In 2001, a big dream came true for us when funding from the National Endowment, the City of Austin, Texas Commission on the Arts, and the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture made it possible to bring Modesto Cepeda, our teacher of the last four years to Austin for the first time, for a Bomba workshop and joint performance. The funding also made it possible to commission handmade barriles for us from the island!

We were proud to have the first barriles in Austin Texas!!!

Imagine the shock and horror we felt a year later, when we accidently smashed our hand through one barrile head -- two weeks before a major performance!! It was a good a time as any to figure out what to do in such an emergency! Thankfully, among other things, we discovered one of our Dads was an expert in fixing barriles!

We hold the banner high for Puerto Rico everyday!
Thank you in advance for your donation of any size!!