William Paterson University
Offers Latin Music Concert A high-energy, multicultural
group, Viva Quetzal! will perform traditional and modern Latin American
music on Thursday, October 25 at 7:30 p.m. in William Paterson Universitys
Shea Center for the Performing Arts on the campus in Wayne. The group, which includes South
American folkloric musicians and composers and New England rock and jazz
musicians/composers, performs an eclectic mixture of traditional, folkloric
and pop themes on a profusion of ancient and modern instruments. The group includes Alfredo
Velaquez, lead vocals, bamboo flutes and traditional string instruments;
Joe Belmont, lead acoustic and electric guitars, Colombia tiple and charango;
Rudi Weeks, acoustic and electric basses and vocals; Jon Weeks, saxophones,
wind instruments, hand percussion, vocals and sound effects; and Kevin
Richard, kit drums and percussion. Ticket prices are $12 standard;
$10 senior citizens and William Paterson community; $6 children 12 years
and under and William Paterson students, limit 2 per ID. For tickets,
please call the Shea Center Box Office at 973-720-2371.
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