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The role of La Cita Bar in the Californian nightlife

Let’s go to La Cita!

La Cita Bar is one of those places whose atmosphere does not leave anyone indifferent does not pass under the table in the California nightlife, which already has many choices of all kinds for anyone who wants to spend an unforgettable evening in good company. However, La Cita Bar has a special charm that any visitor to Los Angeles should try just once during his trip.   

When reviewing pictures of areas inside the bar, it is simple to see that it is a very colorful and spacious place with all kinds of lights, but it is always small for the sheer number of people who constantly visit it to see if what they have been told about this nightclub is true or if this is just gossip. It is just that the bar’s reputation speaks for itself and how! If what is sought is the best energy from the hand of good music and excellent drinks, without any doubt, this is the best choice. 

This is La Cita Bar
Facade of La Cita Bar

When we review, in detail, the schedule of which this place is composed, we almost immediately realize that the owners and publicists are extremely disciplined with the weekly planning that they will offer to future clients every night. Depending on the day of the week, those interested can attend according to the activities that most appeal to them and might sound fun. 

Schedule and themed nights

Every day, the interior of the premises operates from 10 am to 9 pm. Monday through Friday, the terrace is open from 4 pm to 9 pm. On Fridays, the venue offers the Angry Hour, which is entirely dedicated to hardcore punk rock and bands playing this peculiar genre. On Saturdays, there is an afternoon delight, which is animated by musicians Calixto and Jimmy James. 

Of course, there may be days when there are cumbia, salsa, merengue and bolero themed nights accompanied by the talent of invited artists, who will be in charge of adding music to the atmosphere. Considering that there is not s specific day for these themed nights, La Cita Bar’s social networks will be the ones to announce events planned in the future and the artists involved, mainly its official Facebook.   

The interior of the bar
The interior of La Cita Bar

When we look though the wide catalogue of artists who have endowed this bar with their appreciated presence, we can note that its team truly takes pains to get the best and to offer it to its distinguished clientele. Among those, we can mention Spaguetti Cumbia, Reyna Tropical, DJ Ricky Guapo, DJ Pump Police, DJ Paw and many others.   

With respect to the opinions issued by many of the customers through certain platforms, the best features of the place are its energy and music, but they are not the only thing drawing in the crowd that always comes here. The cheapness of most of the drinks offered is also a very strong point in favor of the club, as this gives anyone the option of having a good time between drinks regardless of their economic situation. 

Even some who no longer frequent the place due to the remoteness or moving to another city remember with nostalgia the fun they had there and the excellent attention offered by the La Cita Bar team. 

El Patio
El Patio is the area where people dance

Link to its official website: lacitabar.com

ISM August 2021

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Latin America – August 2021

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ISM interviews Héctor Cuevas and his Son Borojol Orchestra.

Dominican Republic where the traditional music is merengue expands to diverse musical rhythms such as bachata, rap, salsa, among others, and this time we had the opportunity to present 2 great musicians (both cousins) called Héctor and Cuso Cuevas , who have joined their talents and experiences in music to found the Orchestra who baptized it “Son Borojol” in March 2015, which is characterized by being a different and very tropical band, its name derives from a tribute to that popular sector because there the genre of son has always been danced.

Héctor Cuevas, was born in the Dominican Republic and lived a season in the USA, from the age of 13 and 14 he began his musical life with Johnny Ventura learning and working in the USA with respect to music, he was also in Caracas, Venezuela, Miami where He was musician for Hansel and Raul in the 80s.

 

In the “Son Borojol” Orchestra he is integrating a musical group that has several members from other countries apart from Dominicans and he mentions that the vast majority are Venezuelans, among them Cesar Augusto Anuel better known as Albondiga, a great trombonist, arranger, composer and musical director of the Latin dimension. He said he was very happy with the coupling of the members of the orchestra, who at each party give their best, showing their talents to please the dancing public.

Son Borojol Orchestra
Son Borojol Orchestra live

The orchestra is composed of experienced musicians who have the peculiarity of having 3 violins (which are from the symphony), trumpeters and other instruments which manage to make a difference in quality and sound, when playing either Cumbia, Merengue, Son , Guaracha, Charanga, Traditional Salsa (La sonora matacera style, jhonny pacheco, Roberto faz)

He comments that once they had a contract with a Latin music label, where Hector wanted it to be pure salsa but they wanted a compilation of different Latin rhythms (merengue, salsa among others) but the most important thing is that the music was from Son Borojol and not from other artists, for a time they were counting on the support of maestro Sony Ovalle (who passed away on December 13, 2020).

The experience that Son Borojol has, in addition to its members, is added the great career he has had in various orchestras with his cousin and renowned bassist Cuso Cuevas (he also died in 2020), who worked with Félix del Rosario, Joseito Mateo, Jhonny Ventura, Santa Cecilia among others. For his part, Héctor Cuevas, played with the orchestras of Hansel and Raul, Jhonny Pacheco, Primitivo Santos and others in the United States.

With this project, the Son Borojol Orchestra has the objective that the public can enjoy different musical genres such as cumbia, danzones, salsa, boleros, Latin jazz and of course the son, a rhythm that every day continues to penetrate more and more in taste. popular of young people; since normally the more adult people who dance are montuno, habanero, bolero and son.

But apart from this particular objective, they have the following as their main idea:

“Our goal is to conclude some songs in the portfolio and prepare to travel to the United States, where they already want to get to know the orchestra, but for that we continue to rehearse hard, because we want to stay for many years to make our people happy every weekend and at private parties. How we are doing it ”, he expressed.

Hector Cuevas
Hector Cuevas selfie

Héctor Cuevas, who is currently the musical director, once commented… “In those trips that I took to the Dominican Republic, I always had the idea of ​​forming an orchestra of my own, since I have the experience because I had The Boston Latin Band, I met with my cousin Cuso Cuevas and we invited other proven musicians and today Son Borojol, it is a reality that continues to rise every day and our presentations speak for themselves, because we try every day to improve in quality, sound and interpretation ”.

Although he currently conducts the orchestra alone, he continues on in honor of his cousin Cuso Cuevas; During the Covid 19 pandemic, they took advantage of this time when all the events were canceled and the closure to record their new musical themes so that when the events opened they were ready for everything that came to them in the future; At least now in 2021 they began to open clubs and other venues, mobilizing dynamic activity in the country, of course with a much shorter work period than before or opening much earlier to take advantage of the regulatory time given by the government ( flexible quarantine)

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Photo of directors Hector and Cuso Cuevas

Currently they have many television offers and live events on the beaches of the country, and when everything is normalized with the pandemic, make their musical tour that was planned in 2020 to different countries of the world And as the penultimate stop in the USA and finally in the Dominican Republic .

A message to his viewers in this interview was the following: “That they take care of themselves, that they always have friends in their hearts and many blessings, and if they have a goal to follow that they do not deviate and always continue forward … nothing stops me and I keep moving forward and that’s what makes you feel good and reach that goal and don’t look back … ”

 

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