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Describe the <br />community benefits <br />of this event <br />Amount Requested <br />The Santa Ana community will benefit in various ways: <br />(1) Education — This festival is a great opportunity for Santa Ana <br />youth to meet professional Latin Jazz musicians/artists and engage <br />with them in a variety of "hands-on" educational activities that teach <br />them about music, art and dance traditions of Latin-American Jazz. <br />The students participating in the festival workshops will have the <br />opportunity to attend all 3 days of the festival or their field of <br />preference. Each festival day will be dedicated to three artistic fields: <br />(1) music, (2) art, and (3) dance. <br />(2) Community Reception & Cultural Exchange - A community <br />reception and cultural exchange roundtable with the professional <br />artists will be held to provide an opportunity for the community to <br />learn about the history and artistic traditions of Latin American Jazz. <br />This free event will provide the community with the opportunity to <br />learn and explore the history and development of the Latino and <br />African influences of Latin American Jazz music, art and dance. The <br />guest artists will engage in a discussion with participants and provide <br />insight and demonstrations to educate our youth, parents and Santa <br />Ana community. <br />(3) Free Community Concert/Live Performance — This free Santa Ana <br />Concert will be held as the closing event on the final evening of the <br />festival. The students that participate in the 3-day festival workshops <br />will also perform with these professional musicians to demonstrate <br />what they have learned in the workshops. Also, this opportunity will <br />bring great pride to our Santa Ana youth and the opportunity to <br />perform for their family and the Santa Ana community! <br />(4) Artistic Access - The Santa Ana community is largely composed <br />of Spanish-speaking immigrant communities from various parts of <br />Latin America with limited economic resources. This Festival will <br />provide access for families of very limited resources to have access <br />to the arts in a way that highlights their own cultural heritages and <br />brings together various generations of music students, their families <br />and neighbors in a way that can enhance generational and <br />community bonds and linkages. Our outreach efforts will also focus <br />on connecting with other community partners in Santa Ana already <br />involved in the Arts, such as the SAUSD and other local nonprofits <br />Arts organizations and artists, including students, and professional <br />artists. <br />IIIIIQIxI7 <br />