Selena Quintanilla

Anything For Selenas:' A Selena Quintanilla Celebration Weekend

... have SELENA movie tickets and wish to attend the concert, can do so by purchasing a concert ticket HERE. The celebration continues on Saturday, April 1, when the Selena Celebration takes over the Glass Half Full Taproom inside the Alamo Drafthouse Montecillo. Fans and trivia geeks alike can enjoy a special edition of Selena Trivia at 6 pm followed by Selena Karaoke at 8 pm, and a special Selena performance and look-a-like contest led by entertainer and Selena impersonator Diamond at 10 pm. All of the events at the Glass Half Full on Saturday, April 1 are free to the public. The festival wraps up on Sunday, April 2 with an outdoor performance by Texas’ premiere Selena tribute band Bidi Bidi Banda (based out of Austin, TX). The concert begins at 6 pm and will take place outside of the Alamo Drafthouse Montecillo. Each ticket sold to a screening of SELENA March 31 – April 2 includes access to the Bidi Bidi Banda concert on Sunday. Guests will need to show their SELENA movie ticket stubs to gain access to the concert. If guests wish to only attend the Bidi Bidi Banda concert ...

S.a. Man Working To Build A Selena Tribute In Her 'second Home

... pauses as he answers questions about his daughter's death as he leaves his home Saturday, April 1, 1995, in Corpus Christi, Texas. Selena was. more. Photo: DAVID J. PHILLIP, File Photo. Image 6 of 19. Trini, a worker at the Days Inn where Selena was shot, mops up the blood stains at the hotel door on April 1, 1995, where Selena was hit by the bullet that killed her. In the forground at left is Angel Resendez who brought his family from Port Arthur. less. Trini, a worker at the Days Inn where Selena was shot, mops up the blood stains at the hotel door on April 1, 1995, where Selena was hit by the bullet that killed her. In the forground at left is Angel Resendez. more. Photo: BOB OWEN, File Photo. Image 7 of 19. Mourners file past the body of slain Tejano singer Selena Quintanilla Perez during a public viewing April 2, 1995, in Corpus Christi, Texas. Selena was shot to death March 31, 1995, at a Corpus Christi motel room by former fan club president, Yolanda Saldivar, who was convicted of the crime Oct. 23, 1995, in Houston, and later sentenced to life in prison. less. Mourners file past the body of slain Tejano singer Selena Quintanilla Perez during a ...

If You Didn't Get A Special Edition Selena Cup, There's Still Hope

... you can get them. The two Stripes Laredo Taco Co. food trucks will sell 2,500 of the signature cups at the upcoming Fiesta De La Flor, a festival honoring Tejano icon Selena Quintanilla Perez. "If you didn't get it, here's your chance," said Elvia Aguilar, director of brand management at the Corpus Christi Convention and Visitors Bureau. The cups will be available on both days of the festival, March 24-25. The cups, designed by Suzette Quintanilla and  Q-Productions  graphic designers, went on sale Wednesday in Stripes stores throughout the Rio Grande Valley, Laredo, Houston and select stores in Midland and Odessa. As the number of cups has dwindled, fans have commented up a storm on social media. Stripes issues an apology for shipment of commemorative Selena cups that did not make it to San Anotnio. (Photo: Instagram). San Antonio was ...

Remembering Selena On The 20th Anniversary Of 'selena,' The Movie

... by country fair. It was called Los Dinos, and its members included Quintanilla siblings A. B. on bass and Suzette on drums. Later, Chris Pérez would join them on guitar, and the professional relationship would lead to romance and eventually, marriage with Selena. But back then, it was the Quintanilla kids, on an endless bus that they thought would eventually take them to stardom. They were a humble family from Texas, and perhaps, because they were poor, and also, because music ran through Abraham Qintanilla’s veins, they figured there was nothing to lose. “It’s the American dream, to take nothing and make it into something,” says A. B. Quintanilla, when asked about his sister’s enduring appeal. “The story applies to any angle in life. And the most important thing is the music, of course.”. In the beginning, the music was, for the most part, Tejano cumbias. Basic stuff, but catchy, infectious. A. B. Quintanilla, a man with a knack for penning ...

Jackie Cruz Bonds With Selena Quintanilla's Family

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Selena' Top 8 Moments In Honor Of Film's 20th Anniversary

... is convinced she can calm them down with her song "Como la flor." And it works. "Anything for Salinas". It didn't take long before Selena started getting recognized by her fans on the street, but her encounter with these two cholos is pretty epic. Being Mexican-American is tough. This Abraham Quintanilla monologue pretty much sums up the Mexican-American experience. "We gotta prove to the Mexicans how Mexican we are and we gotta prove to the Americans how American we are.". Mall incident. A mall employee, who tried telling Selena that their dresses were "too expensive" for her, quickly learned that she was dealing with a music icon when fans started rushing into the store to get an autograph from the singer. Marrying boyfriend and band member Chris. After falling in love with her guitarist - a relationship that wasn't approved by her father, who even threatened to dismantle the band if they didn't break up - Selena and Chris decide to elope. Dreaming of You. The movie ends with an emotional interpretation of "Dreaming of You," and while onstage, Selena doesn't catch a white rose thrown ...

The 20-year-old Biopic On Tejana Star Selena Almost Didn't Happen

... to tell her story correctly and to give it that heart.”. Finally, after reading a biography about the singer, a lightbulb went off for Moctesuma. “I saw that the family was the driving force behind the success of Selena. Her brother, her sister, her father, her mother, had been touring and making music since she was a little girl, and building on the history of her father Abraham, who had had a band when he was a teenager.”. The story of the Quintanilla family was the story of the American Dream, of people who confronted racism with determination and reached success on their own terms. This was a story that could do Selena justice — and a way to stay true to his mission of making movies that broke with Hollywood’s stereotypical representation of Latinos. It is notoriously hard to get investors to hand over money for a project involving an all-Latino cast. Movie studios are not risk-takers. They dump ...

20 Years Ago, ‘selena’ Gave Hollywood A Lesson It Still Hasn&rsquo

... may have been poised to become a huge crossover artist at the time of her 1995 murder, and “Selena” helped make Lopez a huge star. But especially when it comes to film and television, the entertainment industry still doesn’t seem to know what to do not merely with Mexican-Americans but with Hispanics and Latinos, and Hispanic and Latino culture, more generally. “Selena” gave Lopez a highly unusual role: She got to play a woman whose girlish softness and attention to domestic life were in no way in conflict with her will and ambition. And Lopez gave “Selena” precisely what it needed: a hugely compelling musical and acting performance that meant director and writer Gregory Nava never had to stop and explain why Selena Quintanilla was such a remarkable artist and important cultural figure. Every time Lopez is on screen, whether she’s wearing the heck out of a Holstein-print bolero jacket or blowing off a racist saleswoman at an upscale Los Angeles dress shop, Quintanilla’s appeal and fame are obvious, incandescent. And the chemistry between Lopez and Jon Seda, who plays Chris Pérez, the lead ...

Anything For Selenas’ Celebration This Weekend In El Paso

... here. There will be a Selena photo booth in the lobby and a special Selena-inspired food and drink menu available. Every SELENA movie ticket includes access to the Bidi Bidi Banda concert on Sunday, 4/2 at the Alamo Drafthouse Montecillo. Those that don’t have SELENA movie tickets and wish to attend the concert, can do so by purchasing a concert ticket here. The celebration continues on Saturday, April 1, when the Selena Celebration takes over the Glass Half Full Taproom inside the Alamo Drafthouse Montecillo. Fans and trivia geeks alike can enjoy a special edition of Selena Trivia at 6 pm followed by Selena Karaoke at 8 pm, and a special Selena performance and look-a-like contest led by entertainer and Selena impersonator Diamond at 10 pm. All of the events at the Glass Half Full on Saturday, April 1 are free to the public. The festival wraps up on Sunday, April 2 with an outdoor performance by Texas’ premiere Selena tribute band Bidi Bidi Banda ...

For Its Fourth Annual Selena Party, Country Burger Is Getting A Selena Mural

... to overstate Selena’s impact, particularly on Latin communities. The artista del pueblo had stunning crossover appeal, a fact she proved in 1995 when "Dreaming of You" debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Top 200. Selena already conquered the Latin charts and was prepared to do the same in mainstream music when a stalker killed her on March 31, 1995. But the mark she made on Tejano music and its subculture remains indelible. So every March, near the anniversary of her death, Dallas celebrates. Rafael Tamayo is one of the organizers of #214 Selena, the 4 th annual celebration happening Saturday at Country Burger — which is a year-round Selena shrine. Per usual, the event will be hosted by Faded Dee Jays and there will be a Selena lookalike contest in which contestants are also free to sing, dance or “do anything creative.” Tamayo played the kid version of Selena’s brother, A. B. Quintanilla, in the 1997 biopic film. "Even now, 20 years later, after she’s gone and we don’t have any music from her, there’s still so much that she’s contributing to the landscape," Tamayo says. "There are new producers and new artists that are kind of reinventing the ...

Social Media Is Getting Really Confused About This #ripselena Hashtag

... fans unfamiliar with Tejano icon Selena Quintanilla were alarmed when they saw that the hashtag #RIPSelena was trending worldwide. They were concerned that the 24-year-old celebrity had abruptly passed away. But upon further inspection, it's clear that the viral movement wasn't to grieve Selena Gomez, who is definitely OK. Instead, it was meant to be a tribute to Mexican-American singer Selena Quintanilla, as the day marks 22 years since her untimely death. Meanwhile, Selena Quintanilla holds a special place in hearts of people familiar with the singer, those with Spanish-speaking parents likely to have heard her music playing in their household while growing up. Selena Quintanilla was dubbed the Queen of Trejo music, also called the "Tejano Madonna" for how she incorporated Mexican culture into her style and art. In 1992, she released Entre a Mi Mundo which included the single "Como La Flor," one of her most well-known songs. Selena won the Best Mexican/American Album award at the 1994 Grammys for her album Live. But she's perhaps most famous for her "Dreaming of You" , which ...

Go Inside Selena Quintanilla's Memorial Museum

... of the fact that she didn't want it to open or have something pop out," Suzette admitted. "She loved it, she felt very free [performing in it].". Not only was Selena a designer, but she knew how to bring her creations to life. The white pearl-embellished bustier she wore while performing at the Houston Astrodome in 1994 is unique because, "She actually was beading, putting the pearls on right before her show in the dressing room," Suzette revealed. "She also did her boots. She could bead pretty quick… She was just sewing while she was talking.". Selena took a simpler wardrobe approach for her 1994 desert-themed music video for "Amor Prohibido." According to Suzette, the red crop top featured in the video actually belonged to her husband, Chris Perez. "Anything that you saw Selena kind of roll up and ...