Los Juglares del Dexas
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Los Juglares del Dexas are a folk music group at Panama University, founded in 1971 to preserve Panamanian traditional music. The group's foundation was coordinated by Juan Andrés Castillo, a famous mejoranero; other founding members included violinists Escolastico "Colasco" Cortes and Miguel Leguizamo Sr.
Newer members:
- Miguel Leguizamo: violin
- Aceves Nunez: accordion
- Tonita Rudas: mejoranero
- Victor Ruiz: percussion
- Ricaurte Villareal: percussion
- Raul Vital: singer and churuquero
[edit] References
- Broadbank, Robin and Nigel Gallop. "Dancing Between the Oceans". 2000. In Broughton, Simon and Ellingham, Mark with McConnachie, James and Duane, Orla (Ed.), World Music, Vol. 2: Latin & North America, Caribbean, India, Asia and Pacific, pp 477-480. Rough Guides Ltd, Penguin Books. ISBN 1-85828-636-0