“A Dream Come True” 89 School Band Students Are Going on Tour!
Thanks to a wonderfully generous donation by Eric Veenstra of the PirateArts Experience resort, the student band from the Colegio Rogelio Josue Ibarra high school will be traveling to the provinces of Veraguas and Los Santos from November 7 to 11, 2024, to participate in the Fiestas Patrias parades. On Monday, October 14, 2024, the […]
Five Bocas del Toro Music Students to Participate in the 2024 Panama Jazz Festival!
The Panama Jazz Festival, the Danilo Pérez Foundation, and PirateArts Experience Resort have awarded five scholarships to students from the Rogelio Josue Ibarra School in Bocas del Toro to attend the 2024 Panama Jazz Festival, January 15-20, 2024. These scholarships include an all expense paid trip to participate in the Panama Jazz Festival events for […]
Lost Boys Blues Bar Donates $1,000 to Local Music Education
Lost Boys Blues Bar Donates $1,000 to Local Music Education Lost Boys Blues Bar founder and creative director Eric Veenstra and the team at PirateArts Experience are committed to supporting fine arts in our community. They continued recently with this commitment by presenting a $1,000 donation to the Jose ‘Pasito’ Anderson Banda de Musica, the […]
Azul Paradise is Growing, Teaching and Giving with Hydroponic Gardens
Azul Paradise is Growing, Teaching and Giving with Hydroponic Gardens Effective on November 29, 2022, Giving Tuesday, the sales from the first 200 plates enjoyed at the Azul Restaurant will directly fund a hydroponic garden set for the science program at the local high school, El Colegio Josue Rogelio Ibarra on Isla Colon. Proceeds from […]
High School Marching Band Represents Bocas del Toro on International Tour to Mexico
Panama is known all over the world for their rich contributions to the musical arts- from artists like Rubén Blades and El General, to vibrant interpretations of calypso and reggae in Spanish. The music of Panama is now known in Valle de Bravo, Mexico; and all thanks to the Jose ‘Pasito’ Anderson Banda de Musica […]