Hardee's Latin Festival 2010

Here we are doing a routine with the kids.

People were there as early as 7:30 am.

I was really proud to see so many people just dancing away to Latin Music.

 I had to hold my tears back a couple of times.

This past June 12,2010 I had the opportunity to organize a Zumba Marathon as part of the Hardee's Latin festival. This event was free for the public. As you can tell by the pictures we had an incredible turnout. I had been working for months with our local instructors such as Patrece Parson, Wanda Hood, Kaylenne Holmes and Tessa Duquette . Instructors from out of town who I had met through different Zumba events participated as well . Such as Bobby Otero and Johana Broyles. The event had over 800 participants and I was blessed to have my mom coming from Puerto Rico to be in the event. Enjoy this pictures.

Hardee's Latin Festival

Hi there:

           Last year I was invited to participate in the Zumbathon as part of the Latin Festival. I did a Zumba Toning routine. Rosy Musika a very talented and energetic Zumba instructor had organized the Zumbathon . Unfortunately Rosy had to move. I was quite shocked to receive an email from Rosy asking me if I wanted to organize it for this year. I had already organized a Zumba event with Sarina Jain creator of Masala Bhangra as my special guest. It was quite successful. I knew Rosy had put a lot of work into this event last year. So for me it was an honor that she would ask me to do it. Now the Zumba marathon is in 2 weeks. A lot of work has gone towards organizing this event . I feel confident that it will be a success. One of the things I look forward to is the participation of the local instructors as well as instructors from Richmond, VA, North Carolina, and more. As the invited guest we have Liana Veda , choreographer and Zumba instructor coming from Boston. My friend Kim  Branco is also coming from New Jersey with a lot of her students. So be there by 8:30 am. We will have a blast.