My next stop was Shute Park in Hillsboro, Oregon, for that city's Showtime Concert Series and the performance by Sabroso. I initially saw them described as Latin Funk, but it is actually "Latin to Funk and everything in between".
I knew the band contained brothers Ricardo and Pablo Ojeda, formerly of Rubberneck and Toque Libre, but I found some other familiar faces as well.
While that certainly includes some faces familiar from Toque Libre shows, a quick glance at the band members' credits shows an impressive background.
That includes names familiar in Portland, like Curtis Salgao, Nu Shooz, and Crazy 8s, but also B.B. King, and many others.
There was a lot of talent on that stage.
The music was well-received. It seemed initially that it was going to be similar to the Red Light Romeos show, where it was mostly children dancing before the break, and most of the adult dancing was going to happen during the second set.
However, Ricardo announced the break and realized it was one song too soon. Suddenly for the final song of the first set, there were a lot of adults dancing. I believe it was more that they recognized the song and wanted to dance to it, but it was fun to watch the effect.
As it was, the dancing waxed and waned during the second set as well. One of the last songs started a pilgrimage of dancers.
I even saw a dog dancing. I think it was largely that his owners got him worked up, but he had really intelligent eyes... maybe he felt the funk as well. After all, if you're not going to feel the funk on a warm summer night in the park, when are you going to feel it?
Band links:
https://www.sabrosopdx.com/
https://www.facebook.com/Sabrosopdx/
https://www.instagram.com/sabrosopdx/
https://twitter.com/Sabrosopdx
Hillsboro, Oregon Showtime Concert Series:
https://www.hillsboro-oregon.gov/our-city/departments/parks-recreation/recreation-fun/special-events/showtime-concert-series
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