SANTO DOMINGO.- The call by a group of Dominican artists and TV and radio personalities to support the preservation of one of the country’s most important natural reserves was heeded by adults and children of all ages, who flocked to the Colonial Zone’s Plaza España for the concert Music for Los Haitises.

Around 20 MCs, 20 performers and 110 musicians took the 40 by 40 foot stage, with the support of 15 lights and sound technicians, 60 security agents were the features in the event which began at 4 p.m., when Nashla Bogaret announced that a different group was to appear every 20 minutes.

First in raising the platform it was the group Punto G, followed by Sr. Reyes, Cayhao, Boca Tabú, Pablo Cavallo, Grado Celsius, Xiomara Fortuna, Lenny Abreu, Juango Davalos, Diego Mena, Nelson Poket, Víctor Víctor, Gnomico, Calor Urbano, Janio Lora, Tony Almont, Pavel Núñez, Martes o Venus, Marel Alemany and Son Abril.

The MCs included Angely Báez, Annina Rodríguez, Miralba Ruiz, Raeldo López, Edgar Hernández, Zeny Leyba, Juan Manuel Tejada, Daniela Espinal, Bolívar Soto, Audrey Campos, Silvia Callado, Mauvie Espinosa, Marielle Guerrero,  Karina Larrauri, Máximo Martínez, Larimar Fiallo, Carlos Sánchez, Fran Ceara, Mario Peguero, Claudia Cruz, Auto Sónico, Manuel Betances and Aura Rosa.

The concert’s surprise came in the form of a long walk by 20 youngsters who are living at the campsite erected in Gonzalo, Monte Plata province, near the site of the controversial cement plant construction and who’ve become the guardians of that zone of Los Haitises.