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Urko Menaia:
Basque singer tour Summer 2011 |
Urko Menaia is of a new generation of Basque singer/songwriters.
His first album was a collection of traditional songs, while his second
includes his own compositions. He has a passion to keep our
language alive in song.
Related links:
Gurea
Entertainment Tours
www.myspace.com/urkomenaia
In
collaboration with the Basque Government,
NABO helped to organize--along with host communities--a series of
concerts featuring this Basque singer from Donostia. The objectives are threefold:
to 1) help animate our Basque community with something
out-of-the-ordinary; 2) reveal some of the new Basque artists and their
works; and 3) get our area clubs/organizations working together on some
joint events.
ESKERRIK ASKO: Thank you to
the hosting clubs!
These entertainment tours rotate because we
try to keep this moving around to try and touch as many communities as
we can based on 1) the time that our guests have to travel here and 2)
the number of clubs that step up and host. So while it might not be
possible to have something every year, perhaps every other year we can
help to arrange something for member organizations somewhere nearby, because that's the purpose of N.A.B.O.:
to help clubs help themselves to keep Basqueness alive.
New York
Vancouver
Urko singing at "Kantari Eguna" (Gardnerville, NV)
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