On Their Shoulders We Stand

The La Peña Community Chorus is happy to share some of our most beloved repertoire in an inspiring concert at La Peña Cultural Center, 3105 Shattuck Ave. in Berkeley on Saturday, March 29^th from 7 to 9:30 pm.

Presented by beloved Bay Area poet and KPFA host and stalwart, Avotcja, we will pay homage to the artistic brilliance of our mentors who have left us to “Carry It On.”

Proceeds will benefit La Peña Cultural Center in its banner 50^th year. So please come and help La Peña thrive for another 50 years and enjoy a great concert!

Cost: Sliding scale $10 to $500. No one turned away for lack of funds

The star-studded list of performers includes:

1. Vukani Mawethu — in honor of their founding director, Fundi
2. Ladi Bianca — in honor of Sugar Pie DeSanto and Big Mama Thornton
3. Genny Lim — in honor of Sachiko Nakamura and Yuri Kochiyama
4. Joe Navarro — in honor of Elizabeth “Betita” Martinez
5. Val Serrant and Ava Square — in honor of Connie Williams and Peral Primus
6. Kaylah Marin — in honor of Gwen Avery and Koko Taylor
7. Francisco Herrera and Avotcja — in honor of Rafael Manriquez, Dylcia Pagan and Consuelo Velasquez
8. Duomuxa (aka Marci) and Ricardo Valdivieso — in honor of Marci’s father, Rafael Manriquez, Violeta Parra, and Victor Jara
9. Susana Praver Perez — in honor of Julia de Burgos and Pedro Juan Pietri
10. Naomi Helena Quiñonez  — in honor of Elizabeth “Betita” Navarro
11. Avotcja — in honor of Pat Parker and Piri Thomas
12. Myron Cohen and The Billy Higgins Legacy Band — in honor of Billy Higgins, Alice Coltrane and Jimmy Garrison
13. La Peña Community Chorus in honor of the Chorus’s founder, Rafael Manriquez; also in honor of Carlos Briceño, from Venezuela and Daniel Viglietti, from Uruguay