Awarding the Dumas

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What are the Dumas, you ask? The Dumas are the Dominican Urban Music Awards and will highlight artistry in genres such as mambo (merengue de calle), electronic, rock, Dominican rap, reggaeton and R&B, as reported in El Caribe. Though no specific date was given, the award ceremonies will be in either in June or July at the Palacio de los Deportes and will be televised on Telemicro and Digital 15. The award winners will be chosen by the voting public through text messaging. There is speculation the Dumas awards were created when the genres were left out of the Cassandra, the leading national awards to the arts. But Chey Rodriguez, the show's director, said they seek to promote creativity and promote popular Dominican music. Felix Vinicio Lora, former president of the Dominican Association of Art Chroniclers (Acroarte) has doubts the Dumas awards will be successful. He commented that years back, rockers tried to do the same thing and ended up fighting amongst themselves. Tenor Carlos T. Martinez said that any music that doesn't have quality doesn't deserve to be recognized by the Cassandra's.

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