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FROM
CUBA
Musicians in Bayamo haven't been paid for
Carnival 6az1c
HAVANA, Cuba, August 20 (Vctor
Manuel Domnguez, Lux Info Press
/ cubanet.sergipeconectado.com) - About a hundred musicians
who played in the Carnival festivities August
4 to 8 complain they haven't been paid the
agreed-upon wages.
The musicians who played during Carnival
are drawn from the Municipal Concert Band
and from other organizations, as it is forbidden
to engage non-professionals in any activity
that represents the culture in the territory.
The Provincial Center for Music and the
committee authorized by the local government
to stage the Carnival celebrations agreed
upon the payments for rehearsals between
July 1 and 28, and for the actual performance
in August.
Now, authorities say they are missing a
signature from a representative of the committee
certifying the participation of the musicians,
and irregularities on the part of cultural
authorities in the g of the contracts.
Jos Torns, a musician,
said these are all lies, because the same
story is repeated every year and the musicians
have to jump through hoops to get paid for
their work.
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