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Zihuatanejo International Guitar Festival gears up for 2006
By Catherine Krantz
 The third Annual Zihuatanejo International Guitar Festival will be held this year March 26 to April 2, 2006. A week of live music in paradise, this non-profit, fully sponsor funded festival was founded to create a world class international event that would be a tourism draw to Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo; to raise cultural awareness and to raise money for art, music and cultural endeavors in the community.
2004 and 2005’s festival beneficiary was the EMEC (La Escuela de Musica de Zihuatanejo Ezekiel Cisneros Cardenas) music school, an ambitious music education project with hopes to soon create a music school to train musicians and music teachers in the state of Guerrero. With funds generated from past festivals, ZI-Guitar Fest AC, the governing body of the Zihuatanejo International Guitar Festival was able to buy textbooks, furniture and pay the annual rent for a school building in central Zihuatanejo for the EMEC, where classes will begin shortly.
After two successful years of meeting their goals, the third annual Zihuatanejo International Guitar Festival with over 20 international musicians scheduled to perform in three concerts, five gala dinners and 10 bars shows is scheduled for March 26 to April 2, 2006.
The ZIGF is proud to announce its 2006 Festival lineup. The following musicians have been selected to attend:
1. Lee Barbour (USA) Jazz
2. Brook (USA) Singer/Songwriter, Acoustic
3. Jocelyn Celaya (USA) Classical, Alternative
4. Daleth & Antares (MEXICO) - Music of old Mexico with guitar and voice.
5. David Feder (USA) Acoustic, World, Hillbilly
6. Juan Gaspar (MEXICO) Contemporary
7. Stephanie Hardy (CANADA) Singer/Songwriter, Celtic
8. Juanito (MEXICO) - Cuban, Tropical, Rock, Romantic, Ballads, Cumbias, Salsas, Boleros
9. Randall Charles Kohl (USA, MEXICO) Hawaiian slack key, Blue grass, Ragtime, Jazz, Classical
10. Josie Kuhn (USA, MEXICO) Americana, Singer/Songwriter
11. Michael Lewis (USA) Adult Contemporary, Blues
12. Flav Martin (USA) Singer/Songwriter,
13. Jeff Parish (USA) Blues, Jazz
14. Steve Pierson (USA) Blues, Rock
15. Eric Reid & Roberto Martinez (MEXICO) Jazz, Brazilian, Classical
16. Ricardo Sweatt Rodriguez (USA) Acoustic, Avant-garde
17. Michael Kent Smith (USA) Jazz, Contemporary Classical
18. Kristin Sweetland (CANADA) Acoustic, Alternative
19. Nick Vigarino (USA) Blues, Funk
20. Neil C. Young (UNITED KINGDOM) Jazz
21. Mario Martin Zelaya (USA) Acoustic, Rock
22. Zico (USA) Acoustic, Alternative
For more information check the official festival website: www.zihuafest.info
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