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Here’s another photo of the US Cultural Delegation!

“William D. Adams, Chairman, National Endowment for the Humanities

 El Instituto Superior de Arte, Universidad de Cuba        

Calle 120 #1110 e/ 9na y 13, Cubanacán, Playa.              

Playa, LHA                   

April 18, 2016

Thank you very much.

Let me begin by extending a warm greeting to the distinguished group of Cuban officials and cultural leaders assembled here. It is a great honor to be with you on this historic occasion.

My name is William Adams, and I’m the Chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities, a grantmaking agency of the United States government that is one of the largest sources of funds for humanities projects and programs in the United States. Our basic mission is to support humanities research and scholarship, to preserve cultural assets and heritage, and to make cultural resources available to the American people. This includes not just American culture, but cultures from around the world, including Cuba. The lives of Cubans and Americans have been connected for many years and in many ways, but nowhere more powerfully than in the cultural sphere—in our mutual appreciation of our histories, our literature, music, art, and our fundamental values and ideals. As a result of this visit, we now have the opportunity to deepen our cultural interests and ties in new ways, for the future well-being of our countries. I am honored to be here with you as we begin this new phase of cultural dialogue between the Cuban and American peoples.

Thank you very much.”

So adorable...

Another photo of JLY at the Miguel Fernandez Roig School.

Translation:

Renown American artists as singer Usher Raymond, the musician and producer Smokey Robinson, actor Kalpen Suresh Modi, the producer of Broadway Margo Lion, the violinist Joshua Bell, the singer and actor John Lloyd Young, among others, shared with children of school primary Miguel Fernández Roig, located at the corner of Infanta and Espada in the municipality of Centro Habana. The visit falls within the programme of the Presidential Committee for arts and humanities.

Usher sang La Guantanamera and Cuba how beautiful is Cuba with the chilgren, excited about exchanging with these musicians, actors and foreign producers.

Artists entered classrooms to talk directly to children and teachers from first to third grade, as well as to witness the operation of the system of education of the island.

Joshua Bell, considered one of the best talents in international and holder of a 1713 Stradivarius violin, played a fragment of a work of the famous German composer, Johan Sebastian Bash.

After their visit to the school, the delegation departed for the Finca Vigia Museum, former residence of the Nobel Prize in literature, Ernest Hemingway. Tomorrow is expected to attend the fine arts museum and hold an exchange with the Cuban Institute of music executives.

JLY visitando Museo de Bellas Artes, Havana.