:10:03
l started at this theater
as an errand boy.
:10:06
Then I was doorman,
then usher...
:10:08
After the Revolution triumphed,
they made me manager.
:10:10
Never in my wiIdest dreams
could I have imagined.
:10:13
l had to learn, so I did.
:10:16
AlI the big names of Cuba
have been through here.
:10:19
My grandmotherdebuted here
when she was 16.
:10:21
Luz Maria Ferrer!
:10:23
Then she's the one
who caIled you?
:10:25
She said you were
good musicians.
:10:27
That you needed a hand
for your debut concert.
:10:31
You said on the phone the government
handles the sound system.
:10:36
I was about to mention that.
:10:38
They denied our request.
:10:40
They say the event
isn't in the pubIic interest.
:10:43
What the helI do they know!
Sorry, comrade.
:10:46
-Don't worry, I agree with you.
-What did you telI them?
:10:49
Thatthe concert was on.
l'lI take care ofit.
:10:52
Not withouta sound system.
:10:54
Wait.
:10:56
JuIio, ourtechnician,
:10:58
fixed our system.
:11:00
And he Ioaned us two mikes.
:11:02
Try them.
:11:03
Thanks, but we need a good system.
This concert means a lot to us.
:11:07
With a fuII house...
:11:08
Think you'lI filI it?
:11:10
We hope so.
We may be unknown,
:11:12
-but we have a foIlowing.
-To see it full one last time...
:11:15
One Iast time?
:11:16
The city architects
want to cIose it.
:11:19
They're afraid it'Il colIapse.
:11:22
Follow me.
:11:28
You can rehearse in here
for the time being.
:11:31
That is, if you've got
nothing better.
:11:34
Anything's betterthan nothing.
:11:36
Then search no more.
l'lI clean it up for you
:11:40
and it'Il be perfect.
:11:42
-How about it?
-Bro, we're broke.
:11:44
How can we afford the system?
:11:46
We'lI think of something.
:11:50
When new sounds reach the island,
one of our own
:11:55
always finds a way to add
a llttle Caribbean flavor.