Then Fabio Rodolfo Vásquez learned about a dance festival organized on social networks, “Covi Dance 2020”. The idea of the 50-year-old shoemaker was a clever idea, but he had doubts. For a week, he and his wife Maria Moreno came up with an idea. .
Would it be respectful of our daughter’s memory?Was it too soon?
“I looked for us to do it to get out of the depression and the feeling of being in a cage that we endured the pandemic,” Vasquez said. “And to deal with the pain we have suffered. “
The couple met at a club in Guatemala City more than 30 years ago when they won a dance contest and during their marriage enjoyed dancing together, disco but also salsa, merengue and cumbia.
Remembering how much her daughter enjoyed watching them stumble into the fantastic light, Vasquez recorded a non-public video in which she danced “Danger” of The Flirts. It’s become a feeling overnight. Moreno then appeared in a video for the time being and the couple won the first prize of the contest.
“I think our daughter will have to be satisfied to see us satisfied,” Vasquez said. “She supported us Array . . . and he told us to do what we love most. “
Their videos have gone viral and their movements have greatly cheered many who reproduced them. And they have been encouraged by generosity: so far, a place to eat has provided them with a year-round source of chicken, and a supermarket has presented them with milk and other food.
“People liked it and found out we were doing this to others,” Vasquez said.
“I don’t make money from that or I don’t ask for anything, but if other people have something in their centers, I settle for it from the back of my center,” he added. “During this pandemic, you have to settle for everything from the center because those are things that come from God.
The couple also praised their resistance and for bringing joy to many in the midst of their pain.
“My father used to say that music lifted your brain and made you feel young,” Vasquez said. “You may be older, your skin is wrinkled, but being young is in you and music can revive it. “
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