Yet another Centre Stage event - this time at neighbouring Norton Juxta Twycross village hall. This was a genuine Cuban band, hardworking and enthusiastic about the music they played with no noticeable tourist tunes. The trumpet player took the musical spotlight in terms of the overall sound but the two guitarists and two percussionists, bassist and main vocalist all played their part. The highlight for me was a song called "Oriente" from the Eastern Cuban province of that name. This was straight out of the real Cuban Son and together with one other track from that genre was alone worth the outing. It was immediately followed by a soulful song "Romantica" which Asere also delivered beautifully. The lowlight for me was the local Salsa class who had made this their Saturday outing. Prior to dancing they seemed more interested in chatting but the sight of massed ranks of clumsy retirees trotting out the same travesty of a simple dance step was a bit of an intrusion on the ambience. Still Asere are in our village in a couple of weeks so I'll catch them again then - hopefully without the Salsa groupies.
3/12/09 - More enjoyable show for lack of clumsy dancers and audience noise but otherwise very similar in terms of tracks played.
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