Live Latin Music in Downtown Modesto By Ole Productions

LIVE LATIN MUSIC RETURNS TO THEDOUBLE TREE HOTEL The Doubletree Hotel, Modesto, in association with Olé Productions, will present live Latin music Friday nights starting July 11th at the “Rumba Room,� formerly Club Max. The first featured band will be Latin percussionist John Ulloa “Y Su Missión,� from the Bay Area, playing, salsa, rumba, Latin jazz and cumbia. The place to be for Friday night Latin music dancing in Modesto will be the Rumba Room at Double Tree Hotel. ABOUT JOHN ULLOA With a musical career that spans more than 20 years, bandleader, percussionist, and educator John Ulloa has been carving his niche in the Bay area’s musical realm, earning well-deserved respect for both his musical talents and his intellectual contributions. With two Master’s degrees—one in Latin American History and another in Cultural Anthropology (with a visual emphasis), both earned from San Francisco State University— Ulloa’s lectures explore the historical, social, and cultural relationships of Afro-Cuban music and religious traditions. John has parlayed his thirst for knowledge with his creative passions, having studied with Afro-Cuban percussion masters such Orestes Vilató, Michael Spiro, and Daniel Rodriguez, both in the United States and in Cuba. His debut solo album, Rum and Smoke (Puro Records), released this spring, is a tribute to West Coast Latin Jazz traditions and a showcase of some of the genre’s finest players. Ulloa has performed and recorded with the likes of Pete Escovedo, WAR, members of Los Lobos, Ruben Estrada, BUCHO, Dr. Loco’s Rockin’ JalapeZo Band, The Mario Flores Band, and Benny Velarde’s Supercombo Doors open at 8:30 p.m. Dance starts at 9:00 p.m. Nightclub admission: $20.00. Adults 21 and older only.Dress Code strictly enforced. For more information call:Armando Flores, Olé Productions, Executive Director at 524-4758Evone Cardenas, Olé Productions, Promotions Director at 573-1710 Enrique Castillo, Doubletree Hotel at (209) 526-6000