May 2011 Event

Mark your calendars for the Merry Mixers 61st annual fundraiser... May 14th 7:00 at the Corinthian Yacht Club... Live music by Los Sugar Kings... Live auction/raffle

There will be a Bear Book passed out... half page ads $250 and full page $500..also $100 gold sponsor (one line)... As a sponsor, you will be advertised at our event, in the paper, website, and the event giveaway... Have an auction item/service? We are looking for additional items to wow out guests!

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Thank you to the following corporate sponsors!
 

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Press Quotes
"...Los Sugar Kings, a multicultural Latin band from the Boston area. Their new CD, LSK, features original material, mostly written by Patino Vazquez, charismatic bon vivant and son of Cuban exiles, who along with funk-based session musician Daniel Abreu is as comfortable with the Cuban Son, ballads or all out blues. The amazing rhythm section of Ethiopian born Mikael Mersha and virtuoso drummer Benny Benson, who acts as the glue, a cross between Ginger Baker and Tito Puente, of unclear origin but who could have been born in Belfast or Camaguey. So what explains the fact that these guys from four continents sound as Latin as yours truly? I leave you with this theory: Close inspection of maps of the pre-Jurassic Pangaea show that the center of this supercontinent laid somewhere around Cuba, and the world was one, proof that we all are to some extent Latin and Cuban music can once again unite the world."
       - Ricardo Fernandez, Editor - Zingology

"Totally bilingual, comfortably bicultural, compulsively danceable... Once you get on the dance floor you can't get down again. ÊFrom mambo to reggae, salsa to merengue to rock... each player is facile and moves comfortably among the genres."
      - Salem Gazette.

"Inspired by Cuban tunes, Los Sugar Kings carved out their own soundÉ the catchier songs sound like the stuff of potential radio crossover hits. Well crafted melodies... a journey of poetry and dance."
      - The Boston Globe.

"A quick look at the lineup for LSK will convince you that this band is a melting pot. ÊBenny Benson on drums is from Limerick, Ireland, bassist Mik Mersha is Ethiopian/American, and keyboardist Dan Abreu is Portuguese/American. ÊPatino sings and plays the tres, a Cuban guitar-like instrument that has six strings arranged in three pairs. ÊHe also plays a new instrument that combines the sound of the tres with two more bass strings."
       - Patriot Ledger.

"Patino has an incredible ear for the structure and nuance in the marriage of poetry and music."
       - Boston Phoenix

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