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Saturday, November 20, 2010 | 7pm (doors open at 6pm)

House of Blues :: 329 N. Dearborn St.

¡ REVOLUCIÓN!
Centennial Concert

Chicago Celebrates 100 Years of the Mexican Revolution

$35 General Public
Standing Room Only
Ages 17 and up

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Featuring: Sones de México Ensemble with a new CD release for the Mexican Revolution and special guests Alejandro Flores of Café Tacvba, huapango poet Guillermo Velázquez & Los Leones de la Sierra de Xichú, Trio Ollín from the Ollín Yoliztli Cultural Center in Mexico City, actor/singer Laura Crotte (The Sins of Sor Juana), Sean Cleland & members of the Irish Music School of Chicago, Victor García & the Chicago Afro-Latin Jazz Ensemble Horn Section, Mariachi Real Guadalajara, Trio Los Primos, members of the Mexican Folkloric Dance Company of Chicago, Mexican Dance Ensemble, and Ballet Folklórico Nacional de Victor Soria, and others.

"It is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees" said Emiliano Zapata, land right reform hero of the Mexican Revolution. So get up and join this centennial celebration fiesta as Mexico brings its diverse and vibrant traditions into a new Century with non-stop music and dance. Everyone is welcome!

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