Puerto Vallarta, Mexico - T'is the season for caroling, cheer, and caring for families and friends alike! We hope you will all join us at Sheraton Buganvillias for the upcoming "Merry Christmas - Hello New Year Gala Concert" benefiting Biblioteca Los Mangos on Thursday, December 27th.

As music, culture, and art all go hand in hand with literature and reading, and with just 2 short, busy weeks until we celebrate "Noel," we hope you are all set for the gala event of events - the ultimate high note of 2012! We have lovingly put together an exciting and eclectic concert program featuring our star performers Anibal Cruz and Irisley Luis.

Concert Program

Preludio No. 1 (12 Trascendental Studies ) – Franz Lizst – piano solo

Concierto No. 1 Op. 30 – Mauro Giuliani – 1er Movimiento – duet piano y guitar
• Tango "La Muerte del Ángel" – Astor Piazzolla – guitar solo
• Preludio No. 5 – Heitor Villa-Lobos
• Estudio No. 7 – Heitor Villa-Lobos

Preludio Op 3 No. 2 – Serguei Rachmaninov

Selección de Danzas Cubanas - duet piano y guitar

Intermission:

Wachet auf, ruft un die Stimme – Johann Sebastian Bach – Jazz Arr Anibal Cruz – duet piano y guitara

Summertime – George Gershwin – Arr. Anibal Cruz - Trío conga, bass y piano

What a Wonderful World – Bob Thiele, George David Weiss - Duet Voice and Piano – Aníbal Cruz and Aníbal Cruz Cesar

Estampa de la Canción Cubana – choir and accompaniment - Cruz family ensemble
• "Veinte años " Maria Teresa Vera
• "Y tu que has hecho" Eusebio Delfín
• "Dos gardenias " Isolina Carrillo
• "Ojos Malignos" Juan S. Pichardo
• "Silencio" Rafael Hernández

Mamá Inés – Arr. Efraín Amador – guitar solo

Campanero (Frère Jacques) – Arr.: Aldo López Gavilán – piano solo

Over the Rainbow – Harold Arlem E.Y. Harburg - voice / piano

Adding to this high caliber, must-see musical delight, the Sheraton is graciously offering all concert goers pre-concert and intermission cocktails and canapes at the bars outside the concert hall at a 20 percent discount. The Hotel's two restaurants, Las Gaviotas or Villitas, will also offer the 20 percent discount on dinners before or after the show, upon presentation of one's ticket stub.

Tickets for the concert are $300 pesos in advance or $350 pesos at the door. Prices for students are $200 pesos in advance or $250 pesos at the door. Hurry out and get yours today!

Available at:

• Biblioteca Los Mangos, Av. Francisco Villa #1001 - or Angelica at (322) 224-9966

• Hotel Belmar, Insurgentes #161 - (322) 223-1872

• Old Town Farmers' Market - Pino Suarez between B. Badillo and V. Carranza on the South side of Vallarta, Saturdays from 9:30 am to 2 pm

• Cecilia at (322) 223-4606 or Irene/Carl at (322) 222-1319

We sure hope you will all join us for this upcoming New Year Gala Benefit Concert on Thursday, December 27th at 6:00 pm. As always, we would like to remind you that Biblioteca Los Mangos is not "just a library," but a cultural and learning center. As a Non-Profit Organization, Los Mangos Library and Cultural Center is a gift to everyone of all ages in Puerto Vallarta, and relies on donors and fund raisers like this to keep the doors open to this extremely valuable community resource.

Biblioteca Los Mangos is located at Av. Francisco Villa 1001, Col Versalles, Puerto Vallarta. To learn more about the library, call (322) 224-9966 or send an email to blm(at)prodigy.net.mx. For updated information on Los Mangos library activities, please visit biblioteca-los-mangos.blogspot.com.

May the Christmas spirit and cheer be with you now and throughout 2013 at this most wonderful time of the year!