Day 7 - Vocal Jazz and Swimming

Today is the 2^nd last day of this tour.  We didn’t really have much on the schedule today, which was just fine.  This morning we did a little exchange concert with a local vocal jazz group from Havana.  We performed for them for about half an hour and then they performed for us.  They were really great – really tight sounding group.  They were 7 singers, four men and three women.  One of the guys imitated bongo playing with vocals throughout their set.  Not even sure how he did it, but it was quite amazing.

Perhaps even more impressive than the performance was the venue we performed in.  It was in a bar at the back of a renovated house.  The house is owned by a Miami club owner, whose family came from Cuba years ago.  This house had been in his family years ago and he owns it.  He completely renovated it into the style of 1950’s Havana, complete with the old living room shortwave radios, turntable and furniture.  It was absolutely stunning to find this gem of a house in the midst of so many decrepit buildings.

After lunch, it was off to the beach for a final swim in the ocean waves.  The whole evening is free time, and many kids plan to swim in the pool, or go to the grocery store to find Cuban coffee.  Tomorrow is the last day.