The 20 DE JUNIO 2010

The
20 DE JUNIO 2010
Entertainer
A.B. Quintanilla talks about
the inspiration behind his
new album
¡Vea como los famosos
celebran Día de Los Padres!
La historia de Vico-C a
través de la música
pg 7-E
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La Prensa de San Antonio
junio 20, 2010
Contents
Music for The Masses
3-E
SA Film Festival Kicks Off!
5-E
Celebrando el Dia del Padre Con los Famosos
6-E
FREE OUTDOOR MOVIE SERIES
June 24 – Lights, camera, action! Movies by Moonlight are back for a third year. The big screen will
once again light up downtown’s HemisFair Park, Thursday June 3. The free movies will be shown every
Thursday in the grassy area near the HemisFair Park arch and the Magik Theater, located at S. Alamo
and Nueva. Showtime begins at 7:30 p.m. Grab your blankets and lawn chair and come enjoy the show.
Concessions will be available. For a complete list of movies or additional information call (210) 207-2111.
SUMMER SUNDAES
June 25, 1:30 p.m. – Grandparents and parents are invited to bring their grandchildren and children to
celebrate the beginning of summer and the end of school. A FREE magic show will be held as you enjoy your ice cream sundae. Cost is $2 per sundae. Registration is encouraged. The annual membership
fee for participation at Granados is $5. For more information call (210) 207-3285.
FREE MOVIE IN THE PARK
Saturday, June 26, 7 p.m. – Time Warner Cable and the City of San Antonio Parks and Recreation
Department, will host a baseball-themed “Movie in the Park” event featuring a FREE screening of “The
Sandlot at Tony “Skipper” Martinez Baseball Field (Brackenridge Park) located on 3610 N. St. Mary’s.
The movie begins at 8:30 p.m. but attendees will enjoy family-fun activities beginning at 7 p.m., including a mini-festival, face painting, balloon art and more. Come out and join us for this fun event.
SUMMER THEATER CAMP
Every Tuesday in June and July, 6:40 p.m. – Summer theater camp, which includes classes on acting,
improvisation and movement. Classes and rehearsals will culminate in a public performance. Classes
will be held for the entire family, 6 and up at the International Folk Culture Center, located on 411 S.
W. 24th Street, on the campus of OLLU. Registration is $25 per person plus $4 per class. This event is
free for OLLU student with valid ID. For more information please call (210) 431-3922.
MOM’S NIGHT OUT
July 2, 6 p.m.-8 p.m. – Any Baby Can is hosting a Mom’s Night Out, teaching you how to create quick,
easy and healthy meals. Come and share your recopies and bring a copy to include in our cookbook.
Meet new friends and spend a couple hours with other mom’s that have autistic children. To RSVP for
this event please call Sandra Gonzales at (210) 547-3013 or email [email protected].
EDUCATION THAT ROCKS
Through July 30 – Wonderland of the Americas hosts Education that Rocks, creative art classes offered
for children and adults to show their creativity this summer. The conveniently located Wonderland of
the Americas, formerly Crossroads Mall, will host children ages 6-17 and adults. The classes will teach
the art of imagination, visualization and the creation of characters made from a simple rock. For program information and registration contact (210) 367-9331.
Cerdafied
Don Buzon
A.B. Quintanilla’s new music
7-E
La Historia de Vico-C
10-E
Luna: Old School Hot Spot
11-E
Tejano Legend Joe Posada
12-E
Joan Sebastian suffers yet another loss
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junio 20, 2010
La vida con Cristina
By Cristina Blackwell
[email protected]
I’m sick and tired of being sick
and tired. Do you ever wish you
had more energy throughout the
day? Just think about it – how
many more sales, clients and success would you have if you didn’t
crash at 2 p.m. every afternoon?
I’ve noticed that everywhere I
go people are always looking for
an energy boost. I’m sure you’ve
heard about all those crazy drinks
and shots – but which one should
you take? What actually works?
I say forget about those nasty
chemicals.
Here are the 11 most effective
ways to achieve higher levels of
physical and mental energy:
1.Don’t drink yourself to
sleep. Alcohol keeps your body
from achieving deep sleep, so
even if you get enough hours, you
won’t feel as rested. Instead, take a
warm shower or sip a cup of herbal
chamomile tea.
2. Breathe easier. Try using a
neti pot –a ceramic vessel used to
flush sinuses with a salt/water solution. Japanese researchers found
that people with stuffy noses were
twice as likely to experience lower
energy levels than those with clear
passageways.
3. Smell that orange or lavender. Research shows that the scent
of lavender and citrus increases the
production of alertness-inducing
beta waves in the brain, leaving
you pumped for action. From now
on, buy lavender or lemon scented
soaps and lotions instead of your
traditional kind.
4. Avoid midnight munchies. The later you eat fatty foods,
the less energy you’ll have the
next day –it’s sort of like a “food
hangover.”
5. Eat lots of berries –especially the blue, red and purple
ones. The color comes from anthocyanins, a powerful antioxidant
that boosts energy.
6. Drink like a fish. Doctors
recommend about nine 8-ounce
cups of fluid per day for women
and thirteen 8-ounce cups of fluid
day for men. However, because
we live in a hot climate, we need
to drink even more. The good news
is that all fluids count: coffee, tea
and milk in your cereal – even
fruits and veggies.
7. Eat every four to five hours.
Eating small portions throughout
the day helps your brain and body
with a constant source of fuel,
preventing dips in your blood
sugar levels.
8. Choose protein over fat
and carbohydrates. Foods with
protein help you feel fuller longer
and give you more energy. These
include seafood, pork, lean meat
(low fat) or chicken. Avoid foods
that will slow you down like
bread, tortillas, pastas. Like we
say in Spanish, avoid “todo lo que
empieza con la letra p (pan, pasta
y papa)”.
9. Change your socks. Although it may sound strange, it’s
an amazing trick! Take a pair of
extra socks to work and switch
them out in the middle of your
day. You’ll be surprised how much
fresher you’ll feel.
10. Wear brighter colors. This
trick is related to the mood you
project to people. If you wear dark
colors, people will respond with
a somber attitude. If you wear
bright, happy colors, you’ll get
that attitude projected toward you,
which will boost your own mood
and energy levels.
11. Take your vitamin B. It’s
like putting “premium” fuel in
your tank. This vitamin feeds your
adrenal glands, your body’s energy
production control center. Look
for formulas that contain 100 milligrams of B1, B2, B3, B5 and B6.
Now you can leave the lazy,
snooze-button hitting days behind.
Add a few of these tips to your
regular routine or mix them up to
keep things interesting.
Before you know it, you’ll feel
less tired, more alive, and ready to
take on the world.
Wasssup… with your diet?
By Dennis M. Ayotte Jr.
Can you remember the days
when Starter jackets and Reebok
Pumps were a part of your daily
wardrobe and boy bands ruled the
radio waves? What about when
Britney Spears was still a sweet,
innocent, country girl?
Perhaps you better remember
when your vocabulary consisted
of words like “all that”, “fly” and
“wasssup.” No admission necessary on this last one—but all of us,
at least once, bleached our Caesar
haircut blonde in hopes to channel
our inner Justin Timberlake.
Years later, I blame the bleaching of my hair for my prematurely
thinning hair and wonder why I
loved pump-up basketball shoes
despite the fact they offered no
athletic incentive whatsoever.
Also, can someone remind me
when Brittany went from hot to hot
mess? Was it when she shaved her
head or flashed the world? Either
way these trends have come and
(thankfully) gone.
No longer do my friends answer
the phone with “Wasssup!”
There are so many diets that
have come along that were labeled
the “it” diet. The “Atkins”, “South
Beach”, “The Zone”, “WeightWatcher”, “Nutri-system”, “Jenny
Craig”, “New Mediterranean” and
“Slim-Fast Optima” are just a few.
Some of these diets worked
well, but often many fail to stick
with them because of their restrictions. We have blown the
whole idea of dieting way out of
proportion.
A diet is simply what you drink
and eat on a daily basis. If you
want to lose weight, be aware of
how many calories you intake per
ounce of food and what fluids you
are drinking.
Most of us are not aware of
the amount or type of calories
we consume daily. Start writing
down everything that you eat and
drink for the next couple weeks
and examine if you are eating too
much or not enough.
Write down the time you eat
each meal and snack. Are you
skipping breakfast? Eating late at
night? Is your daily consumption
high in carbohydrates or lacking
protein? Are you drinking a 12
pack of soda a day? Your daily
food log will help you answer
these questions.
Find out where your weaknesses
are and work to fix them. The best
way to find out what foods you
should be eating is to think back
to third grade when you were
introduced to the food pyramid.
You don’t need some mainstream diet that only lets you
eat cabbage or raw foods. It’s as
simple as stopping those fast-food
binges and starts by making trips
to the grocery store and shopping
the produce isle, meat and seafood
sections to create your own healthy
meals.
Music for the masses and more:
What makes me an expert?
By Johnny Hernandez
[email protected]
I wouldn’t call myself an “expert,” but I do consider myself wellrehearsed when it comes to the local
music scene in San Antonio.
The seed was planted when I purchased my first drum kit at 10 years
old, but it wasn’t until I formed a band
with some friends in high school that
I really delved into the music scene.
The Shady Blades was a fivepiece, alternative rock band that
mixed original tunes with cover
songs from bands like The Pixies,
Ned’s Atomic Dustbin, The Manic
Street Preachers, The Lemonheads,
etc. We tried to cover songs by bands
that other local artists of the like
didn’t already cover.
I was just a kid when we were
performing at dingy dives and smoky
night clubs, as well as occasional high
school and college parties like you’ve
seen in classics such as “Back to
School” and “Weird Science.” It was
pretty awesome, but it wasn’t until I
joined my brother’s band that I really
started to make the connections I still
hold today.
I joined Sun-Day in 1993. I had
just started college and suddenly
found myself engulfed with the
beams of Sun-Day’s shiny limelight.
They were a much more established
band, performing at outdoor festivals
like Oyster Bake and La Semana
Alegre—a former Fiesta event in
downtown San Antonio.
In between all of the club gigs we
traveled to, in and around the Alamo
City, we took short out-of-town tours
to cities like Dallas, Austin, Corpus
Christi, Houston, Shreveport, La.,
Little Rock, Ark. and Philadelphia,
Penn. It was quite an experience.
With the number of CDs we sold,
the press we received and the crowds
we drew, the band caught the attention of a few regional record labels,
but our dreams were never realized.
After losing a couple of band
members to families and day jobs,
Sun-Day eventually drifted apart.
My brother moved on to form Sexto
Sol, our bassist formed a band called
Speeder and I formed a band called
Died-In-The-Wool while wrapping
things up at St. Mary’s University.
There, I met a singer/songwriter
with a gift for writing the best heart
wrenching crooners and guitar-driven
anthems I’ve ever heard. It was my
introduction to emo/indie rock.
Died-In-The-Wool didn’t last very
long, but we had a good run. We
performed with many bands whose
names ring out much louder today,
such as Death Cab for Cutie, Jimmy
Eat World, Spoon, and At The DriveInn (who later split up to form Sparta
and The Mars Volta).
see Music pg 11-E
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La Prensa de San Antonio
Picks of the Week
“A Star Is Born” (Deluxe Edition) (Not Rated)
Directed by George Cukor,
featuring songs by Harold Arlen
and Ira Gershwin, 1954’s “A Star
Is Born” starring Judy Garland and
James Mason finally gets the DVD
release it deserves. Garland plays
aspiring singer Esther Blodgett.
Mason is Norman Maine, an
alcoholic actor whose career is
fading. After Esther saves him
from an embarrassing moment
at a Hollywood function, Maine
tries repeatedly to convince her
to consider a career in film. She
finally accepts, changes her name
to Vicki Lester and takes a part in
a musical, which skyrockets her to
fame. But her newfound celebrity
and his alcoholism are a dangerous and volatile mix that leads the
couple to a tragic incident. This
deluxe edition spans three discs,
with two discs packed to the brim
with special features, including
alternate takes, effects reels,
newsreel footage, the 1954 TV
special of the film’s premiere and
tons of other goodies too numerous to mention. The movie itself
is a restored 176-minute version
and includes all the footage edited
A skillful man
reads his dreams
for self-knowledge,
yet not the details
but the quality.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Judy Garland
out following the premiere and that’s what they did. The band
believed lost. Using the restored slapped together a makeshift
negative, it was scanned at a 6k recording studio in Keith’s baserate — the highest resolution any ment, and between orgies of sex
film has been scanned to date — and drugs, laid down the basic
for the Blu-Ray release.
guts of what would become “Exile
on Main Street,” arguably one of
“Stones in Exile” (Not Rated) their greatest albums. To tell the
Nearly 40 years ago, during story of “Exile,” director Stephen
the summer of 1971, the Rolling Kijak drew from vintage news
Stones fled England for the south reports, photos, film footage of an
of France to avoid England’s 93 unreleased documentary made at
percent income tax. They’d sacked the time, plus interviews with the
their manager who’d brought them band and other celebs. The result
to the brink of financial disaster, is an enjoyable and entertaining
were moving to a new label and look at a “creative process” that
Keith Richards was ripped to the should’ve resulted in crushing
gizzards on heroin, so why not disaster, but instead yielded a masrecord a new album, right? And terpiece of classic rock ’n’ roll.
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Susan Sarandon
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junio 20, 2010
SA Film Festival “Reels” in with Cinemundo
By Angela Covo
[email protected]
The 16th San Antonio Film
Festival will bring more than 120
independent films to three screens
for five days, June 23 through
June 27, at the Instituto Cultural
de México in Hemisfair Park.
Besides screening films from
across the globe to heighten
the city’s exposure to cinematic
culture, the festival serves as a
platform for artists to display
their work.
This year, the festival, once
known as the San Antonio Underground Film Festival, will
kick off with a free event called
Cinemundo at 8 p.m., Saturday,
at Main Plaza on 111 Soledad St.,
thanks to Slab Cinema, the San
Antonio Film Festival and the
Main Plaza Conservancy.
“It’s six days and the kickoff
is this Saturday, but the event
is the 23rd through the 27th,”
Adam Rocha, executive director,
said. “We have 134 films. There
are international films and San
Antonio filmmakers. There are
shorts, there are features, and
there are four genres. It’s going
to be a blast,” he added.
The Cinemundo event, which
will feature Vincent Valdez’s
Recuerdo and shorts from all
over the country and as far as
Argentina, is free and open to
the public. Remember to bring
blankets, lawn chairs and picnic
dinners to enjoy the outdoor
cinema experience in the heart
of the city.
The actual festival starts at 6
p.m. Wednesday with an opening
ceremony in the auditorium of the
Instituto. The festival features the
work of more than 20 San Antonio filmmakers, artists from New
York to California, and films from
as far away as Argentina, Australia, Bosnia, Canada, Colombia,
Denmark, Germany, Israel, Lebanon, Mexico, Portugal, Serbia,
Sweden and the United Kingdom.
The far-flung entries will compete for prizes from the SA Film
Festival, which concludes with an
awards ceremony Saturday night.
Winning filmmakers will be
recognized in ten categories,
including Grand Prize, Best Per-
formance, Best Narrative Short,
Best Documentary Short, Best
Animated Short, and Audience
Award for Best Narrative Feature, Audience Award for Best
Documentary Feature, Best San
Antonio Filmmaker, Best High
School Filmmaker and Best College Filmmaker.
Officials from the festival
unveiled this year’s poster, created by award-winning Rigoberto Luna, at a press conference
Thursday. The annual poster has
become a tradition of the film
festival and another way the
festival highlights the work of
local artists.
Every year, artists like Mig
Kokinda, James Cobb and Robert Tatum have contributed their
flair for originality and created
wonderful festival posters. Past
posters can be viewed at the Web
site at www.safilm.com.
Tickets for day screenings,
from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m., Thursday
through Sunday, are $10; tickets
for night screenings, from 7 p.m.
to 10 p.m., Wednesday through
Saturday, are $15; and five-day
passes are $69 and include a free
SAFILM t-shirt when purchased
online.
All tickets are available online
at http://safilm.eventbrite.com or
at the door. Festival producers
warn that seating is limited, so
reserve early.
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La Prensa de San Antonio
junio 20, 2010
Celebrando el Día del Padre con padres famosos
Por Domingo Banda
La celebración del día del
padre es una fecha en la que
festejamos a quienes junto con
nuestra madre nos dieron la
vida. La figura de un padre significa el apoyo y el ejemplo para
trabajar y salir adelante.
En esta ocasión tuvimos la
oportunidad de entrevistar a
algunos artistas y papás de ellos
quienes compartieron anécdotas
y vivencias.
Hernán Hernández de Los
Tigres del Norte
Un orgulloso padre que nos
habló de sus hijos fue Hernán
Hernández bajista de Los Tigres del Norte. Sus hijos Raúl
Antonio y Mexia (Hernán Jr.)
decidieron seguir sus pasos pero
ambos en géneros muy diferentes al de su famoso padre, sin
embargo Hernán los apoya en
todo momento.
“No es el mismo género y estilo de Los Tigres del Norte eso
es algo que yo como padre no
puedo evitar, ni les puedo dar el
consejo de lo que quieran hacer.
A los hijos hay que dejarlos ser
lo que quieran ser en la vida,
siempre y cuando sea algo que
no les perjudique”, dijo Hernán.
Por su parte Raúl Antonio
quien ya lanzó su disco a la
venta, expresó que la humildad
ha sido una de las grandes enseñanzas de su padre.
“Mi papá siempre nos ha
enseñado a ser humildes y bien
educados. Es algo [que] nosotros
veíamos cuando éramos niños,
aprender que aunque se está
en la cima, uno se puede caer.
Porque para llegar hay que
hacerlo paso a paso, porque el
público son los que te van a
querer en la cima— lo que es la
fama, los carros y las mujeres
son solo cosas que pasan. El
amor del público se lleva en el
corazón, eso es importante para
ellos [Los Tigres del Norte] y
para nosotros”, compartió Raúl
Antonio.
“El primer consejo que les di
Hijo de Hernán Hernandez sigue los pasos de su padre.
(Foto cortesía)
fue que si lo querían hacer, lo
hicieran porque lo quieren hacer
y no porque solo iban a experimentar y luego a arrepentirse.
Que supieran que esta carrera es
algo muy serio, porque también
se tiene el obstáculo si así se
le pudiera llamar, el ser hijos
míos y sobrinos de Los Tigres
del Norte, luego vienen las comparaciones, uno no puede decirle
al público o imponerle lo que les
debe gustar, sino que se tienen
que ganar el lugar ellos solos y
el cariño de la gente”, continuó
Hernán.
También envió un mensaje
a los padres de familia. “Yo a
los padres de familia les digo
que apoyemos a los hijos en lo
que ellos quieran ser cuando se
trata de una carrera profesional”,
concluyó.
Jencarlos Canela
El cantante y actor cubano
americano Jencarlos Canela
uno de los talentos jóvenes
mas cotizados del momento
también quiso hablar sobre el
significado que tiene su padre
para él. Es sabido que su padre
lo ha acompañado a cada paso
para llegar hasta donde está en
la actualidad.
El intérprete de “Amor Quédate”, dijo, “Imagínate, mi
padre ha sido mi mayor apoyo,
ha estado siempre conmigo, ha
creído en mi en las buenas y en
las malas. Un padre es el que
te acompaña y entiende a uno
en todo. Siempre saca la cara
por uno y eso es lo que hace mi
padre”.
El papá de Jencarlos habló de
la celebración del día del padre.
“Yo pienso que es un regalo
de Dios, que no es solo el día
del padre, sino que debemos
celebrar todos los días. Para mi
es una bendición tener los hijos
que tengo, no son solo Jencarlos
y Jasón (Canela), tengo cuatro
hijos en total. Los otros dos también son seres humanos maravillosos y siempre todos tratan de
aportarle algo a la humanidad,
de eso yo me siento orgulloso y
ese es el regalo más grande del
día de los padres para mí”.
Además compartió el regalo
más especial que ha recibido de
sus hijos. “Imagínate el día de
Hernán Hernández bajista de Los Tigres del Norte.
(Foto cortesía))
mi cumpleaños Jencarlos junto
con mi otro hijo me hicieron una
canción, que ha sido el regalo
más grande que me han dado.
Lo más bonito fue que me la
cantaron los cuatro, hasta mi
hija que no canta me canto ese
día. Eso lo tengo como el regalo
más grande y no existe para mi
un regalo más grande que esa
canción, la tengo guardada para
siempre”.
Jencarlos dice tener una vida
familiar muy estable, recientemente compartió en su página
social de twitter que iba de fin de
semana con toda su familia, otro
momento especial de los cuales
el dice tener tantos.
“Son tantos [momentos] en
22 años que no me viene a la
mente una específica pero si la
hemos sabido pasar muy bien en
la familia”.
Chayanne
El astro boricua Chayanne
también se tomó el tiempo para
hablarnos de su padre. Muy
emocionado nos compartió de
las vivencias y enseñanzas de
su padre.
“Yo lo que me acuerdo de
mi padre del amor que hemos
recibido y seguimos recibiendo
de nuestro padre. Un apoyo a
nuestras vidas y a nuestro futuro en lo que queríamos hacer.
Siempre me acuerdo desde que
tengo uso de razón de la responsabilidad que me inculcó y
el respeto de hablarle de usted.
Sobre todo nos enseñó el respeto
a uno mismo y a la profesión. El
nos decía que cuando queremos
hacer algo, tenemos que seguir
remando para lograrlo. Nos
enseñó lo que se le enseña a los
niños de lo que deben hacer, es
lo que yo quiero llevar adelante”, expresó.
Deseamos que todos los padres tengan un día muy especial
y que no solo este Día del Padre
si no todo el año siguán queriendo y apoyando a su familia.
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junio 20, 2010
A.B. Quintanilla back to hypnotize with genius album
By Alicia Conde
[email protected]
Sporting a black cap covering
his eyes under the bill, a black
jacket with an image of his
late sister Selena on the back
over a white v-necked tee, and
proudly displaying distinctive
gauged earrings and numerous
tattoos, one would never imagine that Abraham Quintanilla,
III jams out to country music.
Since his debut with Kumbia
Kings in 1999, A.B. gradually
acquired the bad boy look and
with it, a bad boy reputation.
Despite multiple hits, which
like his tats, are too many to
list, the “King of Cumbia”
barely liberates himself from
one juicy rumor and finds himself embroiled in another. Still,
full of optimism and armed
with his new album, La Vida de
un Genio, A.B. is ready to once
again hypnotize his fans and
perform what he calls “damage
control.”
Just in time for Father’s Day,
A.B. paid a quick visit to San
Antonio promoting Hypnotika,
the first single of his latest
project. In every interview, he
explained that the cover song
of La Vida De Un Genio (The
Life of a Genius) was written
for his dad.
“It’s a song that I wrote for
my dad because I really believe
that he was a genius,” he said.
“He saw in his kids the potential and the talent; he showed
us that with hard work, and not
letting people take our dreams
away, we could reach the stars
and that the sky was the limit,
so I wanted to do something
special for him.”
Unlike the vast majority of
his hit songs, La Vida de un
Genio is not a cumbia. A.B.
describes this song, interpreted
by Grammy award winner Jon
Secada, as an epic piece of
music.
In addition to Secada, A.B.’s
latest All-Starz album features
17 artists, including former
band mates Los Dinos to José
Feliciano, Reyli, Luis Enrique,
Shaila Dúrcal, Gilberto Santa
Rosa, Albita and others. A.B.
opted for a long roster of fellow artists to put to rest past
rumors about his work ethic
- once raised by former band
members.
“It hurts when they leave and
I say I am happy for them for
signing somewhere else and
they [in turn] have to use my
name and throw rocks at me in
order to get on TV,” explains
A.B. “The huge artists— these
are artists that are selling millions of dollars and are popping Grammys by themselves.
They have nothing to gain
from recording with A.B. but
to participate and just wanting
to record cumbia. I have 17 top
artists on the album, so if I’m
such a poor business man and
such a horrible person to work
with, none of these other artists
would work for me,” he added.
Initially A.B. didn’t expect
to feature so many artists on
the latest CD, but after sending
out an invitation, everybody
accepted. To fit all of the featured artists in one album, some
teamed up on certain tracks,
like the first single Hypnotika,
a danceable cumbia, which features Marciano Cantero from
the Argentine band Enanitos
Verdes, reggaeton artist Julio
Voltio, and DJ Kane.
Working out the logistics was
a no brainer for A.B., especially
after the challenges during the
initial stages of the album. It’s
hard imagining the musical genius who has written numerous
hit songs not only for himself,
but for other Latin pop artists
such as Thalia and Cristian
Castro, having trouble creating
a song, but it happened.
According to the artist, the
three years he was forced to
spend away from the limelight
by his record label were very
tough. “It brought me down,”
he confessed. In spite of financial struggles, being absent
from the music industry frustrated him most. “I lost faith in
myself… I’d write something
and I’d just say I hate it, I hate
it, I don’t like what I am do-
“Everything that happens in our life teaches us a lesson,” A.B. affirms. (Courtesy photo)
ing.”
It took four months before
A.B. finally came up with the
first song Hypnotika, and then
the songs flowed one after
another. “The melodies came
from within,” he said.
“This album per say is a dark
album, it was a dark period of
my life and it’s gonna be one
of the albums you’re going to
put on when you want to cry…
there is not one happy song in
the whole album, Naci Para
Sufrir, Muero PorTi, Día De
Los Muertos, it’s A.B. Quintanilla’s evidences album. It’s
not negativity - it’s life and
there’s somebody out there
that will be able to connect to
the song.”
A.B. is grateful his family
supported him in so many ways
throughout the last three years.
“Everything that happens in
our life teaches us a lesson,”
A.B. affirms. Back home in his
“chanclas, Dickies and wife
beater just sitting in a couch or
in the porch” placed him back
where he needed to be, with
his family. “You tend to go
somewhere on these voyages
and you tend to forget where
you come from, and it put me
back with my family again.
And putting me back with my
family, put me back in my
groove again. I was back with
my mom, my dad, back with
[my sister] Suzette back with
my kids and so that love and
support made me strong again.”
Without a doubt, A.B. came
back strong yet again with the
help of his long time friend co-
writer Luigi Giraldo. Available
in stores July 27, La Vida de Un
Genio’s first single Hypnotika
already plays heavily in radio
stations and online. No matter
how sad the titles and lyrics
may be, the melodies of La
Vida de Un Genio are packed
with dance grooves and shares
the upbeat sense of Amor, Familia y Respeto.
So why is the person behind
Como La Flor, Amor Prohibido, Shhh, Sabes a Chocolate,
Mi Gente and Dulce Niña, jamming out on his phone to the
country hit, People Are Crazy,
in the lobby of the hip hotel
Aloft? “I like songs with meaning,” he grinned, after singing
along to the entire melody.
La Prensa Te Ve
Chayanne fans shower him with gifts which he takes with him, just like Chayanne is a great dancer and he did not disappoint, check out Chayanne flashes his bewitching
smile!
his moves!
this stuffed animal.
Chayanne jams out with his guitarist, as he plays air guitar.
Chayanne fans captured just before the show.
Chayanne has always appreciated his fans so he always makes it a
point to get up close and personal with them.
Chayanne waves at his adoring
fans before he exits the stage.
Radio station La Kalle showed much love for Chayanne with post- Chayanne performs with his beautiful back-up dancers.
ers and banners.
Photos by Lucy Moreno
Lina Guzman holds up the winning
ticket that allowed her to see her Pitbull and his dancers on his “Mr. Worldwide Carnaval Tour.”
idol Chayanne.
Elba and Diana Buxo were the lucky winners of a meet and greet
with Chayanne.
Pitbull is the picture of class in his
tuxedo.
Pitbull pours his heart and soul into his music.
The smile tells it all while he sings his
major hit, “Hotel Room Service.”
(Photo, Domingo Banda)
Chayanne energizes the crowd with his upbeat tunes.
Pitbull surveys the audience from the stage before
belting out another hit.
(Photo, Domingo Banda)
La Prensa Te Ve
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La Prensa de San Antonio
junio 20, 2010
Vico C, su historia a
través de la música
Por Patricia Garza
The future belongs to those who believe
in the beauty of their dreams.
Eleanor Roosevelt
Luis Armando Lozada Cruz,
mejor conocido como Vico C,
es un reconocido cantante puertorriqueño de rap y reggaetón,
considerado un ícono no solo en
su país, sino en Latinoamérica.
Su vida artística y personal han
sufrido cambios drásticos, mismos que han marcado la vida del
intérprete.
Su carrera artística está explorando nuevos horizontes,
Vico C ha decidido incursionar
en el teatro, del cual siempre ha
sido un apasionado. Este 9 de
julio estrenará la obra musical
Vico C, La Historia en la cual el
drama de la vida del cantante ha
quedado plasmado fielmente. La
obra será presentada en el Teatro
Ambassador, en Santurce.
Durante dos horas, los espectadores serán testigos de los
episodios que han marcado la
existencia de Vico C, un niño
lleno de sueños, cuya vocación
siempre ha sido la música, pero
el destino lo llevó por otros
caminos.
La libretista Laura Isabel,
quien también comparte la dirección con la primera actriz
Dolores Pedro, se sentó por
cinco horas con el intérprete de
La Recta Final para construir
cada escena de la obra, que será
un ejemplo de superación para la
juventud puertorriqueña.
En Vico C, La Historia se
presenta la lucha interna de este
pionero del rap por alcanzar su
sueño, sin contar con los recursos económicos para lograrlo.
Se utilizan como punta de partida unas cartas que el vocalista
escribió a sus hijos estando en
prisión.
Al saborear la fama, el artista comenzó su vía crucis por
las etapas dolorosas que le ha
tocado vivir, de las que aún se
levanta con la ayuda del cristianismo y su familia inmediata.
Para llenar de más realismo
la pieza, a Vico C lo acompañarán en el escenario su
primogénita Marangelly en el
cuerpo de baile, dirigido por
Katiria Nieves, y su segundo
hijo, Sugar, quien caracteriza a
su padre en la niñez. Además,
se proyectará pietaje de su
trayectoria.
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junio 20, 2010
LUNA: Throwback to the days of real nightclubs
By Angela Covo
[email protected]
Marcos Treviño, just 30, recognizes the beauty of classics -- and
to satisfy his deepest yearnings, set
out to bring us a timeless classic
of his own.
Luna, a throwback to the days
of real nightclubs and an era when
one dressed to the nines to go
out for cocktails and live music,
opened its doors on Nov. 14, 2003.
The place is reminiscent of oldtime jazz bars in New York, and
that too, is by design.
So much so, that Luna might
come off as a little pretentious,
Treviño said. “I just wanted to
create a place I would like to go
to,” he added.
Treviño’s journey to create San
Antonio’s perfect nightspot started
much earlier, when he was just 15
years old.
“In high school, my older brother Carlos and I played flamenco
professionally at a place called
El Presidio – we played Thursday
through Saturday for months,” he
explained.
Playing every week forced Treviño to treat the gig like a business,
and he learned about money and
managing his time. But he credits
his father with defining his future.
“My father handled the (music)
business, and I think I wanted
to work for myself to honor my
Dad, who also had his own business,” Treviño explained. “He was
so hands-on, he always told me
‘know every aspect of your business, from cleaning the bathrooms
to dealing with the customers and
he taught me to anticipate every-
body’s needs.”
The path to Luna was no direct
shot, however. Treviño took a year
off from school after high school
to work and live on his own.
He attended UTSA for a while,
where he met his wife, Courtney,
then switched to St. Philip’s College to study hotel and restaurant
management.
He started to realize that what
he really wanted to do was run his
own business, and took advantage
of a program from the Small Business Administration at UTSA to
learn everything he could.
Luna started to take shape in
his mind during this period. “I
was getting real information from
people in the industry,” he said.
With his savings, help from his
parents, and a loan from Frost
Bank, the 22-year-old Treviño
started the search for a physical
building in 2002. Then, on a tight
budget and even tighter itinerary,
he went to New York City to “steal
ideas,” he said.
“I had to go abroad to New York
to see what was possible,” Treviño
said, with a twinkle in his eyes.
He visited the icons – the Village
Vanguard, the Blue Note, and Jazz
Standard – and came home with
a notebook full of ideas, he told
La Prensa.
When he came home, he saw the
“For Sale” sign on the Post TV Repair shop on San Pedro, and soon
after bought the building.
“It looks like a strip mall, but
they are all separate buildings,”
he said. “In the 60s they put these
buildings, free standing buildings of different heights, just four
inches apart,” he explained.
They gutted the building, and
rebuilt the interior from scratch.
“The mysterious façade is part of
the charm – it’s deceiving from the
outside,” Treviño said.
Treviño ultimately succeeded
in creating the venue he himself
longed for in San Antonio – the
only old-school sit-down nightclub
in San Antonio – by creating an
interior that he hopes patrons find
warm and comfortable, smart and
grown-up, and with the highest
standards.
Still, at the end of the day, it’s
all about the music for the young
entrepreneur.
“I book what I would pay to
see,” Treviño explains. “Every
night is a different product, and
our reputation is good music, and
people seem to be willing to trust
my judgment,” he said.
Most Wednesdays, Treviño goes
back to his roots and performs
Nuevo Flamenco with his brother
Carlos. He books acts for the other
nights, to create as perfect a live
music venue as possible.
“If it wasn’t for the music, I
would be doing something else,”
Treviño said. “Things happen,
and if for some reason there is no
live music on a given night – we
don’t open.”
Treviño strives to keep Luna
fresh and exciting, and spends
his free time looking for the best
music and ideas to bring to San
Antonio. Since it opened, the club
has been smoke-free, which made
it even easier to incorporate his
latest idea. After a visit to Memphis clubs on the Chitlin’ Circuit,
Treviño decided to add a touch of
southern hospitality to the club,
so he provides homemade complimentary comfort food for his
Marcos and Carlos Treviño play Nuevo Flamenco on Wednesday
nights at Luna on San Pedro Avenue. (Courtesy photo)
patrons most nights.
Luna is Treviño’s baby. There is
only one key to club, and he holds
it dear. “I treat the club like my
own home,” he said.
For schedules and more information about Luna, go to the Web
Site at http://www.lunalive.com or
visit them on Facebook.
of music…jazz.
Since then, I’ve sat in with a variety
of local (working and defunct) bands
like Pistola, The Undercovers, The
Man-Eaters of Tsavo and Snowbyrd. Today, I play off-and-on with
an instrumental, indie rock quintet
called Fin Del Mar. We recorded an
11-song CD a few years ago and have
garnered a squint of publicity through
newspaper and radio interviews, but
being on the other side of the digital
recorder has kept me well-connected
with the San Antonio music scene as
a whole—from local indie rock and
heavy metal to Chicano blues, Tejano
and conjunto.
I’ve had the pleasure to interview
many of San Antonio’s musical legends and many of the city’s newest
talents throughout my writing career…learning more about everything
that crosses my path. So I can tell you
that I am no expert, but I assure you
that I’ve done a lot and seen a lot to
know what I write about.
Music ......... (continued from page 3-E)
After that, I took some time off
from the bands and concentrated on
work, kick starting my writing career
with Firecracker Magazine. That was
when the connections I made in the
past began to bind tighter, and I later
jumped at the chance to fill in on
drums with Speeder.
They were a six-piece, fast-paced
punk band fronted by three female
singers with guts and attitude. There
was no other band like Speeder in
S.A. at the time…breaking barriers
for many more to come. We even
landed a role in a local indie flick
called “Speeder Kills,” directed by
Jimmy Mendiola.
The coming-of-age movie did
well, debuting at Guadalupe Cultural
Arts’ Cine Festival and finding regular rotation on a television program
called Sí TV, as well as on a few Los
Angeles TV stations after Mendiola
relocated to the Sunshine State with
wife and executive producer, Faith
Radle (daughter of former San Anto-
nio City Councilwoman Patti Radle).
As Firecracker and Speeder came
to their final curtain call, I found
myself relaxing behind the drums of
yet another musical project.
Elefante was a jazz/indie pop trio
I formed with a couple of friends.
I don’t think many of San Anto’s
rowdy, garage rock howlin’, beer
guzzlin’ revelers were ready to sit
down, sip and listen, but we had a
good time. What I enjoyed the most
was really delving into another realm
12-E
La Prensa de San Antonio
junio 20, 2010
Joe Posada proves staying power with five TMA nominations
By Ramón Hernández
Classy and innovative are
some adjectives that are used to
describe Joe Posada, a mainstay
in SA’s music scene for over
44 years.
This year, the ageless musician is nominated for Best Entertainer, Best Vocalist and also
in the Best Vocal Duo category
for Si Cocinas Como Caminas
in duet with Leslie Lugo. That
same tune was also recognized
for Song of the Year and Hermosa Soñadora, recorded in
a rhythmic boss nova groove,
was nominated in the Crossover
Song category. Both tunes are
part of Posada’s Point of View
CD, his latest release.
“By the time I finished elementary school, I was already
a member of D.R. and The
Interiors, a group of kids from
around the San Juan Courts,”
Posada said during an interview
at his westside home.
“D” stood for David Casas on
bass and “R” was vocalist Robert Gómez. Posada, saxophone;
Greg Araiza, guitar; and Raúl
“Ito” Reyes, drums; made up
the rest of the band.
In 1967, a then 13-year-old
Posada recorded his first 45 rpm
single, Por Ultima Vez, as the
sax player of Fito Riojas and
The Sensations.
“I didn’t start singing until I
joined Rudy Tee and the Reno
Bops and Red Gonzales had me
doing backup vocals on some
songs,” the 56-year-old hornman said.
A brief stint with Zapata
followed and as Posada said,
“When Joe Jama was going to
quit, David Marez took Óscar
(Lawson) and Henry (Hernández) to hear me sing. The Jesters
used three-part harmony and I
became one of their three voices
in the ‘The Band’ album.”
In 1976, he was voted into
the Mike Chávez All-Pro Band
by his peers. By 1977, Marez
had quit the Jesters to form
People and Posada followed. He
performed a one year stint with
George Morín and Momentus
before he formed El Quinto Sol
in June, 1982.
Before the year was over, he
had recorded Orale and Fuiste
Tú, his first single as a solo
artist for Manny Guerra’s AMS
Records; and 25 Corazónes
featuring A Primer Vista on the
flipside for Bob Grever’s Cara
label.
The following year, the singer-songwriter-musician won
the Texas Association of Spanish Announcer’s El Zenzotli
Award for Best Tejano Group
and Posada was on his way to
becoming a living legend.
In 1984, he received his first
Tejano Music Awards nomination for Male Entertainer and
in ’85, his first nomination
for Male Vocalist, not to mention countless nominations for
“Single, Song and Album” plus
“Duo” of the year nominations
eventually winning Best Tejano
Horn Musician and Best Specialty Instrument for playing
the wind tone generator as he
began to fuse and unify jazz,
soul and polka, which made
him stand out among conventional cookie-cutter groups.
“I now also play the ‘ewi’ (an
electronic wind instrument),”
added Posada.
Along the way, Posada started
carving a path jazzing up Tejano
music with his innovation music, becoming a high-demand
studio musician on recordings
by Lisa Lopez, La Mafia, Mazz,
La Fiebre and Eddie Alemán,
Manny and Joey López’s Zaz
recording studios as he simultaneously continued to churn
out one Quinto Sol album after
another on Cara, Capitol and
EMI Latin; plus a CD with his
son, Joe Posada Jr. for Fonovisa
in early 1998.
“Right after that I dropped out
of the scene because Tejano music was too accordion spanked,
and at the time I was not much
accordion in my music,” Posada
said. “At the time, my career
was not going anywhere.”
This is when Posada turned
to his first love, jazz. For seven
years he became a fixture in the
Alamo City’s jazz circle as he
performed and recorded with
various jazz artists.
“I also studied music theory,
piano and basics at San Antonio
College because I got the notion
of being a music teacher,” said
Posada.
After EMI Latin, Discos
Sony and other national labels
abandoned the Tejano music
genre, Posada decided to form
his own record company and
produce other artists. He named
the record company Baby Dude
Records because when his five
grandchildren would come visit
him at his home, he would say,
“hey, it’s the baby dudes!”
Then and Now was the perfect
title for the first CD because
he re-harmonized ten of his
greatest hits and updated them
with snazzy new sophisticated
arrangements, turning them into
a multi-genre blend and making
them a listener’s delight.
The CD, which garnered a
Grammy nomination, added
five jazz tunes to educate and
give his fans a taste of that
genre.
His second album, Amor y
Fuego received a Latin Grammy Award nomination. Then he
produced Corazon de Oro for
David Marez.
His Friends and Legends
CD produced another Grammy
Award nomination and Yo Fui
El Culpable, a duet with Jay
Perez, won the pair Vocal Duo
of the Year at the 2008 TMA.
And the year before, Posada
won the Mejor Latin Jazz Album at Premios a La Música
Latina with Jazzano in which
his flute playing mesmerizes
the listener with The Wright
Choice.
In view of the fact that Posada
did not venture far after his reentry into the Tejano market,
the number of Grammy and
Joe Posada. (Courtesy photo)
Latin Grammy nominations are
quite an achievement.
“A Grammy would be nice,
but I’m not disappointed at
all,” Posada said. “Happiness
is playing and making a living
doing music. That’s the secret
of success for me. Before, I was
looking for success when it was
right here at arm’s length.”
As to why Posada re-entered
the Tejano scene, he said, “One
day I turned on the radio and
everything seemed so prepackaged and microwavable.
So I said, ‘Somebody has to
put their heart and soul into it.’
And what helps me on the sales
end are distributors as Chano
Elizondo. He’s the mero mero.”
Posada’s walls and shelves
are full of certificates, ribbons,
medals, trophies and other
forms of awards. It would take
at least two full pages of this
newspaper, just to list his accolades.
What is important for La
Prensa readers is that each
week, they can see the multiGrammy nominated artist perform each Tuesday at Chacho’s on Callaghan Road, each
Thursday at Chacho’s at Perrin
Beitel, and at the 517 Lounge
in Landry’s each Friday and
Saturday.
For more information about
Joe Posada, check out www.
joeposada.com, www.myspace.
c o m / j o e p o s a d a a n d w w w.
myspace.com/theofficialjoeposadamyspace.
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junio 20, 2010
Joan Sebastian loses yet another son to violence
“Señor ábreme las puertas que
voy de regreso a ti. Gracias por todos los años donde el amor conocí.
De mis padres, mis hermanos, de
mis hijos que hoy y aquí se despiden de mi cuerpo pues voy de regreso a ti. Adiós familia y amigos.
Adiós mundo terrenal. Dios me voy
de regreso ya me espera mi carnal,
Señor ábreme las puertas voy
confiando en tu perdón, me voy a ti
en las notas de dolorosa canción.
Señor ábreme las puertas, señor
abre las puertas señor.”
Composed by Joan Sebastian for
his son, Juan Sebastian Figueroa
(32).
Commentary by Lucy MorenoPhoto by Lucy Moreno
Our faith in God is one of the
strongest things we have in life,
but sometimes that faith can be
greatly tested.
Mexico’s talented songwriter/singer Joan Sebastian has
had to survive the death of two
of his sons to violence. One son
he lost in the United States, the
other in Mexico. One wonders
how much pain a person can
survive, in this case Joan and
his ex-wife, Teresa Gonzalez
must be mystified as to why
they are once again being tested
in such a way.
In 2006 Joan Sebastian lost
his youngest son, Trigo in a
violent incident in Mission,
Texas. Now, four years later
and nearing Father’s Day, Joan
Sebastian once again suffers the
loss of another son, this time
his oldest son, Juan Sebastian
Figueroa (32)
Sebastian, as he was known,
managed his father’s career
in the United States with his
co mp an y S uave Entertainment, which he started with
his youngest brother, Trigo
Figueroa. As their father’s
representatives, the brothers
looked after their father’s best
interest during his presentations
in the United States.
Having known both these
young men, I can honestly
say in no shape or form is the
Figueroa family affiliated with
drug lords or anything of that
sort.
Unfortunately, many television, radio and some newspapers have fallen prey to receiving unsubstantiated rumors, and
will air or publish them without
considering what damage they
Joan Sebastian with his son, Juan Sebastian.
may cause the family.
Sebastian was married and
had five children whom he
left behind. Joan Sebastian is
one of the brightest stars that
Mexico has, however, he is not
shining as bright because of the
pain in his heart.
Nevertheless, his fans still
stand by him and are all sending
him positive vibes with their
prayers.
I must point out that Mexico
is experiencing a very difficult
time right now. Violence and
fear have taken over the country, and when brutality and
cruelty strike, they do not discriminate against social status
or skin color.
In speaking to a friend about
Sebastian’s funeral, my heart
broke, as I was not being able
to travel and say goodbye to a
friend, and to be there to support another friend in his time
of need.
Joan Sebastian, a man also
known as “The Poet of Mexico,” has acted admirably en
spite of the rumors circulating
his son’s death. He loved his
sons so much that he found
strength to defend their honor
and the honor of his entire
family by chastising those who
have made the unfounded accusations.
Moreover, Joan Sebastian
sent a message to President
Calderon: he said if he was
guilty of one thing, it was of
creating jobs for his countrymen. He voice cracked several
times while he addressed the
speculative rumors in the midst
of his son’s death.
I would like to take the opportunity to describe my friend
Sebastian.
He was a hard working young
man who along with his brother,
Trigo worked their way up to
handling their father’s career.
In 2005 I had the pleasure of
talking to both Sebastian and
Trigo about their father as I was
writing a Father’s Day special
on Joan Sebastian.
Trigo, always the “nice guy”
set up the interview. It was
about 1:00 a.m. on a Sunday
when I interviewed Joan and
his sons in his suite.
I asked Joan about his sons
and their personality, he quickly responded that Sebastian was
the one whose personality was
more like his. Sebastian sat
there listening to his father talk
all his children. When it was
time to ask Sebastian about his
father he explained that their
father had taught them to work
hard for a living.
He mentioned that while his
father was well off, they had
not been handed anything on a
silver platter.
Trigo mentioned that they
both worked their way up in his
father’s company. Sebastian
pointed out that because of his
father’s work ethic, they had
see Joan Sebastian pg 15-E
14-E
La Prensa de San Antonio
He is …
By Nina Duran
The one who is dedicated
The one who always motivates
The one with more passion that anyone I know
The one who is always willing
The one who yearns to help those in need
The one who doesn’t understand the word “no”
The one who doesn’t use the word “no”
The one who quotes scripture in times of need
The one who doesn’t believe in excuses
The one with energy that never ceases
The one who is always ready for anything in life
The one who remains stable in a world of instability
The one who learned to stand on his own two feet
The one who pushes himself to new limits everyday
The one who is persistent
The one who excites you about life and all its opportunities
The one who realizes greatness in everyone
The one who credits God for all his successes
The one with a profound faith
The one who has reached unattainable goals
The one who was sent to carry out a special mission
The one who dares to make his dreams come true
The one with the desire to succeed
The one who never sees failure as an option
The one who will tell you life is not easy, nor is it meant to be
The one who will look for a window when a door closes
The one who struggled and came out a better man for it
The one who has come a long way because of his beliefs
The one who climbed walls and built bridges out of nothing
The one who is a grandpa, great grandfather, husband and dad
The one who I call daddy …
He is my father.
junio 20, 2010
Querida Nina:
Hace algunos meses conocí a una mujer, desde el
primer momento en que la vi me enamoré, ella es
hermosa. Empecé a salir con ella y todo marchaba
perfecto, nos hicimos novios y ahora estamos planeando nuestra boda. Mi familia está feliz con la
boda, pues mi prometida es la adoración de mis
padres, yo no tuve hermanas así que la ven como
una hija. La cuestión es que descubrí algo del
pasado de mi novia. Llevé a mi novia a un festejo
de un amigo y cuando se la presenté se quedo muy
impresionado, toda la reunión estuvo muy raro. Hace unos días nos
vimos y me dijo que él conocía a mi novia de tiempo atrás, y que si
yo sabía a qué se dedicaba antes, yo le dije que ella había trabajado
cuidando a una señora que vivía sola. Y mi amigo me dijo que eso no
era cierto que él había conocido a mi novia en un “table dance”, que
ella bailaba desnuda en un lugar de esos. Estoy muy desconcertado,
mi amigo es como mi hermano así que no creo que me esté mintiendo.
¿Qué hago? Me aterra la idea de que eso sea cierto, ¿qué dirá mi
familia?
Leonardo
Querido Leonardo:
Lamento por lo que estas pasando, pero esta situación tiene solución. Lo
primero que tienes que hacer es hablar con tu prometida, ella seguramente
te aclarará todas las dudas y te contará su verdad. Si ella te confirma lo que
dijo tu amigo, entonces tomarás una decisión. Creo que es fundamental
que exista la honestidad y sinceridad dentro de una relación de pareja,
así que si ella te ocultó su pasado debes preguntar y analizar porque lo
hizo. En cuanto a tu familia no creo que debas preocuparte por eso, busca
tu felicidad, resuelve la situación con tu novia, si el amor es verdadero
saldrán adelante y podrán seguir con sus planes de boda.
Querida Nina:
Me encuentro dentro de un problema muy difícil. Estoy por
mudarme de ciudad, me ofrecieron una oportunidad laboral excelente.
El problema es que mi novio me dijo que si me iba me olvidara de él.
Ya le expliqué que es un trabajo que me permitirá crecer profesionalmente y que nos ayudará en un futuro, pues queremos casarnos en
2 años. Sin embargo tampoco quiere irse conmigo, el puede pedir su
cambio de trabajo en la compañía, de hecho lo pueden transferir sin
mayor problema, pero está negado y dispuesto a terminar con 3 años
de noviazgo, ¿Qué hago?
Confundida
Querida Confundida:
Tal vez te parezca una situación muy difícil, pero no lo es. Te explico,
cuando una persona ama a otra, siempre está buscando la manera de que
sea feliz, que cumpla con sus sueños, que se realice, en fin quiere su felicidad. Así que, si él no te está apoyando, es una muestra clara de que no
te ama lo suficiente, de que es una persona egoísta. Ve y aprovecha esa
gran oportunidad laboral, lucha por tus sueños, ya encontrarás al hombre
que comparta tus logros y te impulse a seguir creciendo. No dejes que
nadie te chantajee. El amor cuando es verdadero está lleno de libertad.
Nina can be emailed at [email protected]
Escriba a Querida Nina, 230 N. Medina San Antonio, TX 78207 ó al correo electrónico: [email protected]
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become better men, learning
what it was to work hard to accomplish success.
Working on several tours
with both Sebastian and Trigo,
I was able to see firsthand how
they both loved and took care
of their father.
Trigo was his father’s right
hand and handled the media,
while Sebstian was the businessman.
One of the many memories
that stick out in my mind is after
one of Joan Sebastian’s concert.
I asked Sebastian if he would
take a picture with his father.
In all the years we had worked
together I had never taken his
picture; he smiled and said of
course and as you can see in
the picture he made a comment
which made us all laugh.
I am happy that I had the opportunity to meet and work with
this extraordinary young man.
Sebastian’s smile and laughter
that day is how I will always
remember my friend, and would
like to share with La Prensa
readers these special moments
from Sunday, April 12, 2009.
Joan once said he was happy
that his son Sebastian had made
peace with his feelings towards
Trigo’s killer, and said they
should move on and live their
lives.
Sebastian is now with his
younger brother Trigo and one
thing is for sure, they are still
working for their father, Joan
Sebastian. Both brothers are
now watching out and taking
care of their father from heaven.
Joan will always have two angels watching over him.
On behalf of La Prensa and
our readers in San Antonio, our
heartfelt condolences go out to
Joan Sebastian, Teresa Gonzalez and Jose Manuel Figueroa
and their extended families.
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junio 20, 2010