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The Dominican Republic Guest of Honor at Quebec 2010 Carnival<\/STRONG> “…Dominican Republic was also featured in the parade that took place in this city. The Dominican float was a representation of Colonial City and the First Cathedral in the Americas as part of its history and culture.”<\/P> Susana Rosa, director of the Tourism Promotion Office (OPT) in Montreal, Canada, added that, the Dominican Republic was also featured in the parade that took place in this city. The Dominican float was a representation of Colonial City and the First Cathedral in the Americas as part of its history and culture.<\/P> Ms. Rosa explained that three Dominican artists participated in the snow sculpture contest and a Dominican painter is representing the country in the biennial that is going on here in Montreal. <\/P> Tourism Minister Francisco Javier Garc\u00eda was represented by deputy ministers Luis Sim\u00f3 and Tati Olmos from the departments of International Affairs and Cultural Tourism, respectively.<\/P> Rosa also reported that Canadian Tourism Minister, Nicole Menard was completely \u201cenchanted\u201d during the Dominican cultural presentation.<\/P> The Dominican delegation was received by Quebec\u2019s city hall which contributed to the carnival, considered the third largest in the world and the only one to take place in the winter. R\u00e9gis Labaume, Mayor of Quebec; Altagracia (Tati) Olmos, deputy minister of Cultural Tourism and Luis Sim\u00f3, deputy minister of tourism for international affairs.<\/SPAN><\/P> Maite Ad\u00e1mes, Susy Romero, R\u00e9gis Labaume, Altagracia (Tati) Olmos, Luis Sim\u00f3 and Susana Rosa. Kneeling in front, Alicia Pimentel and Amalfi Rosario, one of the couples who dance in the Tourism Ministry\u2019s Folkloric Ballet group.<\/SPAN><\/P> At 17 degrees below zero, the Tourism Ministry\u2019s Folkloric Ballet group delighted those in attendance at the Winter Carnival in Quebec, Canada.<\/SPAN><\/P> <\/SPAN> The Dominican Republic Guest of Honor at Quebec 2010 CarnivalThe Dominican Republic was the guest of honor at the Quebec 2010 Carnival where the Minister of Tourism introduced the country\u2019s Folkloric Ballet to those gathered at the Plaine d\u2019Abraham. The Dominican dance troupe performed on the outdoor stage in sub-zero temperatures before an adoring … Continue reading “The Dominican Republic Guest of Honor at Quebec 2010 Carnival”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3694","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-noticias"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3694"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3694"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3694\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3694"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3694"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3694"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
T<\/SPAN><\/SPAN>he Dominican Republic was the guest of honor at the Quebec 2010 Carnival where the Minister of Tourism introduced the country\u2019s Folkloric Ballet to those gathered at the Plaine d\u2019Abraham. The Dominican dance troupe performed on the outdoor stage in sub-zero temperatures before an adoring audience which applauded wildly as they danced in the cold with their tropical costumes on. <\/P>
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This year the Dominican Republic was the guest of honor, the first Caribbean country to ever receive this honor. <\/P>
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\nDate of Publication : February 22, 2010<\/EM><\/TD><\/TR><\/TBODY><\/TABLE><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"