Usually, Sunday nights are slow, calm and restful. Not so last night.

I hit the town and went to see the Afro-Cuban All Stars at Orchestra Hall in downtown Minneapolis.

Think Buena Vista Social Club. In fact, the Afro-Cuban All Stars is the band that the Buena Vista Social Club movie and subsequent albums are based on and around.

They put on a great show with lots of energy, plenty of dancing and pulsating rhythms.

There was also a healthy dose of impressive instrumental displays by trumpet players, a pianist, and a bongo drummer, lots of maraca shaking going on and a big mamacita wearing a dress layered in fringe who wasn’t afraid to shake it on stage.

What a fun way to pass a Sunday night!