Concert of Colors 2009

Detroit will glow a little brighter this weekend with the 2009 Concert of Colors. The Concert of colors celebrates the diveristy of culture though music and dance and it includes many great performers that you may have heard of or that may be new to you. Concert of Colors is truely one of the best events Detroit has to offer and it is offered at a great great price - gratis, free, no cover and no cost.

In years past, Concert of Colors has included major salsa performers like Spanish Harlem Orchestra and Eddie Palmeri but alas no such luck this year. But salsa is nothing if not a flexible adaptable dance so you should have no difficulty finding lots of danceable music.

Salsa highlights will include:

• Grupo Fantasma & their latin funk sounds
• Orquesta La Inspiracion - one of Detroit's best and favorite salsa bands will hit the stage on Sunday -

Tips

• With any festival style event, you need to be prepared with the right shoes as dance area conditions will be highly varied. High-heeled shoes probably will not be a good idea. The available surface in the Max Fisher building is probably heavy carpet and outside it could be cement. Campus Martius will have a wood laminate dance floor, but the area around it its a mixture of grass and cement and could damage indoor dance shoes. Best bet are the dance sneakers -- they will work on most any surface and will be comfortable all day/night.
• Car pooling is the best way to save on parking. Its probably best to pay a few bucks to park down there in the "pay lots" rather than walk a long way -- especially if you are alone.
• Food and drink are available and help support the event. In past years they have had a wide variety of multi-cultural foods which include vegetarian friendly food.

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