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Florida - Miami Carnival Center Grand Opening with Target 'Globalbeat"; Performance Zenglen & RaraLakay

CARNIVAL CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS TO CONCLUDE GRAND OPENING CELEBRATION WITH

TARGET GLOBALBEAT

FREE indoor and outdoor performances all day long throughout the entire complex,

including the spectacular Miami Carnival Parade.

Sunday, October 8

12 noon to 10 p.m.

Free Admission

On Sunday, October 8, Carnival Center for the Performing Arts will welcome the entire community to Target Globalbeat, presented by Target, a FREE massive grand finale to the Center?s four-day Grand Opening celebration. With more than 40 indoor and outdoor performances by hundreds of local artists, Target Globalbeat will be a huge celebration of Miami?s cultural diversity and talent ? and an opportunity for all South Floridians to be among the first to visit Miami?s new home for the performing arts and enjoy spectacular performances for FREE. The Miami Herald and El Nuevo Herald are the media sponsors of Target Globalbeat.

Performances during Target Globalbeat, which will take place from noon to 10 p.m. in the Center?s three indoor theaters, lobbies, plaza, and outdoor terraces, represent 20 countries and a huge variety of talent - including internationally acclaimed touring bands, Grammy nominees, traditional folk performers, and homegrown favorites - all of whom call South Florida home.

Six parades will run through the Center during the day, including the Bahamas Junkanoo Revue of Miami, The Samba Academy, a Chinese Dragon performance by the Miami Overseas Chinese Association, a traditional Haitian rara procession by Rara Lakay, brass band sounds from the high energy Miami Street Band, and the colossal annual Miami Carnival, which will bring hundreds of costumed Caribbean dancers and performers through the heart of downtown Miami for a special stop in the Center?s Parker and Vann Thomson Plaza for the Arts, on Biscayne Boulevard between 13th and 14th streets.

Target Globalbeat will salute Miami?s Caribbean and African-American communities with calypso from Florida Memorial Steelband, reggae from Nubian Players, gospel from Cooper Temple Church of God in Christ Mass Choir, the energetic West African dance troupe Delou Africa Dance Ensemble, and the acclaimed Haitian konpa group Zenglen, among others. Paying homage to Miami?s rich Latin American influences, the Center will also host the seven-piece Cuban timba band Tiempo Libre in a rare hometown performance; Latin funk rockers Siete Rayo; traditional Afro-Peruvian music and dance group Peru Expresión; Mexican norteño band Grupo Impecable; Argentine tango from Los Tangueros; the popular Cuban son band Conjunto Progreso, and more. The day will also feature performances from several young Miamians who define the city?s unique sound?the funky hip beats of The Spam Allstars, Latin Grammy nominees Locos por Juana, champion turntablist DJ Craze, up-and-coming R&B singer Urban Mystic, Kendall hip-hoppers Mayday, the breakdancing D Projects, and Black Violin, the classically trained duo of hip-hop-playing violinists. Irish fiddling, Japanese taiko drumming, Middle Eastern music and dance, Indian dance and sitar, bluegrass, klezmer and more round out the world of performances at Target Globalbeat.

Target Globalbeat is free, but space is limited for the indoor performances. Vouchers, which are redeemable for wrist bands on the day of the event, will be available at the 13 Miami-Dade County Commissioners? District offices from Monday, September 18 to Friday, September 22. Carnival Center recommends contacting the District offices for a specific time and date to pick up vouchers. Vouchers can be redeemed at the Target Globalbeat Tent on Sunday, October 8 for wrist bands which provide admittance into the Center during any one of three three-hour sessions beginning at noon, 3 p.m. and 6 p.m.

Wrist bands will also be issued, as space permits, on Sunday at the Target Globalbeat Tent up to two hours before the start of each session. Arriving early is highly recommended. Details, including the performance schedule, list of Commissioners? offices, directions to Carnival Center and parking information, are available on the Carnival Center Web site at www.carnivalcenter.org.