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The Joe is planted in the heart of Cartagena. His music, his life and his love for this city were exalted yesterday when seven years of his death were commemorated.
A floral offering at the earliest hour of the day on the square that bears his name at the Cartagena Center, began a 48-hour tribute day for one of Cartagena's most beloved children. .
Students, directors of the Institute of Heritage and Culture and Queen of Independence, Roysis González, led the official ceremony on July 26.
"We can not forget Joe, he is the greatest reference of our music and a pride for all Cartagena," said Celia Cantillo, a saleswoman who approached the statue of the artist at the # Opening of tributes.
Brussels, the district where Álvaro José Arroyo was born, was the second stage of this program. There, in the heart of the popular district where the performers from 'La Rebelión & # 39; and from & # 39; Tumbatecho & # 39; playing karts and kites, some of his friends and family shared their experiences with the artist.
Wachy Meléndez, who was a Joe choir for over 30 years, said his time with the so-called Centurion of the night was the best of his life. "Joe was a great person, and an artist who inspired us all, we will hardly have another like him," said the singer who accompanies Joe in his famous song "Falta la plata"
Gerardo Varela, another friend of the founder of the Verdad Orchestra and who composed for him songs like "La libertad" and "Chambaculera", he remembered that while meeting Arroyo, he was surrounded by journalists and cameras, and that as an artist he would stop in listening to the musical proposal that Varela took his hands at that time
to the conversation, which was the preamble for the elimination Joe's disciples and imitators dance contest, also attended the ex-wife of the artist, Mary Luz Alonso, and his daughters Eykol and Nayalibel, who thanked the children for the protests of the day. affection they have for their father each year.
Young women who will today have an exhibition of clothing and personal belongings. The Joe, who have been part of a museum in his honor for a few months in Barranquilla, said they hoped to bring the Joe Arroyo Foundation to Cartagena, with which she seeks to provide musical training to young people and women. children with limited means. 19659002] "Álvaro was our father, a loving, devoted and very devoted man to his family, and Joe was the musician, the strict man, in love with what he was doing and very demanding. facets that we show to people through the museum, "explain the girls.
Tributes continue. Tomorrow at 9:00 am you open the doors of the Teatro Adolfo Mejía so that Cartagena and the visitors can see the clothes and belongings of the Joe up close. The girls of the artist will lead the exhibition.
This kind of traveling museum will be open to the public throughout the day.
The closing of the agenda will begin at 6:00 in the afternoon with a musical show that will be a journey through the life and work of the artist. There, at the Teatro Adolfo Mejía, there will be the final of the dance and singing competitions in tribute to Joe.
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