Today marks 4 years since the death of one of the greatest singers of all-time. The singer is Úrsula Hilaria Celia Caridad Cruz Alfonso, known around the world as Celia Cruz. Our "Guarachera" was loved all over the world.
She was treated like the Queen she was with the ceremony given to her here, in Miami. I remember that day vividly. My sister, her husband, my wife, and I decided to take the Metro Rail and make the line at the Freedom Tower. When we got off the Metro Rail, the lines was about a mile long. We all looked at each other and said, "What the hell" !! We could not believe the amount of people in line. We observed the progression of the line and to our surprise, it did not move an inch in the 5 minutes we observed it !!
At that point, we decided to skip the the viewing and go straight to Gesu Catholic Church. We had to wait about 4 - 5 hours before the procession from the Freedom Tower to the church began. While we were waitingin front of the church, it was a who's who of celeberties arriving at the church. Once the procession began, the crowd started getting loud. As her hurst approcahed, the crowd went crazy. They started chanting, "Celia, Celia, Celia, Celia". People were tossing roses at the hurst as it went by. It was a great feeling to have been a part of that moment. We stayed outside with the huge mass of people and followed along with the mass they were having inside the church.
It was said the follwoing day in the news that over 75,000 people attended the viewing at the Freedom Tower.
Celia we love you and will never forget you !!
AZUCAR !
She was treated like the Queen she was with the ceremony given to her here, in Miami. I remember that day vividly. My sister, her husband, my wife, and I decided to take the Metro Rail and make the line at the Freedom Tower. When we got off the Metro Rail, the lines was about a mile long. We all looked at each other and said, "What the hell" !! We could not believe the amount of people in line. We observed the progression of the line and to our surprise, it did not move an inch in the 5 minutes we observed it !!
At that point, we decided to skip the the viewing and go straight to Gesu Catholic Church. We had to wait about 4 - 5 hours before the procession from the Freedom Tower to the church began. While we were waitingin front of the church, it was a who's who of celeberties arriving at the church. Once the procession began, the crowd started getting loud. As her hurst approcahed, the crowd went crazy. They started chanting, "Celia, Celia, Celia, Celia". People were tossing roses at the hurst as it went by. It was a great feeling to have been a part of that moment. We stayed outside with the huge mass of people and followed along with the mass they were having inside the church.
It was said the follwoing day in the news that over 75,000 people attended the viewing at the Freedom Tower.
Celia we love you and will never forget you !!
AZUCAR !
1 comment:
I remember that day Brother.
What an expirience!
Good job at keeping her memory alive. I'm proud of you!
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