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VARIOUS LATIN SINGERS SINGING WITH BAND ACCOMPANIMENT; VARIOUS SCENES MALE, FEMALE RHYTHM AND BLUES GROUPS PERFORMING FOR CAMERA ON TV STAGES (?), INCLUDING CUBAN, AMERICAN, ICONS JOSEITO FERNANDEZ, ERNESTO LACUONA, BENNY MOORE, MIGUELITO VALDEZ, CHANO POZO, MOISES SIMONS, RITA MONTANER AND OTHER UNIDENTIFIED RHYTHM AND BLUES GROUPS, INDIVIDUALS. YOUNG AMERICAN FOLK SINGER PETE SEEGER PERFORMS. SANTERIA RELIGIOUS RITUALS, DANCE IN BEING PERFORMED.

CUBAN SINGER, ICON, JOSEITO FERNANDEZ SIGNS WITH
BAND IN BKGD INCLUDING FOUR GUITARS, BASE, PIANO,
DRUMS MARACAS, SCRATCHER.

HIGH ANGLE OF BEACH SCENE WITH SEVERAL MUSICIANS
SCATTERED AROUND STANDING IN INDIVIDUAL HOLES IN
SAND PLAYING AS BLACK GIRL QUARTET STAND NEXT TO A
CHAIR IN SAND AS THEY SING, WAVES ROLLING IN SHORE IN
BKDG (FROM TV PROGRAM?)

TRIO OF BLACK SINGERS, ONE WITH VIOLIN, PERFORM
BEFORE CAMERA, (TV SHOW?) BAND IN BKGD WITH TWO MORE
VIOLINS, CONGA DRUM, STAND-UP BASE. FLUTE, TIMBALES,
SCRATCHER. CU FLUTE PLAYER. CU TWO VIOLINISTS
PLAYING.

EIGHT PIECE LATIN BAND IN FORMAL DRESS PLAY, SING
BACK UP FOR MARACAS PLAYING LATIN SINGER. ALL TURN TO
WATCH AS PIANO PLAYER DOES SOLO, WITH MARACAS, BONGO
PLAYER OTHER PERCUSSIONISTS. CU PIANO PLAYERS HANDS
PLAYING.

WOMAN SINGER IN WEIRD COSTUME OF GLOSSY LEATHER
JACKET WITH HIGH COLLAR, LARGE COINS TRIMMING EDGE OF
JACKET, HAIR TIGHTLY BRUSHED BACK INTO BEE HIVE BUN
AT TOP, LEOTARD TIGHTS. SINGS, PERFORMS WITH DRAMATIC
GESTURES. MODERNISTIC LIVING ROOM SETTING. TV SHOW?
BIZARRE.

MONTAGE PHOTO FLASHES BLACK CUBAN ICON CONGA DRUM
PLAYER, SINGER CHANO POZO, FILMS CUBAN BLACK
MUSICIANS PLAYING CONGA, BONGOS IN BACK YARDS, CHANO
POZO, MIGUELITO VALDEZ, OTHERS IN GROUP SHOTS, BACK
STREETS IN CUBA, BLACK CHILDREN, COSTUMED STREET
FESTIVALS.

BLACK GROUP SEATED ON BOXES IN BACK YARD, PLAY DRUMS
AS TWO MID-AGED BLACK MEN IN WHITE SUITS DANCE MAMBO,
SALSA, STEPS. CU FEET DOING STEPS.

PHOTO, FILM, MONTAGE JOSEITO FERNANDEZ WITH OTHER
PERSONALITIES, DANCING MAMBO WITH WOMAN. CU OLD WHITE
HAIRED FERNANDEZ ON PIANO (COLOR FOOTAGE). PHOTO
SHOTS OF FERNANDEZ AS YOUNG, OLD MAN.

ECU FACE SHOT FERNANDEZ, MORE ON TV SCREEN WITH
ORCHESTRA.

HIGH ANGLE SCENE BUSY INTERSECTION WITH BUSES, AUTOS,
PEDESTRIANS IN HAVANA (?). STILL SHOTS SAME. ZOOM IN
BLACK MAN SIPPING ESPRESSO IN CAFE.

ERNESTO LACUONA.
PHOTO, FILM MONTAGE PIANIST, COMPOSER, ERNESTO
LACUONA PLAYING FOR DIVA, CONDUCTING ORCHESTRA POSING
WITH CELEBRITIES, ON SHOW POSTERS WITH JOSEITO
FERNANDEZ, WITH SHOW GIRLS, PLAYING

PAN CHILDREN PLAYING IN CENTER SQUARE OF LARGE
GOVERNMENTAL TYPE BUILDING, FASHIONABLE SHOPPING
DISTRICT IN HAVANA (?). COLOR FOOTAGE. LACUONA
FINISHES PLAYING, STANDS TO TAKE BOW. (B&W)

CU ERNESTO LACUONA MUSIC SHEETS BEING PILED ONE ON
THE OTHER. MONTAGE OF PHOTO SHOTS, INCLUDE WRITING
MUSIC.

MONTAGE VARIOUS SCENES LACUONA BEING GIVEN SEND OFF
BY FRIENDS, RELATIVES AT DOCK BEFORE BOARDING LINER.
LACUONA AND OTHERS WAVE GOODBYE FROM GANGWAY AS THEY
BOARD LINER.