The 1980 concert program began with a South American Boîte, marking a shift away from concerts featuring musicians from various backgrounds to a format that delved more deeply into the musical tradition of a particular place or culture.
This enabled The Boîte to produce more detailed booklets, for distribution at these concerts. While enjoying the live music performance of Apurima, Argentinian Tradicion, Candombe, Duo los Andes at the Collingwood Education Centre Theatre, audiences at the South American Boîte could read about the ‘African influence in South American music, Argentinian gaucho dancing and the background to the development, in Argentina, of the tango.’
Themed concerts would be a lasting feature of The Boîte program.