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Cuban Culture Spreading Internationally. * HISTORIA del “CABARET TROPICANA”. Una Difusión Internacional de la Cultura Cubana.
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HAVANA’S “Tropicana Nightclub” Story. Cuban Culture Spreading Internationally. * HISTORIA del “CABARET TROPICANA”. Una Difusión Internacional de la Cultura Cubana. PHOTOS/VIDEOS. The Tropicana
HAVANA’S “Tropicana Nightclub” Story. Cuban Culture Spreading Internationally. * HISTORIA del “CABARET TROPICANA”. Una Difusión Internacional de la Cultura Cubana. PHOTOS/VIDEOS. The Tropicana Cabaret and Club is a world-known place in Havana, Cuba. It was launched in 1939 at Villa Mina, a six-acre (24,000 m²) suburban estate with lush tropical gardens in Havana’s Marianao neighborhood. The Tropicana had an impact in spreading Cuban culture internationally. New York’s Tropicana was a Latin music club launched in 1945 by two Cuban restaurateurs, the brothers Manolo and Tony Alfaro, who made it the most glamorous nightclub in the Bronx. On the TV series ‘I Love Lucy’, the character Ricky Ricardo (played by Cuban-born Desi Arnaz) was a singer and bandleader at Manhattan’s fictional Tropicana nightclub, now recreated in reality in Jamestown, New York at the Lucille Ball-Desi Arnaz Center’s Tropicana Room. http://youtu.be/hYOYzadKFic TROPICANA NIGHTCLUB IN THE 50s (VIDEOS) TROPICANA NIGHTCLUB STORY The spectacular showplace that became The Tropicana evolved out of a -era bohemian nightclub called Edén Concert, operated by Cuban impresario Victor de Correa. One day, two casino operators approached de Correa about opening a combination casino and cabaret on property on the outskirts of Havana rented from Guillermina Pérez Chaumont, known as Mina. The operators felt that the tropical gardens of her Villa Mina would provide a lush natural setting for an outdoor cabaret. They cut a deal, and in December 1939, de Correa moved his company of singers, dancers, and musicians into a converted mansion located on the estate. De Correa provided the food and entertainment, while Rafael Mascaro and Luis Bular operated the casino located in the chandeliered dining room of the estate’s mansion. Originally known as El Beau-Site, de Correa decided to rename the club Tropicana, because of its tropical atmosphere and “na” after the last syllable of the original owner, Mina. With a fanfare from the Alfredo Brito Orchestra, the Club Tropicana opened on December 30, 1939. Its popularity with tourists grew steadily until the outbreak of World War II, which sharply curtailed tourism to Cuba. During this time, Martín Fox, a burly, gregarious, and well-connected gambler, began renting table space in the casino. Eventually, by 1950, he would amass enough profits to take over the lease of what would become The Tropicana. Martin Fox came to Havana from the countryside. They nicknamed “Guajiro Fox” (Fox, the peasant or country bumpkin) and he was big in the numbers of racket. As a person born and raised in the country, he loved plants and become their most ardent keeper. He had no education whatsoever, but he was bold and has close relations with the more solvent groups. Thus, in a few years, he toppled Victor de Correa and, together with Alberto Ardura and Oscar Echemendia, formed an entrepreneurial trilogy that made Tropicana one of the most famous nightclubs in the continent. In 1951 is when Tropicana’s glory years really began. Ardura hired maverick choreographer Roderico “Rodney” Neyra away from his chief rival on the cabaret scene, the Club San Souci, and Fox contracted up-and-coming architect Max Borges-Recio, who created Tropicana’s Arcos de Cristal, a building composed of parabolic concrete arches and glass walls over an indoor stage. Construction continued through 1951. Giant fruit trees were left in situ during construction to punctuate the interior. When the indoor cabaret at the air-conditioned Arcos de Cristal opened on March 15, 1952, it had a combined total seating capacity of 1,700 for the interior and outside areas with furniture designed by Charles Eames. The Arcos de Cristal won numerous international prizes when it was built and was one of only six Cuban buildings included in the landmark 1954 Museum of Modern Art exhibit entitled “Latin American Architecture since 1945.”Hanging in through tough times, which included a temporary ban on casino gambling, Fox bought out de Correa’s interest in 1951 and tapped Alberto Ardura and Oscar Echemendia to replace him. This is. http://youtu.be/jb9GKt_Y710 HAVANA’S “TROPICANA’ NIGHTCLUB STORY (VIDEOS) U.S. CRIME FAMILIES INTEREST IN CUBA Santo Trafficante Jr. (November 15, 1914 – March 17, 1987) was among the most powerful Mafia bosses in the United States. He headed the Trafficante crime family and controlled organized criminal operations in Florida and Cuba. Reputedly the most powerful crime boss in Batista-era Cuba, a multi-billionaire and wielded enormous power and influence all over the United States and Cuba by paying off police, judges, federal prosecutors, city officials, government officials, local and international politicians, mayors, governors, senators, congressmen, CIA agents, and FBI agents. Trafficante moved to Cuba in 1955, where he came into contact with Batista and Meyer Lansky. During the rule of Cuba’s authoritarian dictator Fulgencio Batista, Trafficante openly operated the Sans Souci Cabaret and the Casino International gambling establishments in Havana. As a leading member of the syndicate, he also was suspected of having behind-the-scenes interests in other syndicate-owned Cuban casinos: the Hotel Habana Riviera, the Tropicana Club, the Hotel Sevilla-Biltmore, the Hotel Capri Casino, the Comodoro, the Hotel Deauville, and the Havana Hilton. THE “TROPICANA NIGHTCLUB” RENOWNED PRESENTATION The showgirls at the Tropicana, known collectively as “Las Diosas de Carne” (or “Flesh Goddesses”), were renowned the world over for their voluptuousness, and the cabaret showcased a kind of sequin-and-feather musical theater that would be copied in Paris, New York, and Las Vegas. The lavish shows were staged by Neyra. Headliners included Xavier Cugat, Paul Robeson, Yma Sumac, Carmen Miranda, Nat King Cole, and Josephine Baker. Liberace never performed there officially but took to the stage with mambo star Ana Gloria Varona on the one day in 1955 that he held a large party for the Cuban press corps. Heralded as a “Paradise Under the Stars,” the Tropicana became known for its showgirls, conga sounds, domino tournaments, and flashy, spectacular productions. In “Tropicana Nights” Nat King Cole’s wife Maria paints a colorful portrait of the venue in its heyday: “It was breathtaking! My mouth just fell open…there was so much color, so much movement…and the orchestra! The house band had forty musicians…I said to Nat, ’that’s the house band? (Are there) that many showgirls?” A Cabaret Guide issued in 1956 described The Tropicana as, “the largest and most beautiful night club in the world. Located on what was once a 36,000-square-meter estate, Tropicana has ample room for two complete sets of stages, table areas, and dance floors, in addition to well-tended grounds extending beyond the nightclub proper. Tall trees rising over the tables and through the roof in some spots lend the proper tropical atmosphere which blends well with the ultra-modern architecture of the nightclub. Shows include a chorus line of 50 and the dancers often perform on catwalks among the trees. Rhythms and costumes are colorfully native, with voodooism a frequent theme. Top talent is imported from abroad. Minimum at tables is $4.50 per person, but this can be avoided by sitting at the central bar which has a good view of both stages.” An unpublished article sent to Cuban Information Archives around 1956-57 describes the club in detail, “So as not to waste anyone’s time, the gambling room at Tropicana is located right off the entrance lobby. The chandeliered room has ten tables for the usual fun and, plus 30 slot machines lining the walls. Beyond the gambling, the room is the nightclub’s two dinings, dancing, and show areas. The two areas are distinct: one is outdoors, with tall royal palms rising among and over the tables, the other is indoors and called the Crystal Arch. The Arch is indeed a huge, modernistic arch-like structure, and this area is used in inclement weather (and also when the outdoor area gets so crowded that there is no more room for customers). Tropicana’s total seating capacity: 1,750, but of course you can stand at the bar or at the crap table, and the management won’t object at all.
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Artículo:
Cuban Culture Spreading Internationally. * HISTORIA del “CABARET TROPICANA”. Una Difusión Internacional de la Cultura Cubana.
Haga clic aquí para tropicana 168 club casino juancito
PHOTOS/VIDEOS. | The History, Culture and Legacy of the People of Cuba
HAVANA’S “Tropicana Nightclub” Story. Cuban Culture Spreading Internationally. * HISTORIA del “CABARET TROPICANA”. Una Difusión Internacional de la Cultura Cubana. PHOTOS/VIDEOS. The Tropicana
HAVANA’S “Tropicana Nightclub” Story. Cuban Culture Spreading Internationally. * HISTORIA del “CABARET TROPICANA”. Una Difusión Internacional de la Cultura Cubana. PHOTOS/VIDEOS. The Tropicana Cabaret and Club is a world-known place in Havana, Cuba. It was launched in 1939 at Villa Mina, a six-acre (24,000 m²) suburban estate with lush tropical gardens in Havana’s Marianao neighborhood. The Tropicana had an impact in spreading Cuban culture internationally. New York’s Tropicana was a Latin music club launched in 1945 by two Cuban restaurateurs, the brothers Manolo and Tony Alfaro, who made it the most glamorous nightclub in the Bronx. On the TV series ‘I Love Lucy’, the character Ricky Ricardo (played by Cuban-born Desi Arnaz) was a singer and bandleader at Manhattan’s fictional Tropicana nightclub, now recreated in reality in Jamestown, New York at the Lucille Ball-Desi Arnaz Center’s Tropicana Room. http://youtu.be/hYOYzadKFic TROPICANA NIGHTCLUB IN THE 50s (VIDEOS) TROPICANA NIGHTCLUB STORY The spectacular showplace that became The Tropicana evolved out of a -era bohemian nightclub called Edén Concert, operated by Cuban impresario Victor de Correa. One day, two casino operators approached de Correa about opening a combination casino and cabaret on property on the outskirts of Havana rented from Guillermina Pérez Chaumont, known as Mina. The operators felt that the tropical gardens of her Villa Mina would provide a lush natural setting for an outdoor cabaret. They cut a deal, and in December 1939, de Correa moved his company of singers, dancers, and musicians into a converted mansion located on the estate. De Correa provided the food and entertainment, while Rafael Mascaro and Luis Bular operated the casino located in the chandeliered dining room of the estate’s mansion. Originally known as El Beau-Site, de Correa decided to rename the club Tropicana, because of its tropical atmosphere and “na” after the last syllable of the original owner, Mina. With a fanfare from the Alfredo Brito Orchestra, the Club Tropicana opened on December 30, 1939. Its popularity with tourists grew steadily until the outbreak of World War II, which sharply curtailed tourism to Cuba. During this time, Martín Fox, a burly, gregarious, and well-connected gambler, began renting table space in the casino. Eventually, by 1950, he would amass enough profits to take over the lease of what would become The Tropicana. Martin Fox came to Havana from the countryside. They nicknamed “Guajiro Fox” (Fox, the peasant or country bumpkin) and he was big in the numbers of racket. As a person born and raised in the country, he loved plants and become their most ardent keeper. He had no education whatsoever, but he was bold and has close relations with the more solvent groups. Thus, in a few years, he toppled Victor de Correa and, together with Alberto Ardura and Oscar Echemendia, formed an entrepreneurial trilogy that made Tropicana one of the most famous nightclubs in the continent. In 1951 is when Tropicana’s glory years really began. Ardura hired maverick choreographer Roderico “Rodney” Neyra away from his chief rival on the cabaret scene, the Club San Souci, and Fox contracted up-and-coming architect Max Borges-Recio, who created Tropicana’s Arcos de Cristal, a building composed of parabolic concrete arches and glass walls over an indoor stage. Construction continued through 1951. Giant fruit trees were left in situ during construction to punctuate the interior. When the indoor cabaret at the air-conditioned Arcos de Cristal opened on March 15, 1952, it had a combined total seating capacity of 1,700 for the interior and outside areas with furniture designed by Charles Eames. The Arcos de Cristal won numerous international prizes when it was built and was one of only six Cuban buildings included in the landmark 1954 Museum of Modern Art exhibit entitled “Latin American Architecture since 1945.”Hanging in through tough times, which included a temporary ban on casino gambling, Fox bought out de Correa’s interest in 1951 and tapped Alberto Ardura and Oscar Echemendia to replace him. This is. http://youtu.be/jb9GKt_Y710 HAVANA’S “TROPICANA’ NIGHTCLUB STORY (VIDEOS) U.S. CRIME FAMILIES INTEREST IN CUBA Santo Trafficante Jr. (November 15, 1914 – March 17, 1987) was among the most powerful Mafia bosses in the United States. He headed the Trafficante crime family and controlled organized criminal operations in Florida and Cuba. Reputedly the most powerful crime boss in Batista-era Cuba, a multi-billionaire and wielded enormous power and influence all over the United States and Cuba by paying off police, judges, federal prosecutors, city officials, government officials, local and international politicians, mayors, governors, senators, congressmen, CIA agents, and FBI agents. Trafficante moved to Cuba in 1955, where he came into contact with Batista and Meyer Lansky. During the rule of Cuba’s authoritarian dictator Fulgencio Batista, Trafficante openly operated the Sans Souci Cabaret and the Casino International gambling establishments in Havana. As a leading member of the syndicate, he also was suspected of having behind-the-scenes interests in other syndicate-owned Cuban casinos: the Hotel Habana Riviera, the Tropicana Club, the Hotel Sevilla-Biltmore, the Hotel Capri Casino, the Comodoro, the Hotel Deauville, and the Havana Hilton. THE “TROPICANA NIGHTCLUB” RENOWNED PRESENTATION The showgirls at the Tropicana, known collectively as “Las Diosas de Carne” (or “Flesh Goddesses”), were renowned the world over for their voluptuousness, and the cabaret showcased a kind of sequin-and-feather musical theater that would be copied in Paris, New York, and Las Vegas. The lavish shows were staged by Neyra. Headliners included Xavier Cugat, Paul Robeson, Yma Sumac, Carmen Miranda, Nat King Cole, and Josephine Baker. Liberace never performed there officially but took to the stage with mambo star Ana Gloria Varona on the one day in 1955 that he held a large party for the Cuban press corps. Heralded as a “Paradise Under the Stars,” the Tropicana became known for its showgirls, conga sounds, domino tournaments, and flashy, spectacular productions. In “Tropicana Nights” Nat King Cole’s wife Maria paints a colorful portrait of the venue in its heyday: “It was breathtaking! My mouth just fell open…there was so much color, so much movement…and the orchestra! The house band had forty musicians…I said to Nat, ’that’s the house band? (Are there) that many showgirls?” A Cabaret Guide issued in 1956 described The Tropicana as, “the largest and most beautiful night club in the world. Located on what was once a 36,000-square-meter estate, Tropicana has ample room for two complete sets of stages, table areas, and dance floors, in addition to well-tended grounds extending beyond the nightclub proper. Tall trees rising over the tables and through the roof in some spots lend the proper tropical atmosphere which blends well with the ultra-modern architecture of the nightclub. Shows include a chorus line of 50 and the dancers often perform on catwalks among the trees. Rhythms and costumes are colorfully native, with voodooism a frequent theme. Top talent is imported from abroad. Minimum at tables is $4.50 per person, but this can be avoided by sitting at the central bar which has a good view of both stages.” An unpublished article sent to Cuban Information Archives around 1956-57 describes the club in detail, “So as not to waste anyone’s time, the gambling room at Tropicana is located right off the entrance lobby. The chandeliered room has ten tables for the usual fun and, plus 30 slot machines lining the walls. Beyond the gambling, the room is the nightclub’s two dinings, dancing, and show areas. The two areas are distinct: one is outdoors, with tall royal palms rising among and over the tables, the other is indoors and called the Crystal Arch. The Arch is indeed a huge, modernistic arch-like structure, and this area is used in inclement weather (and also when the outdoor area gets so crowded that there is no more room for customers). Tropicana’s total seating capacity: 1,750, but of course you can stand at the bar or at the crap table, and the management won’t object at all.
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