Brazil on the Beach

Friday – Sunday, March 20 – 22, 2009

UPDATE: DANIELA MERCURY CONCERT POSTPONED



Event Hours:
Friday, March 20 • 5-11pm
Saturday, March 21 • 10am-11pm
Sunday, March 22 • 10am-9pm

Location:
Hollywood Beach - Garfield St. and the Ocean
FREE ADMISSION

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Brazilian superstar Daniela Mercury will bring the carnival rhythms of her native Bahia to Hollywood when she headlines the inaugural Brazil on the Beach bash, a three-day celebration of Brazilian music and sports March 20-22, 2009.

Mercury, an international pop star and Grammy winner, will perform at the water’s edge on Hollywood Beach on (UPDATE: Sunday, March 22 at 8:00pm ), as part of an extraordinary cultural exchange that will include appearances by international sports and entertainment celebrities.

The concert will climax an exciting weekend of world-class Footvolley competition, compliments of the Second Annual Pro Footvolley Tour Hollywood Beach Open, featuring many of the demanding sport's greatest competitors. Footvolley, a physically challenging sport that combines elements of beach volleyball and soccer, began on the beaches of Rio de Janeiro and is rapidly growing in worldwide popularity.

This new professional tour, launched on Hollywood Beach in 2008, features the best players in the U.S. competing against international guests. The first Pro Footvolley Tour event, which was won by Brazilian soccer legend Romario and his partner Joao Luis, drew 5,000 spectators and was broadcast live nationally on Spanish-language network Univision during its top-rated Sunday afternoon sports show.

This year's crowd is sure to be on their feet and dancing in the sand when Mercury unleashes her super-syncopated samba-rock at the March 21st concert presented by The Rhythm Foundation. Hollywood fans will be treated to the U.S. concert premiere of music from Mercury's new album to be released in January, which includes duets with Latin pop stars Juanes and Juan Luis Guerra.

Since her breakthrough in 1992, Mercury has become one of the best known Brazilian female singers, selling almost 12 million albums in the international market.

For additional information on Brazil on the Beach, call 954-924-2980
OR VISIT THE OFFICIAL WEBSITE AT WWW.BRAZILONTHEBEACH.COM

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