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• Editor’s Note

September 2021

Publisher AnneMarie Ziegler AnneMarie@ ArrayNC.com Chief Operations Officer & Events Angie Lyle Angie@ArrayNC. com Editor Johnnerlyn Johnson Writers Casey Ferris Dr. S. Fenner Edward Wills Johnnerlyn Johnson Keith Sykes Michael Shamberger

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As Eye See It

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A Family Legacy

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National Prostate Health Month

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Focus on Growth

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Enjoy Being You

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ay it with me, “I love me.”

Say it again, “I love me.”

A third time wouldn’t hurt, so say it loudly with me, “I LOVE ME!” September is National Self-Care Awareness Month, so how do you show yourself how much you care about you?

One way that we can do so, as I channel my inner Shakespeare, is we can be true to ourselves. Think about how many times we give to others and put ourselves last. Have you ever thought about how many times you agree to something and immediately begin to think, “I am too tired to take on one more thing.”? As Shakespeare reminds us, be true to you. That is one of the first steps towards achieving self-care. Remember, it’s okay to say, “No!”.

In addition to saying, “No,” get the proper rest, eat well, travel, laugh, watch your favorite shows, try journaling, buy a new plant for you, donate to a non-profit community organization, take a line-dancing class, and most definitely pick up an issue of ARRAY Magazine!

National Calendar Day suggests that we show how we take care of ourselves by using the following hashtags when posting on our social media accounts in September: #SelfCareAwarenessMonth #selflove #selfcarechallenge #evolvetolive Get busy posting those pictures of YOU taking care of YOU! Snapping a selfie as you read September’s issue of ARRAY Magazine is a great place to start!

Johnnerlyn Johnson, Editor

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Thank You for All of Your Support Written by Keith Sykes

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traight Outta Quarantine was about two years in the making due to various delays and with the help of a few amazing sponsors and other individuals, the event was able to finally be scheduled. There was a great deal of coordination and planning that went into making this event happen, and I would like to thank everyone that made it possible. This truly could not have happened without you.

work you do.

Platinum sponsors: Circa 1865- Kia Anthony thank you for your partnership to help make Straight Outta Quarantine successful. You really came through for me.

Wells Cared For Luxury Skincare- Nathenia Wells thank you so much for your support and your assistance. You really helped take the pressure off and made the planning process move Title sponsor: along smoothly. I really ARRAY Magazineappreciate you.

AnneMarie Zeigler and staff. DropZone Dropin Thank you so much for your Daycare- Kalisha continued support. I really Abercrombie thank you appreciate you and I am so for always having my grateful to be a part of the back and supporting family. Amy Garner thank you everything I do, and for for covering the event. I really being my “go-to” who appreciate you for the great I can count on in any

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situation. I appreciate you so much.

EarthMetalPaperJacqueline Caldwell thank you for doing everything under the sun to come through for me.

I am so grateful to have you in my corner. Thank you for your support.

Tammy Bright thank you for your amazing generosity. You continue to show your genuine support over and over I want you to know that you are truly appreciated.

Gold sponsors: Dancing Without Sin Fitness LLC- Stephanie Kegler thank you for your support. I appreciate you always coming through for me in everything that I do. Much love.

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to ensure that everything drinks and for making went off without any everyone feel like VIPs. major glitches.

Venue: Music: DJ Ruckus Studio 215- Taryn Corrado thank you so much for thank you for accommodating always coming through us and being available all Turner thank you so for me.

I really feel like along the way to ensure the much for your support. you are my official DJ. event was a success.

I really appreciate Band: Jahrese Davinci your generosity and thank you and your band Malcolm Harris thanks consistency. You are the so much for an amazing for your help me with the best! performance and for planning and coordination of Momma’s Village helping to make the night the event. I really appreciate Fayetteville- Angela special. you.

Tatum Malloy thank you Thank you to everyone who so much for your support.

Caterers: attended this event. I really You have helped make Elite CateringEdna & appreciate you spending this possible and have Lou Irizarry thank you for your hard-earned money and consistently pushed the your consistent support. supporting me.

I hope to have event to garner support. I You have truly been there something else in the works appreciate you. for me all along the way. real soon.

Heavenly Eats CateringSilver sponsors: Sincerely, Becky & Dennis Zeiger Brian Cook thank you for your support and for thank you for your support. I am so grateful making sure the attendees were well taken care of. I to have met the two of appreciate you so much. you. I appreciate your generosity and I can’t Bartender: thank you enough.

Keith Sykes, native The Traveling of New Orleans, LA is a freelance writer Host: Myra Clark thank Bartender- Mike with ARRAY. For more Gordon thank you for you so much for taking information on Keith the reigns for the event. I serving the attendees Sykes visit the ARRAYNC website. appreciate you for helping with your specialty

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A Family Legacy Written by Casey Ferris Photography by Stone Samuels and Casey Ferris

fields brimming with strawberries and sunflowers, a massive activity area for the kids, and large market area overflowing with produce in every color of the rainbow, it is well beyond just a ‘produce stand’, and they’ve been proudly serving the community for nine generations!

There’s just something about a eptember means produce stand that football season, connects you to back to school, your roots. As you and - if you’re like wander around Gillis me - it means it’s time to Hill Road Produce, start stocking up on all the between booths farm fresh local goodies brimming with bright that the season has to red Sampson County offer. September means tomatoes, a forest sunflowers, gourds, and of greens, and corn ALL the pumpkin things. picked fresh from the Just up the road a bit, fields, you can’t help you will find Gillis Hill but enjoy the colors Road Produce. Though and smells of nature’s it’s named a ‘produce bounty. And there is stand’ with acres of nothing like a produce

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stand in the fall.

You never would have guessed that this all started under a faded blue carport in the 80’s. Grace Gillis, or as the locals knew her, “the corn lady”, sat in her carport and sold some of the best sweet corn in the area.

When corn ran out, she would take your number and give you a call when she had a bushel ready. This is a tradition that Jessica, her granddaughter, has continued to this day.

Her Dixie Pea list has over 50 people on it, but don’t you worry; when they’re ready, she’ll give you a call.

Over the last 16 years, Jessica Lee and her family have made it their business (literally) to grow what Granny Grace started. The results are

something she would be proud of.

They moved out from under the carport in 2004 with a small tent on the corner, and they have worked hard building the business since.

“We are a small family farm, but everyone has a role. I couldn’t do it without them. My dad and Uncle James are the farmers. My mother is, most importantly, my babysitter and bookkeeper for the stand.

Crazy Uncle Frank passes out samples and may give you a story if you stay to listen. My brother William has been coming up with new ideas like the playground and sunflower field. We are excited for the new slide we will be opening up with this fall!”

Their produce ranges based on the season, but currently includes potatoes (regular and sweet ‘taters), tomatoes, white and yellow sweet corn, but they also have shelves and shelves of some of the tastiest jams, jellies, ciders, and butters that I’ve had in a long time. All their products are from NC and the surrounding areas, so you can feel good about supporting your local farmers!

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This is, at the heart of it all, a family business, and you can feel the love speaking with anyone there. “I love seeing the families come out and pick the perfect pumpkin or play on the playground!

And now we are seeing all the sunflower pics on Facebook… Families making memories… We want to give moms, dads,

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grandparents, etc. the opportunity to make memories!” said Jessica.

Which is exactly what we proceeded to do on our visit to Gillis Hill Road Produce...

We were offered samples of some of the sweetest watermelon and got to try a hybrid melon called A Canary Melon that tasted like summertime.

We wandered the sunflower field and were able to capture some awesome photos with the kids.

We listened, enthralled,

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to a history of the family all the way back to when the King deeded the land in the 1700’s (we we’re lucky enough to meet the infamous ‘Crazy Uncle Frank’, and his stories did NOT disappoint!). We heard about the family’s beginnings in logging and then tobacco before they got out in 2007. We saw pictures of Bill Gillis who lived to be 92 and read his Bible every day. His boys, grandchildren, and now greatgrandchildren are keeping his legacy alive.

The entire Gillis family invites you to

come out and wander their booths with your families and pick the PERFECT pumpkin to take home to grace your front porch (or dining room table)!

Aside from the Instaworthy sunflower fields, they always have a corn maze in the fall for the kids hopefully with wagon rides again this year.

The corn maze and playground, complete with a new slide and over-sized bounce

pillow, will be open Early September!

If you enjoy Fall themed activities like I do, be sure to mark your calendars and come out Saturdays starting in September!

They will have food trucks on site with amazing local fare from barbeque to snow cones! Their play area will be open, and there will be plenty of activities for everyone in your family.

During the week, you

can visit them 10-6 and pick up firewood, produce, and more! The pumpkin patch is open throughout the week, from MidSeptember through the end of October. And make sure to join them for their Fall Festival on October 16th from 12-3! They will feature singer Jill Charles and Nobody’s Business!

Happy Fall, Y’all!

For more questions about Gillis Hill Road Produce, check them out on Facebook at Gillis Hill Road Produce! ~A~

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• Health 360

National Prostate Health Month

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Written by Dr. Shanessa Fenner eptember is National Prostate Health Month. The purpose of this month is to bring awareness to men’s prostate health and prostate cancer.

The prostate is part of the male reproductive system and is a gland that produces seminal fluid that nourishes and transports sperm. It is about the size of a walnut and grows throughout a man’s life. As a man gets older, it is important that he maintains a healthy prostate.

Prostate cancer is the

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second leading cause among American men and the most likely to be diagnosed. The risk of developing prostate cancer increases as men get older. 1 out of 8 men will be diagnosed

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with prostate cancer during his lifetime.

The American Cancer Society reports that a man having a brother or father with prostate cancer more than doubles a man’s risk of developing the disease.

with your doctor if you are experiencing any symptoms. Exercising and eating a healthy diet is essential and should include foods like fruits, vegetables, soy, beans, and salmon. Primary • Blood in urine care and prevention are or semen mandatory and crucial.

• A need to urinate Be sure to make your frequently annual appointment especially at night to get your prostate • Difficulty starting screening today. It can urination or save your life. ~A~ holding back urine Some risk factors • Trouble with for developing it are Dr. Fenner is a multifaceted woman starting or older age, race, gene that does not leave a stone unturned maintaining and her motto is “We were placed changes, geography, here on Earth to do great things and an erection and family history. that is what I am going to do.”

• Frequent Prostate cancer pain or develops more in stiffness in African-American the men and Caribbean lower back, men of African hips, ancestry than in or chest men of other races.

• Weakness It can take years for or numbness a man to notice any in the legs symptoms. or feet Here are a few • Loss of symptoms to watch bladder or for: bowel • Weak or interrupted control flow of urine Please • Painful or make an burning urination appointment

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• Side Story

Focus on Growth

Greater Fayetteville Chamber of Commerce Written by Edward Wills & Photography by Raul Rubiera

Chamber had about 700 members.

Fiveash adds that there is no way that three people, even if they work as hard as they can, can replace 13. She’s eager to increase staff when conditions are right.

“With more people, you can have a bigger impact by being in more places face-to-face,” she said.

Building partnerships where the Chamber and

Chamber Director.

But now that COVID seems to be turning the proverbial corner, Fiveash has plans to make the Chamber bigger and better. One thing the Florida native wants to revive is the Chamber’s special events program, a major contributor to its fundraising, education, and community outreach.

Proven programs like the annual awards, bison barbeque, and leadership sense of the program will uniqueness of the lead the way. city’s business But she’s community and the on the look need to rebuild from losses out for new during the COVID-19 pandemic programs is the spirit in which Shari that will be Fiveash took over as CEO of the Greater Fayetteville Chamber of area organizations are made popular with members stronger by joint support is and the community. She Commerce in April. a major goal. For example, also wants to make it more Like the rest of the world, effective in government the Chamber may work the Fayetteville business relations, member services, with area schools to teach community took a hard hit with advocacy, and military entrepreneurship.

Students layoffs, delayed expenditures, affairs. could have lemonade and closed operations. “The Attracting and retaining stands, and Chamber epidemic hit every business,” members is another area members could help them said Fiveash, adding that many of focus.

“We need to get with business plans such had to make hard choices to back to thriving.

Members as determining what it survive. The Chamber had a have to get more than they takes to be profitable. staff of 13 before COVID-19, paid for,” she adds.

Growing the community but it has been cut to three.

Many members, who pay annual with partnerships involving Member benefits include networking, training, dues to support the organization, economic development advocacy, pubic policy, and and tourism organizations paused their memberships to member-to-member deals. is an integral vision for the save money. Pre-COVID, the

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Fayetteville has “a lot of little niche areas,” said Fiveash, citing the renaissance downtown, restoration efforts throughout town, and the Fayetteville Woodpeckers, a minor league baseball team that is an affiliate of the Houston Astros, and its stadium. “I was impressed by the business community and the uniqueness of neighborhoods,” she said.

Fiveash has vast knowledge of Chambers to draw upon from 30 years working in Chambers, tourism, and economic development. She also has worked in workforce development. Her expertise

includes association management, fundraising, event planning, and community relations.

She served in executive positions at Chambers including Lexington, Kentucky; Branson and Chillicothe, Missouri; and South Windsor, Connecticut.

Shari Fiveash has a bachelor’s degree from the University of MissouriColumbia. She and her husband, Randy, have five children.

Having been a partner in Fiveash Consulting for nearly 14 years, where she advised 12 chambers, Shari Fiveash was tapped

for the job as Chamber Director as her husband had just retired from a position with the State of Connecticut. She was familiar with North Carolina and its culture from 30 years of visits to the Outer Banks. Fayetteville was the “right fit.”

“I had traveled with him for his career,” she said. “He said, I was able to choose a place in the country to live.” After interviewing with several Chambers, she settled in Fayetteville. With a new CEO at the helm, the Chamber seems destined for a return to thriving and improvement.

For more information or to become a Chamber member, please visit: http://www.faybiz. com/ ~A~

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Life Tips: Enjoy Being You

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Written by Michael Shamberger

an you identify with this scenario? Once upon a time in the middle of somewhere, there was a little boy named Like Me who was hastily going about his activities. Everything he

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was doing was for the purpose of making other people like him more. He was trying to be a really good (obedient) little boy so that his parents would like him. It seemed to him that he always did

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the wrong thing, and that his parents were continuously upset with him. He worked especially hard with his schoolwork in order to make his teachers like him, but he wasn’t the brightest academically;

his teachers were always telling him to do better. The peers that he wanted to hang out with were all very good at sports, but Like Me was not. So trying to get them to accept him into their clique was not happening either. Like Me was finding life to be very frustrating and difficult.

For those of us who are adults, our situations may be different from Like Me’s, but if you find yourself struggling with the same principles as Like Me, I would like to offer you

these tips.

1) Come to the realization and settle this in your heart that you are just as important and of equal value in the eyes of God as anyone else.

Not greater than. Not less than. So don’t look down on yourself.

2) Figure out what are the things that you really enjoy doing.

(Ask others what they think you are good at.)

3) Determine what your strengths are. Yes, you do have them.

4) Seek out ways to use what you have been blessed

with (your strengths, passions, gifts, and talents) to encourage others. Not for the purpose of getting them to like you, but simply to serve, to give, to be a blessing.

You might not see an instant change within you, but keep giving, sowing, and investing in others, and it will come back to you - multiplied. Live life and enjoy being you.

If you need help with any of this, feel free to contact me at masterpiececs19@ gmail.com. ~A~ Michael Shamberger is a business coach, author, husband, father and grandfather. Follow his Keys to Life series.

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debe bajar su precio al valor de mercado.

Los compradores a menudo asumen que el vendedor está desesperado por vender y ofrecen precios más bajos de los que podrían tener al comienzo de la transacción.

Los compradores representados por un agente que solo que dice que “SI” también podrían encontrarse escribiendo ofertas poco realistas.

Es peligroso escribir una oferta de demasiado precio por debajo del real solo para “ver si se mantiene”. El agente podría estar dispuesto a enviar la oferta, pero es probable que el

vendedor asuma que el comprador no es serio y opte por ofertas más realistas.

Ese agente que solo dice “SI” le podrá costar la casa que desea comprar su cliente.

Detectar a un agente que dice sí y evitarlo puede ahorrar tiempo y dinero a los clientes de Real Estate, y garantizar que logren su objetivo, cumplan sus sueños y no pierdan tiempo. Hoy en día, de la Experiencia del Agente que lo va a representar va a depender del Éxito que usted va

alcanzar. Si necesita mas información o simplemente una CONSULTA GRATIS puede comunicarse con Empire Real Estate, LLC contamos con mas de 15 años de Experiencia. Maritza Medina, REALTOR 910-797-7489.

Gilberto Medina, RALTOR 773-5409307. Sirviendo a Fayetteville, Raleigh, Charlotte y Areas Adyacentes. ~H~

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En Real Estate a veces un NO es mejor que un SI ...

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stá siendo representado por un Agente que solo sabe decir SÍ? (un NO a tiempo puede ahorrarte dinero y conectarte con la casa de tus sueños).

Todos conocemos a alguien que solo sabe decir que sí. La persona que simplemente dice “sí” a cualquier cosa, sin desafiar ni cuestionar una opinión o estrategia en vez de ser tu aliado puede ser un obstáculo en la compra o venta de tu casa. Estos “demasiados complacientes” con la gente están de acuerdo con cualquier sugerencia; si bien pueden ser buenos amigos, pero en el sector

inmobiliario (real estate) un Agente que dice sí puede costarle dinero $$$.

A menudo mucho dinero $$$.

A nadie le gusta dejar dinero sobre la mesa, pero tener un Agente que NO desafíe las expectativas poco realistas no está sirviendo al cliente como el se merece.

Entonces, ¿cómo puedes detectar a estos agentes que solo saben decir, “sí”? Estos agentes del “sí “pueden adoptar muchas formas. Del lado del vendedor, podría

ser el agente que lista una casa a un precio poco realista.

Las casas a buen precio se venden rápidamente, pero eso no significa que un vendedor pueda agregar un 10% omás a las ventas recientes y esperar vender la casa.

Sobrevalorar una casa puede costar un tiempo precioso, ya que los compradores potenciales renuncian a ver la propiedad en favor de opciones a buen precio. A medida que la casa permanece en el mercado, el vendedor eventualmente

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el trabajo, sino que quería poder tocar la vida de otras personas”. Por eso decidió estudiar enfermería. Aunque, reconoce, “la música es la mejor medicina”.

“Todo está conectado, dice, una conexión innata que es imposible negar. La música, la sociedad, la ciencia, todo está conectado. Sin embargo, todo tiene su espacio y su tiempo correcto”.

Jimmy dice tener una conexión espiritual con la música.

Como portorriqueño, fue criado en la fe cristiana y él nota cómo la música puede traer paz a los demás. Él mismo está dedicado al cambio, como propósito central, en convertir las cosas negativas en positivas y darles valor a las cosas

importantes de la romántica, merengue vida. y bachata. El disco fue Su música se centra grabado en Fayetteville en sonidos caribeños, con músicos de como la bachata, el Carolina del Norte, merengue y la salsa. bajo la dirección de un Él está interesado arreglista nicaragüense, en recrear música Cesar Oviedo, quien para la familia, con toca el piano y otros el sabor de fiestas instrumentos en el patronales. “Yo hago disco. El álbum es una amalgama de músicos latinoamericanos, y se encuentra disponible en YouTube, Instagram y Spotify.

Con Carlos García editó recientemente un tema llamado “Bailando en las calles” que ha conocido el éxito en diferentes radios, llegando al top 20 en Nueva York, Miami, Orlando y Colombia.

Ahora Jimmy trabaja en nuevos proyectos, concentrándose en un día a la vez. ~H~ música que mis hijos puedan escuchar, para traer alegría y sanación, amor y exponer la cultura”.

Su nuevo disco, Salsa con sazón, es un disco de ritmos tropicales con letras en ingles y en español, con todas las canciones escritas por él mismo.

En el disco hay salsa bailable, salsa

Orginally from Argentina, Daniel Montoya is a freelance writer for HOLA Fayetteville.

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continuo, con talleres de música y arte que servían para profundizar el gusto de Jimmy por el canto y la cultura local.

Una vez en la universidad Jimmy también demostró un fuerte interés en las ciencias.

De esa forma, fue entrenado en la ciencia de hidroponía con lo que ganó un reconocimiento del gobernador de Puerto Rico.

Una vez enlistado en las fuerzas aéreas, se mudó a Jacksonville, Florida, siguiendo otra de sus pasiones:

los aviones. En Puerto Rico se había desempeñado por años en el aeropuerto de San Juan como Agente de Carga. En Florida, un sargento le ofrece un puesto como especialista en petróleo, conduciendo los camiones que recargan gasolina en los aviones.

“Este es un trabajo que requería saber las reglas, seguir todos los pasos, sin saltarse uno y evitar errores a toda costa. Nunca puedes no completar

un paso, sino el resultado puede ser una explosión”.

Jimmy, quien hoy trabaja en el hospital de Womack en la base de Fort Bragg como Asistente Médico, en

el Departamento de Terapia Física, entiende íntimamente la relación estrecha entre la música y la ciencia.

“Cuando regresé de la guerra, no era ya solo

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en octubre y se extiende hasta febrero. En esas celebraciones hay siempre música de fiesta y las parrandas son centrales”. Jimmy tuvo su formación cantando en estas fiestas.

Su capacidad innata para la música y el ritmo viene de su medio familiar, una familia donde su madre cantaba y su abuelo se sentaba con él de niño a tocar la guitarra.

Jimmy creció en Río Piedras y luego asistió a la universidad de Puerto Rico en Aguadilla y Río Piedras. En la universidad estudió coro y teoría musical.

Allí comenzó a cantar en un balé folclórico denominado Guateque

(lo que significa fiesta en un idioma caribeño indígena), que le dio la posibilidad de recorrer el mundo.

Como cantante principal se presentó en diferentes festivales folklóricos, como el importante Festival Internacional de Folklore de Puerto Rico, reconocido como Patrimonio Cultural Inmaterial por la UNESCO. También tuvo la oportunidad de representar al país con actuaciones en Italia, Holanda y

Alemania. Todo esto con solo 17 años.

El balé, dirigido por Joaquín Díaz Calderón, presentaba bailes de los años 40 y 50 y de todas las

regiones de Puerto Rico y le brindó su primera práctica profesional. Jimmy indica que no solo la experiencia de viajes y performances eran importantes, sino que todo nutría un aprendizaje

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Jimmy Román – El sonido de la música Por Daniel Montoya

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s probable que hayas conocido a Jimmy Román en alguno de los recientes partidos de los Woodpeckers en el estadio Segra, en el centro de Fayetteville, cantando el himno nacional en el entretiempo. Oriundo de Puerto Rico, Jimmy expresa constantemente su pasión por la música de la isla.

“Crecí en la música del campo, folklore portorriqueño, donde se

incorporaban muchos matices”, me cuenta Jimmy mientras desayunamos cerca de Skibo Rd. una mañana cálida de verano. “Esto es el resultado de la mezcla de razas: indígena, negra, española.

Así tenemos una confluencia de ritmos y danzas como la mazurca, la polka, los ritmos de bomba, la plena”.

Su padre llegó de un pueblo llamado Rincón, en la costa, y su madre de un lugar conocido como Corozal, ciudad del plátano. Ambos se conocieron en Nueva York y luego, de regreso a Puerto

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Rico, se mudaron a Luquillo, cerca del Parque Nacional del Yunque. Jimmy creció en ese lugar costero y campestre, escuchando salsa, bomba, pleno, una cultura repleta de ritmos negroides.

“En el campo tuve más influencias de música campestre: aguinaldo, seis, bomba, plena, jíbaro etc.”. Jimmy tiene un talento innato para reconocer música y ritmos, pero lo que no tuvo, dice, son maestros musicales.

Sin embargo, ha estado cantando en publico desde el jardín de infantes.

“En Puerto Rico las Navidades son muy importantes.

De hecho, la celebración comienza

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Jimmy Román – El sonido de la música

Contactanos en info@holafay.com Escritor Daniel Montoya

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Especialmente, Hola Fayetteville de ninguna madera endosa cualquier reclamo asociado con la salud y / o el bienestar con respecto a cualquier persona en particular. Renunciamos a todas las garantías, expresas o implícitas, incluyendo, pero no limitado a, garantías implícitas de comerciabilidad y aptitud para un propósito particular. No nos hacemos responsables de, directa o indirectamente, por cualquier perdida o dado causado o supuestamente causado, en relación con el uso o la confanza en cualquier contenido de esta revista. Hola Fayetteville se reserva el derecho de negar cualquier anuncio o anuncio que no cumpla con los estándares de Hola Fayetteville. Las presentaciones son bienvenidos, pero no se garantiza que se devuelvan los materiales no solicitados. Hola Fayetteville no asume ninguna responsabilidad por la información, los productos, los servicios o las declaraciones hechas por publicistas o contribuidores editoriales. Todos los derechos reservados. Queda prohibida la reproducción total o parcial sin el permiso escrito del editor. ARRAY Publishing & Marketing, LLC no se hace responsable de las traducciones de esta publicación.

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