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Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Anne (New BonaireTalk Poster - Post #1) on Sunday, February 29, 2004 - 4:08 pm:     Edit PostPrint Post

Does someone of you know if there are nights arranged in restaurants with live calypso music? My fiancee and I will go to Bonaire in the end of March and it would be nice to hear calypso music played with steel pans over there, as we love it.

 

Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Dara Walter (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #582) on Sunday, February 29, 2004 - 9:35 pm:     Edit PostPrint Post

Willy Wanga and his steel drum band play at Habitat on Mondays and at Co-Co's on Sunday, I think. They've been doing the gig at Habitat for a long time. Also, the rum punch party at Sand Dollar has a really good latin jazz/basanova band each week (tell Andreana and Pepa hey for me!). When you get to the island pick up the monthly happenings schedule at any of the resort desks and it will list all of the events and contact numbers.

 

Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Ruth van Tilburg (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #181) on Tuesday, March 2, 2004 - 7:35 pm:     Edit PostPrint Post

Hi (we-Mango's, the restaurant at Sand Dollar) do not have regularly scheduled live music, but do keep in mind that our island music is not calypso or reggae like some think is the generic music for all the Caribbean. Our music is primarily merengues and salsas-both influenced by other islands like the Dominican Republic (bachatas from there too), Puerto Rico & Cuba, and south American countries like Venezuela & Colombia, and before that, Africa. Our own local "Antillean" salsas & merengues are in Papiamento, and usually have slower beats than say a Dominican/Puerto Rican salsa or merengue. Besides those, we have of course, our "local" folk music (simidan, San Pedro, San Juan, etc), like you'd hear Watapana, Pali Wiri or Glenn en su Geng play. Ok, that's Bonaire Music 101--the most important thing is just to enjoy it & get up & dance, even if you don't know the steps!

 


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