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How to Make the Most of WOMEX - A Users' Guide

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Showcase Schedule

Registration Update

The Musical Legacy of Al-Andalus



Dear WOMEXicanos,

Another deadline passed. Another milestone reached. We're getting closer. Here's an update announcing the offWOMEX Showcases, registration numbers, plus the first information on who is performing when and special tips for your WOMEX visit.

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How to Make the Most of WOMEX - A Users' Guide

If you're new to WOMEX - or just want to take better advantage of your WOMEX experience - we've prepared a detailed briefing on how to make the most of your time and effort.
And don't forget to mark your calendars for a special WOMEX Orientation for New Delegates on Thursday, 30 October from 12 - 12:45 in the Ronda Room (FIBES, 1st floor).
Find full information on how to make the most of your visit to WOMEX at

www.womex.com/realwomex/make-the-most-of-womex


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The offWOMEX Showcases are confirmed at last, providing another nine shows on the offWOMEX Stage, which stands right next to the Teatro Lope de Vega.

THURSDAY
  • Gong Myoung (South Korea)
  • Meddy Gerville (La Réunion)
  • Sofia Jannok (Sweden)
FRIDAY/ Sounds from Spain
  • Dorantes (Spain)
  • Mastretta (Spain)
  • Peret (Spain)
SATURDAY / Noite Brasileira
  • Andreia Dias (Brazil)
  • La Pupuña (Brazil)
  • Mundo Livre S/A (Brazil)
All showtimes to be announced shortly.

www.womex.com/realwomex/offwomex


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Work progresses on the Showcase scheduling, one of our more complex tasks given the 50-plus artists who will be appearing in just five days... We can now announce the days that each artist will appear. The actual times will be published in the final weeks before the trip to Sevilla.

THURSDAY

Daycases:
  • Liu Fang (China/Canada)
  • Zabit Nabizade Trio (Azerbaijan)
Nighttime Showcases:
  • A Filetta (France)
  • Alex Cuba (Cuba/Canada)
  • Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni ba (Mali)
  • Cimarrón (Colombia)
  • DJ Grace Kelly (Brazil/Germany)
  • Fatima Spar & The Freedom Fries (Turkey/Bulgaria/Ukraine/Serbia/ Austria)
  • Kalman Balogh Gypsy Cimbalom Band (Hungary)
  • DJ Grace Kelly (Brazil/Germany)
  • Les Amazones de Guinée (Guinea-Conakry)
  • Staff Benda Bilili (Congo-Kinshasa)
FRIDAY

Daycases:
  • Jouhiorkesteri (Finland)
  • Ólöf Arnalds (Iceland)
Nighttime Showcases:
  • Aurelio Martinez (Honduras)
  • Camané (Portugal)
  • David Walters (France)
  • Cimarrón (Colombia)
  • DJ Ishtar (Iran/The Netherlands)
  • LA-33 (Colombia)
  • Magnifico (Slovenia)
  • Mike Marshall & Darol Anger with Väsen (USA/Sweden)
  • Ramiro Musotto & Orchestra Sudaka (Argentina/Brazil)
  • Suzanna Owiyo (Kenya)
  • Tumi and the Volume (South Africa/Mozambique)
SATURDAY

Daycases:
  • Beats in the Heart of Orient (Iran/India/Greece/France)
  • Salamat Sadikova (Kyrgyzstan)
Nighttime Showcases:
  • Astillero (Argentina)
  • Bako Dagnon (Mali)
  • Bedouin Jerry Can Band (Egypt)
  • Enzo Avitabile & I Bottari (Italy)
  • Mo DJ (Mali)
  • Sidestepper (Colombia)
  • Tomás de Perrate (Spain)
SUNDAY
  • WOMEX 08 Award Winner: Muzsikás (Hungary)
Be sure to join us for the Sunday Award session - and a special performance by this year's artist winners Muszikás. With the awards, wrap up and farewell to Sevilla - all topped off by a grand final concert, Sunday is yet another can't-miss WOMEX event.


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It looks like we're set for another record-breaking year. With the Guide Rate having closed Friday, 5 September, registration numbers are up when compared to this time last year: 2,023 in 2008 vis-à-vis 1,930 in 2007. Will we break 2007's 2,800 delegates? We'll keep you posted.

Meanwhile, have a look at our "Who is Coming" list online to find out who will be attending WOMEX. Just click on the name for full contact details from virtualWOMEX (and be sure to update your data with additional details). Please note that only fully paid registrants are listed: www.womex.com/realwomex/whoiscoming

The next registration period, our LATE RATE, lasts until Friday, 10 October. Anyone registering within that period will make it into the Guide Supplement with all your company and contact details.

www.womex.com/realwomex/register



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Learn more about the rich musical history of this year's WOMEX location with the new interactive set of maps on "The Musical Legacy of Al-Andalus" produced by Afropop. It gives users a self-generated exploration of the fascinating history of medieval Moorish Spain and features the storytelling of a cutting edge scholar on Al-Andalus: Dwight Reynolds.

www.afropop.org/Alandalus/Alandalus.html


Check back regulary on our new homepage at www.womex.com


Stay tuned and keep in touch!
Best regards from your WOMEX team in Berlin


Next WOMEX deadline: Friday, 10 October
  • for registering at LATE RATE
  • for booking WOMEX Bag Inserts


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WOMEX Sevilla / 29 October - 2 November 2008
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