Thursday, July 05, 2007

[Wadabo_updates] Lamine Toure & Group Saloum Friday, July 13th

Lamine Touré and Group Saloum invite you to join them 
for a rare Boston outdoor performance at the

32nd BASTILLE DAY STREET DANCE 2007
Presented by The French Library - Alliance Française

Friday, July 13, 6-11pm (Music ends @ 10pm)

Marlborough Street (Between Berkeley & Clarendon), Boston

featuring Live Performances by Francophone Stars:
LAMINE TOURÉ and GROUP SALOUM
RICARDO LEMVO and Makina Loca
EMELINE MICHEL


Back Bay's beautiful Marlborough Street will be blocked off between
Berkeley and Clarendon Streets to accommodate 3,000 revelers, dancing
in
the streets. French food and drinks will be available for sale from
area
restaurants, making this the only street party of its kind in Boston.

The French Library Bastille Day street dance will be a party in true
French style, with live performances by some of the world's hottest
Francophone performers, dancing and celebrating freedom, cultural
diversity, and the friendship between nations.

TICKETS ARE $30 IN ADVANCE, $35 DAY OF SHOW (IF AVAILABLE)

FOR ADVANCE TICKETS, CONTACT WORLD MUSIC

(617) 876-4275 | http://www.worldmusic.org

FOR INFO., CONTACT THE FRENCH LIBRARY
(617) 912-0400 | http://www.frenchlib.org

Group Saloum is: Lamine Touré (sabar and lead vocals), Paa Seck
(sabar), Moha Seck (sabar), Michael Lewis (drums), Raja Kassis (lead guitar),
Akili Jamal Haynes (trumpet, percussion and backing vocals), Walid
Zairi (bass), Ben Ricker (keyboards), Kimani Lumsden (percussion), Josiah
Woodson (trumpet, flute and guitar), Iginaijah Maxwell (backing
vocals), John Vanderpool (sax) and Sarah Privler (trombone).

For more info, visit
http://www.laminetoure.com or
http://www.myspace.com/groupsaloum

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