NewsWhore
10-06-2010, 03:40 PM
Dominican singer-songwriter Juan Luis Guerra and his 4.40 band filled the Red Room of the Shanghai Expo Center with 2,600 smiling faces to mark the close of Dominican Republic Day (5 October) at the huge Expo-2010 event. According to Hoy, Guerra said he was "very happy" with the reaction to his music. He told Spanish news agency EFE, "I saw a lot of happy faces, that is what was important".
While the exhibition organizers were not too happy, many spectators got up from their seats and started dancing in front of the stage. 15 security officers patrolled the stage to keep spectators from climbing up and dancing. Apparently, the organizers had not removed some access steps from the previous day's events. Despite the police presence everyone seemed to enjoy the music, urged on by Guerra himself. "Ni hao, Shanghai!" was his opening line and it just got better from there.
As reported in the Shanghai Daily Press, the DR Pavilion, which is themed "Intelligent Tropical Lifestyle", shows the country's tourism and cultural activities, its economic development, innovation and use of technology.
The pavilion sets out to display the relationship between urbanization and the improvement of living standards, and to encourage a unique and intelligent tropical lifestyle.
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While the exhibition organizers were not too happy, many spectators got up from their seats and started dancing in front of the stage. 15 security officers patrolled the stage to keep spectators from climbing up and dancing. Apparently, the organizers had not removed some access steps from the previous day's events. Despite the police presence everyone seemed to enjoy the music, urged on by Guerra himself. "Ni hao, Shanghai!" was his opening line and it just got better from there.
As reported in the Shanghai Daily Press, the DR Pavilion, which is themed "Intelligent Tropical Lifestyle", shows the country's tourism and cultural activities, its economic development, innovation and use of technology.
The pavilion sets out to display the relationship between urbanization and the improvement of living standards, and to encourage a unique and intelligent tropical lifestyle.
http://en.expo2010.cn/a/20101005/000002.htm
http://www.dominicancentral.com/newsarticle/juan_luis_guerra... (http://www.dominicancentral.com/newsarticle/juan_luis_guerra_sang_for_the_first_time_in_china_in_rd_day/)
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#1)