LA's Best Salsa Band Johnny Polanco Y Conjunto Armistad and Yaelisa and Caminos Flamencos Perform This Weekend at the Orange County Great Park

LA's Best Salsa Band Johnny Polanco Y Conjunto Armistad and Yaelisa and Caminos Flamencos Perform This Weekend at the Orange County Great Park

IRVINE, Calif., Sept. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Johnny Polanco y Conjunto Armistad mambos back to the Great Park with his horns, vibes, vocals, and everything salsa to get you dancing flirtatiously, Friday, September 19th. On Saturday, September 20th, the Great Park will feature classic Spanish Flamenco music and dance with Yaelisa and Caminos Flamencos. All dances and concerts begin at 8:00 p.m. Attendance and parking are free for both events.

Johnny Polanco, a featured artist at Hollywood's famed El Floridita salsa club, is LA's best-known salsero and one of the most sought-after bandleaders in the nation. He has toured clubs and festivals internationally including the Playboy Jazz Festival and has appeared at the Latin Grammy Awards and World Salsa Championships several times. A multi-instrumentalist, Polanco is skilled at the tres and cuatro guitar, trombone, vibes and more.

A veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps whose last posting was at the Marine Corps Air Station at El Toro, Polanco says that his performance at the Orange County Great Park (formerly El Toro Marine Corps Air Station) has special meaning for him.

For more information: http://www.johnnypolanco.net/

Emmy Award-winning dancer and choreographer Yaelisa, the company's artistic director, is among the top Flamenco artists in the nation. She's even conquered Flamenco's native Spain, where she was one of 11 choreographers (and the only American) invited to present her work at the prestigious Certamen de Corografia in Madrid. Her approach to Flamenco is that of the purest Flamenco traditions from Spain. She seamlessly blends the music and dance while weaving improvisation into the mix, allowing each voice its own time and space. Yaelisa is best known locally as the artistic director of Irvine Barclay Theatre's annual New World Flamenco Festival.

Press kit online: http://www.caminosflamencos.com/

The Orange County Great Park is located on the site for the former El Toro Marine Corps Air Station in Irvine. Visitors to the Park can now enjoy balloon flights, Hangar 244 Cafe', concert and dance programs and picnics in the Preview Park. Last month, an historic PV-1 Ventura night fighter plane, a type of plane that once flew out of El Toro Marine Corps Air Station was donated to the Great Park for its future Great Park Aviation Museum project.

When completed, the Orange County Great Park will be a 1,347 acre metropolitan park. It will provide a wide array of active and passive uses, including a 2.5 mile canyon and lake, miles of walking and biking trails, a cultural terrace, Orange County's largest sports park and a botanical garden.

For more information, please go to http://www.ocgp.org/

Source: Orange County Great Park

CONTACT: Steve Larsen, +1-949-724-7414, for Orange County Great Park

Web Site: http://www.ocgp.org/
http://www.caminosflamencos.com/
http://www.johnnypolanco.net/

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