Arts Alive! and WVWC’s CCIA to host Jazz & Java at the Opera House in Buckhannon

Arts Alive! and WVWC’s CCIA to host Jazz & Java at the Opera House in Buckhannon
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The CCIA and Arts Alive! are presenting Jazz & Java in celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month (Sept. 15 – Oct.15) with live Latin Jazz music led by Yamil Conga Trio at the CJ Maggies, Opera House on Wednesday, Oct. 15.

The event will be from 6-8 p.m., with live music, a salsa dance lesson and food. Donation of $10 requested at the door. West Virginia Wesleyan College students receive free admission.

Conga is a native of Puerto Rico and a current resident of Nashville, Tennesee. Conga tours nationally and internationally and also visits colleges and universities, bringing educational lectures on the conga drum and salsa music.

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