Released on = March 8, 2007, 6:49 pm

Press Release Author = Marcel Hatch

Industry = Entertainment

Press Release Summary = A select group of Canadians and Americans will be VIP guests
at the Havana International Jazz Festival from November 25 to December 3, 2007.

Press Release Body = Vancouver, Canada, March 8, 2007 - A select group of Canadians
and Americans will be VIP guests at the Havana International Jazz Festival from
November 25 to December 3, 2007. Since its beginnings in 1978, the Havana Jazz
Festival has been held annually in late November. Some of the big names of world
jazz take to the stage during these acclaimed four-day musical events, including the
likes of Chucho Valdes (the 2007 festival's president), Dizzy Gillespie, Max Roach,
and Charlie Haden.

This year, Cuba Education Tours of Vancouver is organizing an eight-night jazz and
cultural tour to Havana to coincide with the festival. Participants will be given a
pass for all public jazz concerts, including the festival's opening ceremony at the
Karl Marx Theatre on November 29 and the closing on December 2. The program has been
designed to allow first time visitors to get to know to Cuba while experiencing the
best of Cuban and international jazz.

Tour members will stay at the Hotel Riviera, official accommodations for the
festival, and there will be numerous opportunities to rub shoulders with Cuban and
world jazz greats. The group will meet students and professors at the Superior
Institute of Art, visit the home of well-known painter and ceramist Jose Fuster,
drop in on a babalao or high priest in santeria, and get lessons in son, salsa, cha
cha cha, and afrocuban dancing.

Comprehensive sightseeing around Havana and Pinar del Rio will be part of the
package. Special treats include tours of colonial and modern Havana, a lunch at La
Mina on Plaza de Armas, a visit to a Havana cigar factory, a dinner at La Guarida
where the Oscar-nominated film Strawberry and Chocolate was made, and a night out at
the famous La Zorra y El Cuervo Jazz Club in Vedado. In Pinar del Rio the group will
tour the scenic Vinales Valley.

The concerts take place at a number of venues throughout the city, including the
magical Casa de la Cultura de Plaza, and English-speaking Cuban guides will be
available to provide information and group transportation. Accommodations with
breakfast, entrance fees, activities, and dinners at several famous restaurants are
included. Airfare, travel insurance, gratuities, airport departure taxes, and
activities noted as "optional" in the program are extra.

About Cuba Education Tours
The Havana Jazz Festival Tour ( http://www.jazzcuba.com ) is being organized by Cuba
Education Tours ( http://www.cubacanada.ca/ ) of Vancouver, Canada, which can
arrange international flights. The tour is not licensable under current U.S.
government regulations, but the company will do its best to ensure that any
participation by U.S. citizens is without incident or complications.
http://www.cuba-pictures.com/ has Cuba travel photos.


Web Site = http://www.jazzcuba.com

Contact Details = Marcel Hatch
Cuba Education Tours
708 - 207 West Hastings Street
Vancouver, British Columbia
V6B 1H7 Canada
Tel. 877-687-3817
Fax 604-874-9041
info@cubafriends.com