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Fifteen years later, tribute acts are being prepared in the United States. which include the exhibition of their dresses, their funny wigs and other items, which can be seen in the New York Bronx, Miami and Washington.
The admirers of the Caribbean singer no longer enjoy her "sugar", her soft cry in the scenarios with which he led the crazy mbades, and no longer see her with his inseparable "little cotton head", as she called her husband, the trumpet player and conductor Pedro Knight, with whom he played in an eternal love story
They miss their wigs and flashy dresses with bright colors, their particular platform shoes, their energy, their joy with the public, that they loved unconditionally. Celia was a woman who triumphed in a world of men, who loved and respected her and with whom she shared scenarios.
Despite her success, having put the world to dance, in her country she was opposed to her opposition to Fidel Castro and it was only in 2012 that her voice was heard for the first time on radio in Cuba, country where he was born in 1925.
The pain of not being able to return to the island, from where he went on tour in Mexico 1960 with Sonora Matancera and did not return – not even to bury his mother – always accompanied him.
He only had the opportunity to sing in 1990 at the US Naval Base. At Guantánamo Bay, where he arrived, he knelt and kissed the ground three times, while he was leaving with a handful of dirt that he was asking to drop into his coffin.
Fifteen years after his pbading, tributes they go beyond July 16, which marks the end of their fight against cancer at the age of 78, although their age has always been a mystery.
His grave is one of the most visited of the Woodlawn Cemetery. Bronx County in New York, where four years later the love of her life was buried, with whom she married 41 years old. On each anniversary of his death, the mausoleum opens its doors to pay tribute to the Queen
Her admirers come from all over and even place letters there, like a mother who thanks her daughter was cured of her. a cancer, revealed to Efe Omer Pardillo, former representative of the artist and executor of his legacy.
This year the tribute includes several exhibitions besides the Bronx with its dresses, wigs and other items, it is the largest, "Celia Forever", which will open on October 18 at the American Museum of Art. the Cuban diaspora in Miami
Woodlawn will pay tribute to "Celia vive", a show in his last chapel September, in the month of Hispanic heritage
"Some time ago, they wanted to do some thing and I told them that it was the appropriate year, "said Pardillo, adding that" will be the largest (sample) Celia that has been made up to now ", with 700 pieces that include their trophies, dresses, wigs, documents, and which can be visited for a year.
The agenda also includes "Celia, the Musical", a tour project that "C is very personal", which was premiered last December in Miami and stars Lucrecia, a Cuban singer based in Spain, where the work will arrive on August 18, at the Starlive Festival in Marbella, accompanied by an orchestra and dancers.
The musical comedy that accompanies the multimedia life of the artist will return to Miami on November 16 and 17 to be presented at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts
During its Fifty-five-year career, the interpreter of "Guantanamera" has accumulated countless awards and recognitions that have not ceased after his death, such as the stamp of the United States Postal Service and its election as first Latina in the Paseo de las Estre of the legendary Apollo Theater in Harlem (New York)
"Her legacy is very much alive, her memory and her people remember her, her music is played all over I feel honored, "said Pardillo. EFE
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