AFTER A VERY SUCCESSFUL FIRST NIGHT HERE AT THE 5TH ANNUAL ECUADOR SALSA CONGRESS, WE WOKE UP TO A VERY SCARY EARTHQUAKE THAT HAS MADE THE MAYOR CANCEL ALL MAJOR EVENTS IN THE CITY OF QUITO. SINCE THIS MORNING NO OTHER EARTHQUAKES HAVE BEEN FELT AND EVERYTHING SEEMS TO MOVING SMOOTHLY HERE IN QUITO. SO WE ARE SAD TO ANNOUNCE THAT AS AN ALMOST SOLD OUT CROWD AT THE TEATRO NACIONAL WERE LINING UP TO COME IN FOR THE FINALS ON WHO WAS GOING TO REPRESENT AND QUALIFY FOR THE 5TH ANNUAL WORLD LATIN DANCE CUP THIS DECEMBER 9-14, 2014 IN MIAMI. A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE GOVERMENT SHOWED UP AND ANNOUNCED THAT THE EVENT WAS BEING CANCELLED UNDER THE MAYORS ORDER FOR THE SAFETY OF THE PEOPLE ATTENDING. ACROSS THE STREET AT A SOLD OUT HILTON COLON WITH 19 FLOORS, WHERE WE WERE STAYING, WE WERE NOT ASKED TO LEAVE THE HOTEL. I GUESS OUR SAFETY THERE AND ALL THE OTHERS STAYING AT THE HOTEL WAS NOT A CONCERN NOR AT ANY MALLS OR CHURCHES THAT WERE NOT EVACUATED. KIND OF STRANGE! WHEN THIS WAS BROUGHT TO THE ATTENTION OF THE GOVERMENT REPRESENTATIVE, ALL SHE COULD SAY WAS IT WAS THE MAYORS ORDER. WHEN WE TRIED TO REACH THE MAYOR (THAT WAS VOTED TO SERVE THE PEOPLE) IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE AND NO ONE COULD ANSWER US DIRECTLY. WE WANT TO THANK THE RED CROSS THAT HAD ACCEPTED THAT THE EVENT SHOULD GO ON AND WE ALSO FELT POSITIVE ENERGY FROM THE POLICE BUT FELT THEY COULD NOT GO OVER THE MAYORS DECISION. WHAT A SHAME. DANCERS SAVED FOR MONTHS AND UP TO A YEAR TO ATTEND THIS EVENT IN QUITO AND QUALIFY FOR THE WLDC A DREAM FOR MANY DANCERS THAT CAME FROM BOLIVIA, ARGENTINA, VENEZUELA, COLOMBIA AND ALL OVER ECUADOR. SAD FOR LUCIA AND TROPICAL DANCE THAT AFTER 5 YEARS OF INVESTING AND LOSING MONEY, THIS YEAR THE ADVANCE SALES AND DOOR SALES WERE PROMISING THAT THIS WOULD BE THE FIRST TIME SHE COULD BREAK EVEN OR EVEN MAKE SOME MONEY. NOW INSTEAD THEY WILL BE EVEN IN MORE DEBT THAN EVER. MY PRAYERS GO OUT TO HER. ALL OF THIS HARD WORK LOST AND ALL OF THE SACRAFICE OF THESE YOUNG DANCERS GONE BECAUSE OF ONE MANS DECISION. WE HOPE THEY WILL RETURN NEXT YEAR BUT UNDERSTAND IF THEY DID NOT RETURN. WHAT KIND OF MAYOR IS THIS? AFTER A LONG MEETING IN THE RESTAURANT IN THE HILTON COLON WE HAVE MADE A DECISION TO ACCEPT THE RESULTS IN THE 12 DIVISIONS IN THE ORDER THEY HAD QUALIFIED TO DANCE IN THE FINALS. ALBERT TORRES USUALLY ALLOWS THE FIRST THREE OF EACH DIVISION TO GO DIRECTLY TO THE SEMI FINALS IN MIAMI. IN THIS CASE I HAVE MADE A DECISION TO ALLOW ALL DANCERS AND TEAMS THAT QUALIFIED TO COMPETE IN THE FINALS, CAN GO DIRECTLY TO THE SEMI FINAL OF THE WORLD LATIN DANCE CUP. WE ARE PROUD TO GIVE YOU THE DIVISIONS AND NAMES THAT HAVE NOW QUALIFIED TO GO DIRECTLY TO THE SEMI FINALS IN MIAMI THIS DECEMBER 9-14, 2014 FOR THE WLDC. CONGRATS!! ALBERT TORRES WE SURVIVED THE ECUADOR EARTHQUICK
Posted on: Sun, 17 Aug 2014 07:19:36 +0000
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