Plena Master Class Artist Samito Cordero!

"Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss it, you will land among the stars" -Lester Louis Brown(1928)

"Champions keep playing until they get it right." -Billie Jean King(1943)

"If you can believe it, the mind can achieve it." -Ronnie Lott(1959)

"Champions are made from something they have deep inside them:
a desire, a dream, a vision." -Muhammad Ali(1942)

"There are two ways of spreading light:
to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it." -Edith Wharton.

"If you really want something, work hard, take advantage of opportunities,
and never give up; you will find a way." -Jane Goodall(1935)

"One man can be a crucial ingredient on a team, but one man cannot make a team."-Kareem Abdul-Jabbar(1947)

"My goal is to expose the world to Plena Music..." -Samito(1999)

"You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream." -C.S. Lewis(1898-1963)

I do the very best I know how---the very best I can;
and I mean to keep on doing it until the end. -Abraham Lincoln(1809-1865)

"Kids will be Kids." -Michael Nappo(1987)

"Love your children and they will love you back"-Michael Nappo(1988)

"For with God nothing shall be impossible." -Luke 1:37

"Nobody who ever gave his best regretted it." -George Halas(1895-1983)

Plena is a narrative song from the coastal regions of Puerto Rico. Its origins have been various claimed as far back as 1875 and as late as 1920. The lyrics are call and response vocals that express themes about everyday life from the smallest incident in the community to universal occurrences. The instruments used for this type of music are hand drums called Panderos. The musicians are called Pleneros/Pleneras and there are three main styles of Plena: Ponce, Mayaguez, and Santurce.

Plena Playgrounds Founders & Executive Board Members(below)....
...Nikki, Samito(uncle), and Bribri.