The Bronx Music Heritage Center (BMHC) hosts its 11th consecutive Make Music Winter program in the Melrose section of the Bronx with a procession, or parranda – the Puerto Rican tradition of caroling. Based on the music of plena and other holiday songs from the island, this festive parade will be led by members of the Bronx music and cultural community, including Jorge Vázquez, Matthew Gonzalez and Bobby Sanabria. Each stop along the parranda will be a different casita/community garden, the little houses that evoke the houses of the countryside in Puerto Rico as well as local businesses. The parranda will wind its way through Melrose Commons ending at the casita renowned for its musical legacy: Rincón Criollo Centro Cultural, aka “La Casita de Chema.”

This year's parranda will be in honor of Jose "Joseito" Rivera.
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