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INTERNATIONAL JAZZ DAY FOUNDATION APPOINTS CARLOS PALOMARES EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF IT’S ALAMOS MEXICO DIVISION

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Congratulation Senior Carlos! International Jazz Day Foundation is honored to announce it’s newly appointed Executive Director of its Alamos/Hermosillo Sonora Mexico Division. Senior Carlos Palomares will spearhead the foundation’s 2017 production of the UNSECO 6th Annual International Jazz Day AZ Festival (1st in Alamos/ Hermosillo) efforts in this important part of Mexico. Work has already…

Rocky Point people – Puerto Penasco Armando Noriega Jazz Icon

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Rocky Point people – Armando Noriega Local Jazz great Armando ‘Kennedy’ Noriega performs new works at the 2015 International Cervantino Festival in Puerto Penasco. This month we saw a return of the International Cervantino Festival to Rocky Point. This was the only event in Northern Mexico that was a an extension of the Cervantino Festival,…

ESTUDIANTINA DE ALAMOS

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  ESTUDIANTINAS of ALAMOS The Estudiantinas are a benchmark of the January music festival called FAOT (Festival de  Alfonso Ortiz Tirado).  FAOT is put on by the Sonoran Cultural Institute. Year after year it celebrates Dr. Alfonso Ortiz Tirado, in this southern city of the state of Sonora.  With 23 years of experience and fifteen…

Activities

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Professional Tour Companies This professional tour company in Alamos offers birding and natural history tours of the area. For further information, tour itineraries and schedules contact:Solipaso Excursions – David and Jennifer MacKay Birding in Alamos Alamos is located on the edge of the world’s most northern extent of Tropical Deciduous Forest, and the southern extent…

Doc Jones Brings Jazz to Alamos,Mexico

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Doc Jones brought his saxophone and introduced New Orleans Jazz to the Alamos Community.  He was also there to investigate the possibility of organizing an annual  International Jazz Day event in Alamos.    Each afternoon, Doc participated in the city sponsored music lessons for the youth and citizens of Alamos at their Casa de la…

Excursions

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Aduana The mining town of Aduana, 8 km west of Alamos, is rich in history from the times when Aduana’s mines made Alamos rich. The historic church dates from 1630. A “miracle cactus” grows high on the west wall of the church. The stones beneath are saturated with wax from offering candles. Aduana’s Fiesta de…