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CarnaVe 2003 Sets Festival Schedule; City of Las Vegas Proclaims CarnaVe Day.


Entertainment Editors/Travel Writers

LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 26, 2003

The inaugural edition of CarnaVe (www.carnave2003.com), a world-class celebration of Latin music and culture, is set to take place in Las Vegas Las Vegas (läs vā`gəs), city (1990 pop. 258,295), seat of Clark co., S Nev.; inc. 1911. It is the largest city in Nevada and the center of one of the fastest-growing urban areas in the United States.  with expanded activities Sept. 10-14. With a proclamation in hand from the City of Las Vegas
This article is about the passenger train City of Las Vegas; for the city, see Las Vegas, Nevada; for other uses, see Las Vegas (disambiguation).


The City of Las Vegas
 and as the Hispanic Heritage Month kicks off, CarnaVe will feature a line-up of entertainment, spectacle, and Latin pride including:

-- CINE CINE Cinematographic
CINE Cinematograph
CINE Centre for Indigenous Peoples Nutrition and Environment
CINE Clasificación Internacional de la Situación en el Empleo (Spanish)
CINE Communications in Education
 DE CARNAVE on Wednesday, Sept. 10, at 7 p.m. the

screening of the award winning film "The Blue Diner"

(www.bluediner.com) followed by a Q&A session and reception

with Latino Public Broadcasting Latino Public Broadcasting is a non-profit organization that is funded by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting with the purpose of addressing issues of cultural significance to the latino population in the United States.  Executive Director Luca

Bentivoglio, producing/directing/writing team Natatcha

Estebanez and Jan Egleson and co-star Jose Yenque at the

Brenden Theatres 14 at the Palms Casino Resort.

-- NOCHES DE CARNAVE two nights -- Thursday, Sept. 11, at 10

p.m., Curve Nightclub at the Aladdin Resort, and Friday, Sept.

12, 10:30 p.m. at The Venetian's Venus nightclub. Featuring

the hottest Latin house Latin house is an electronic dance music subgenre that mixes together house and Latin American music, such as that of Brazilian, Cuban and Colombian origin. Origins , dance and salsa music Salsa music or "salsa" is a Latin music generic/umbrella term developed in New York City specifically during the 1970s that was used to describe mainly Afro-Cuban popular Latin dance music generally utilizing rhythms from Cuba, particularly son and guaracha.  with top

musical DJs. Special appearances by the Miss Mesoamerica

International beauty pageant contestants.

-- MODA MODA Ministry Of Defense and Aviation (Kingdom of Saudi Arabia)
MODA Maine Oil Dealers Association (Brunswick, ME)
MODA Mission Operations and Data Analysis (usually seen as MO&DA)
MODA Mode a
 DE CARNAVE on Saturday, Sept. 13, at 11 a.m. at the

Fashion Show, Great Hall. Fashion show featuring the beautiful

Miss Mesoamerica contestants. The pageant entrants will model

designs from celebrated Venezuelan designers Geovanni Scutaro

(fashion) and George Wittels (jewelry) and contemporary

fashion provided by Macy's. The awarding of Miss Elegant will

conclude the program.

-- OASIS DE CARNAVE on Saturday, Sept. 13, at 8 p.m. at the Las

Vegas Hilton Pool. The night will feature live music on

several stages including a performance from The Girls From

Ipanema. Judges will officiate of·fi·ci·ate  
v. of·fi·ci·at·ed, of·fi·ci·at·ing, of·fi·ci·ates

v.intr.
1. To perform the duties and functions of an office or a position of authority.

2. To serve as an officiant.
 over the Miss Mesoamerica

competition categories of Swimsuit and Best Body, from the

design house of Venezuelan Carmen Carmen

throws over lover for another. [Fr. Lit.: Carmen; Fr. Opera: Bizet, Carmen, Westerman, 189–190]

See : Faithlessness


Carmen

the cards repeatedly spell her death. [Fr.
 (Tanilu) Tahio. Miss

Photogenic photogenic /pho·to·gen·ic/ (-jen´ik)
1. produced by light, as photogenic epilepsy.

2. producing or emitting light.


pho·to·gen·ic
adj.
1.
 will be awarded during the party.

-- MISS MESOAMERICA INTERNATIONAL BEAUTY PAGEANT on Sunday, Sept.

14, at 1 p.m. at The Showroom at The Venetian. Hosted by

Puerto Rican pianist Francisco Paz, this pageant features

contestants from all over Latin America as they compete in

traditional categories like evening gown, swimwear, etc.

Special performances by Salvadoran Mauricio Bonilla with

Ballet Danza Studio.

High-resolution images, additional press releases and a complete detail event schedule are available on: www.lobelinepr.com/carn.

For those wishing to experience the full range of events and VIP amenities, CarnaVe is offering CarnaVe Passport ticket packages. For more information on CarnaVe, or to purchase CarnaVe Passports or single event tickets to CarnaVe 2003, visit the official festival website at www.carnave2003.com. A special bi-lingual USA hotline, 888-4-CARNAVE, has also been established to help festivalgoers plan their CarnaVe 2003 vacation.

Continental Airlines, the Official Airline of CarnaVe, operates more than 100 weekly flights to Las Vegas. For discounts, call your travel professional or Continental's MeetingWorks at 800-468-7022 and advise the agent of CarnaVe Agreement Code (V8G59K-ZC3M).

Games Magazine is the Official Magazine of CarnaVe 2003 (www.gamesmagazine.com.br). Published in Brazil, Games Magazine is the only Latin American publication for the Casino industry.
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