Melrose Parranda 2018

Join us for our annual Melrose Parranda: Our Puerto Rican Christmas caroling procession through the Melrose section of the Bronx! Based on the music of plena and other holiday songs from the island, this festive parade will be led by members of the Bronx music and cultural community, including Jorge Vazquez, Nelson Matthew Gonzalez, Bobby Sanabria, and others. Each stop along the parranda will be a different casita - the little houses that evoke the houses of the countryside in Puerto Rico - including El Coquí, Jardin de la Roca, Latinos Unidos, Rainbow Casita. We'll end at Melrose’s most famous casita, Rincón Criollo, aka La Casita de Chema. The parranda will begin at 6pm at El Coquí Casita with a kick-off featuring the Puerto Rican national anthem, “La Borinqueña,” sung by Rachel Kara Perez.

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