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Martin Receives PAS Award 2006LP Founder Martin Cohen Receives "Hall of Fame" Awardat Pasic 2006 from Lisa Rogers, PAS Vice President

On November 10, 2006, Latin Percussion founder Martin Cohen was inducted into the Percussive Arts Society Hall of Fame. The distinction was conferred in a ceremony held during the PAS annual gathering in Austin, Texas. For Martin Cohen it was a validation of a long voyage into uncertain terrain. Armed with his father's basic business tenets and his own passion for Latin music, he transformed a humble basement operation, crafting much-needed percussion instruments for his Latin mentors, into the world's largest manufacturer of percussion instruments.

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In This Issue...

  • Que Pasa?
  • From LP Education - A Note From Memo Acevedo
  • Percussion Festivals Report & New Family Members
  • Exploring Afro-Cuban Drumming: A Non-Latino Perspective by James Armstrong
  • LP Launches New Website
  • Creating Our Group by Diane Downs
  • The Classroom Survival Kits
  • Shekere Playing Part II by Jim Greiner
  • Developing the Afro-Cuban Feel by Joe McCarthy

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