Learn Latin via Musicarte de Fort Worth

8/13/2008 1:00:00 AM

OPPORTUNITIES FOR COVERAGE

MEDIA: LEARN LATIN VIA MÚSICARTE DE FORT WORTH

Explore unexpected pleasures of Latin cuisine, music, art and dance

FORT WORTH, Texas—Músicarte de Fort Worth invites media to learn Latin, whether in the unexpected pleasures of Latin cuisine, classic Latin dance steps, or the many variations on the theme of Latin music revealed in interviews with those who’ll make downtown’s newest event sizzle.

Músicarte de Fort Worth celebrates the Americas from 10 a.m. to 11 p.m. Oct. 3-4 on Main Street in Sundance Square. Admission is free. Live music and dance will share the spotlight with fine food and wine and exhibits by juried fine artists from across the Americas, all in Fort Worth’s central business district.

The festival is produced by the Fort Worth Hispanic Chamber of Commerce in collaboration with Downtown Fort Worth’s business and cultural community and is coordinated by the team that produces MAIN ST. Fort Worth Arts Festival. Músicarte de Fort Worth will welcome thousands back to Main Street in downtown Fort Worth, this time with a Latin beat and flavor, and benefits scholarship programs of the Fort Worth Hispanic Chamber of Commerce.

Opportunities for coverage include:

Learn Latin music

Salsa is hot, but Latin music runs the gamut from jazz to rock and folk music. Interview members of Fort Worth’s Latin Express, your guides to all the variations on the theme of Latin music. Contact Diane Wolfe at 817-577-1779 or dianewolfepr@sbcglobal.net to schedule interviews or in-studio appearances by Latin Express, musical ambassadors of Músicarte de Fort Worth, then hear it all at the festival. Headliners include Tito Puente Jr. and Grupo Fantasma as well as Latin Express. 

Learn Latin dance

So you think you can dance? You could learn Latin classics like the tango and merengue at Músicarte de Fort Worth, but why wait? Media can preview dance instruction, one of Músicarte de Fort Worth’s main attractions, in a private lesson with instructors Jim LeMay and Grace Forester. To schedule interviews or in-studio appearances by the duo, contact Diane Wolfe at 817-577-1779 or dianewolfepr@sbcglobal.net.

Learn Latin art

Watch the Artists Gallery at www.MusicarteFW.com for the latest on who’s showing at Músicarte de Fort Worth. Contact Diane Wolfe at 817-577-1779 or dianewolfepr@sbcglobal.net to schedule interviews with the artists of Fort Worth’s newest art festival.

Feast the senses on sights, sounds and flavors of Latin America in Músicarte de Fort Worth 10 a.m. to 11 p.m. Oct. 3-4 in Sundance Square. Free admission is a passport to fine food and wine, music and dance, and the work of juried fine artists at Músicarte de Fort Worth. Eat and drink, then browse and buy works of art in a street scene that pulses with Latin music and dance.  Visit MúsicarteFW.com for more information.

Músicarte de Fort Worth is produced by the Fort Worth Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, which is dedicated to creating, promoting and enhancing economic opportunity and prosperity for the Fort Worth Hispanic business community, in collaboration with Downtown Fort Worth Initiatives, Inc., and the team that produces MAIN ST. Fort Worth Arts Festival. Sponsors include Sundance Square, Coors Distributing Company, State Farm Insurance, American Airlines, the Star-Telegram, D Magazine, Univision and TeleFutura, Coca Cola Bottling Company of North Texas, The T, Downtown Fort Worth Initiatives, Inc., Devon Energy, Green Mountain Energy, General Motors, and DFW Professional Musicians Association. Hotel sponsor is Courtyard by Marriott/Blackstone Hotel.

Creating, Promoting and Enhancing Economic Opportunity and Prosperity for the Fort Worth Hispanic Business Community.