News & Announcements

Feature Article in the Daily Hampshire Gazette

On Wednesday April 29 the Daily Hampshire Gazette published a feature article about Grupo Folklórico Palo Santo and the Afro-Cuban folkloric dance class. The article was published both in the daily newspaper and on the Gazette’s website. The website also featured a video that was made during the research for this article. That video is now available on the Video Page of our own website as well.

Afro-Cuban Folkloric Dance Class

Grupo Folklórico Palo Santo offers ongoing classes in Afro-Cuban folkloric dance every Tuesday at 8:00 PM in Northampton, MA. Visit our Dance Class page for more information about the class and directions to the dance studio.

Village Commons Family Entertainment Series in South Hadley

On Saturday August 8 Grupo Folklórico Palo Santo will perform at the popular Saturday morning Family Entertainment Series at the Village Commons shops in South Hadley.

The performance will take place from 10:30 – 11:15 AM in the courtyard in front of the

On Wednesday July 8 the Pioneer Valley Cuba Solidarity Committee will be welcoming the Pastors for Peace Cuba Caravan. Pastors for Peace travels in a caravan throughout the US to collect medical supplies and other things that are difficult for Cuba to obtain because of the US embargo; and then delivers this humanitarian aid to Cuba in direct defiance of the embargo.

¡Bienvenidos!

Welcome to the website for Grupo Folklórico Palo Santo. Palo Santo is a group of dancers and musicians in the Pioneer Valley region of Western Massachusetts that is dedicated to the study, performance and teaching of Afro-Cuban folkloric dance and music.

Our activities are currently focused on two areas. We offer an ongoing, open class in Afro-Cuban Folkloric Dance which has been running continuously since September 2006. We also have a performance group which made its debut in August 2006, and has continued creating and performing new repertoire in the years since then.

Bookmark our website and check back often to find out about new projects and upcoming events as our program continues to develop.

Upcoming Performances & Events

Odyssey Bookshop. In case of inclement weather the performance will be held inside.

http://www.thevillagecommons.com

Caravana Cubana con Grupo Folklórico Palo Santo

The event will include a Cuban meal, speakers from the Caravan, and local performing artists. Headlining the entertainment will be Grupo Folklórico Palo Santo, performing Afro-Cuban folkloric music and dance.

The Caravana Cubana event will take place at First Churches on Main Street in downtown Northampton from 6:00 - 9:00 PM. Come support an important cause that is near and dear to our hearts; dine on tasty cuban food and enjoy Afro-Cuban music and dance by Grupo Folklórico Palo Santo.

To see more photos from Grupo Palo Santo’s performance last summer at the June 2008 Caravana Cubana event click here.

For more information:

http://www.cubawesternmass.com

http://www.ifconews.org/CubaCaravan

http://www.westernmassafsc.org

Beyond The Embargo - Cuban Ceramics & Music at the Fuller Craft Museum

On Saturday July 18 Grupo Folklórico Palo Santo will perform at the Fuller Craft Museum in Brockton, MA. The performance will accompany an exhibit of Cuban ceramics at the museum.

The group will do two shows, beginning at 1:00 and 3:00 PM. The performances will take place in the Great Room of the museum.

http://www.fullercraft.org