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Summer Concert: Conjunto Alegre
Thursday, August 3, 2023 at 5:30 pm – 8:30 pm
Conjunto Alegre, which means “Happy Band,” was created by Aquiles Montas in September 1987. Aquiles brought vocalist Manuela Figueroa, Rogerto Cruz and percussionist Amador Marcano.
Conjunto Alegre performed at Rose Festival, Cinco Mayo, Salsa en la Calle, Mt Hood Jazz Festival, the Mayor’s Ball, Eugene Celebration, Salem Art Fest, Seattle Folklife, Victoria British Columbia and many more festivals as well as at most universities in Oregon and Washington.
Conjunto Alegre has been selected to represent Latin music from the northwest by sharing the stage with many international and local acts such as Tito Puente, Guilberto Santa Rosa, Oscar de Leon, Gran Combo, Grupo Niche, and Oro Solido. The band won Best Latin Band by the U.S. Army (1994), Best Latin Song at the Portland Mayor’s Ball and the Musicians Association (1998), and was selected to perform for Cirque du Soleil in Portland (1999) and Seattle (2000).
What makes Conjunto Alegre different from other Latin bands in the Northwest is the variety of music styles they play, such as Salsa from Puerto Rico and Cuba, Merengue and Bachata from the Dominican Republic, Cumbia from Colombia and El Salvador/Mexico, and Chachacha. They also perform many songs in English.
Montas’ love for the music shows on stage with his high energy instrumental performance, directing the band, dancing, communicating with his singers on stage and most of all the connection with the audience, giving them the atmosphere of being in the Caribbean islands.
Wilsonville Rotary Summer Concerts take place on four Thursdays in a row beginning July 20. The concerts are a free, family event. Please go to our concerts website at www.wilsonvilleconcerts.com for more details, and sign up for our public updates to get concert updates and other news from our club.
At the Wilsonville Rotary Summer Concerts, we’re accepting donations to End Polio Now. Polio remains endemic in just two countries — Pakistan and Afghanistan — but with your help we will make it zero! All donations to End Polio Now are being matched two-for-one by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Your $20 becomes $60. That’s impact! Please give.