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¡Bomba! at the Seoul International Drum Festival in Korea! (Oct 7-10, 2006)

Latin/world music group ¡Bomba! are elated to be in Korea this weekend for the Seoul International Drum Festival. Mario Allende, Chris Andrew, Rubim de Toledo and Emilio Rios traveled from Edmonton to Korea, and were joined there by their artistic compañeros from Cuba- Raul Gomez Tabera, Neraldo Duran Torriente, and Livan Morejon Quian.

Now in its 7th year, this Drum Festival in the teeming capitol city of South Korea is a culture and art festival with various indoor and outdoor events. All performances showcase many different types of percussion instruments and styles from around the world.

Developed as a world-wide culture and art festival, The Seoul Drum Festival demonstrates the true meaning of an "Open Street Festival" where the audience can participate in many events and join with performers during the festival.

During Alberta Scene in Ottawa last May, talent buyers from Seoul attended ¡Bulla!, the Afro-Cuban jazz dance theater production by Decidedly Jazz Danceworks. So taken were they with the percussion performance by ¡Bomba! in the show, the band was invited to the festival to perform.

¡Bomba! are thrilled to have three performances at the 3-day festival, and are excited at the prospect of connecting with artists from around the world. ¡Bomba! will be featuring songs from their latest CD, Entre Sol y Luz.