listening to some Latin Jazz
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Sun, Jul 26th, 2009
6:00pm to 7:30pm | Arts on the Waterfront
* Free Event * | Bladensburg Waterfront Park
4160 Annapolis Road, Bladensburg MD |
Event for the entire family, playground for the kids, pack a picnic, enjoy the evening
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