Grupo Condor will perform Andean music

Published 9:00 pm Thursday, November 2, 2006

Celebrate Dia de los Muertos (the Mexican Day of the Dead) with the Latin American folk music of Grupo Condor.

The group performs at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at Whidbey Island Center for the Arts, 565 Camano Ave., Langley. Tickets are $12, available at 360-221-8268 or 800-638-7631. For more information, go to www.WICAonline.com.

Condor’s musicians, who hale from Mexico and Chile, perform traditional Andean favorites as well as original compositions on a wide variety of indigenous instruments. Their exhilarating rhythms and haunting ballads have delighted audiences throughout the Northwest.