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12th edition of the distinguished Salsero and tourist Festival of Venezuela

Latin America / Venezuela / Caracas

Venezuela land of salsa by nature year after year offers us a space dedicated to this beautiful dance, mainly framed in the presentation of the talent of more than 150 dance schools registered as diffusers of Salsa in this country and an expected visit of guests and foreign public. will make the so named Venezuela es Latina an event to remember. With 12 years of successful editions, it invites us not to one more edition, it calls us to enjoy 4 nights and 3 days of multiple activities, best of all, nights of great social parties.

Venezuela es Latina XII Festival - Flyer — Venezuela es Latina XII Festival – Flyer

Venezuela is Latina, an event with more than 11 years of experience, organizes for this 2018 edition a festival full of workshops, seminars, forums, certifications, bootcamp, shows, competitions and good local tourism, the ideal space for everyone who wants to meet one of the most emblematic tourist and salsa lands in the world, the famous Venezuela.

This 12 installment gives us a cycle of more than 20 hours of classes and training cycles distributed in workshops, seminars and Bootcamp on days dedicated to the professional training of dancers or dancers, as well as instruction for visitors, novices and / or dance fans.

We will be able to delight ourselves with the knowledge of the best instructors from Colombia, Ecuador, Cuba, Venezuela among other countries that remain to be confirmed, with workshops of the most sought-after disciplines, added to this 3 high-caliber seminars of theoretical and practical content that seeks to certify participants.

For the general public, Bootcamps are offered guided by the organizing academy, the Son Rumbero school, which for 2 years has brought this famous practice to the festival, giving attendees the opportunity to do a cycle of classes that ends when they appear on stage. along with the best dancers of the moment on the main night of the festival.

For lovers of good music, there will be a meeting of salsa and timba fans or collectors, where we can enjoy the best musical themes, acquire good music, together with 3 nights of parties and social dancing to share with all attendees, framed in nights of enjoyment and sharing between dancers and sympathizers of these great rhythms at the hands of the best guest DJs.

Stage of the Venezuela es Latina XII Festival

For those who wish to visit this great event, the organizing committee has distributed all-inclusive packages for Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Uruguay, Chile, Argentina, Central America, North America and Europe, with 5, 4 and 3 star hotels adapted to each need. In the same way, free packages are offered for promoters, directors or group managers who visit the festival.

Everything is ready for the 12th edition of this festival, the city of San Cristobal – Táchira State will offer us the best spaces to enjoy 4 days of great Latin things, a city 30 minutes from the border with Colombia in Cúcuta that speeds up access from the south. Dare to be part of this great festival, for more information, contact through social networks: @vzlaeslatina on Instagram and Facebook. Telephones: +573114061366 / +584126142562.

Jhon Semeco

Latin America / Venezuela / Caracas

Musical rhythms always attracted and encouraged Jhon Semeco, from a very young age, at the age of 9 he entered the Venezuela Children’s Choir and later the Rondallita, by then he was already singing on television and recording albums, however, his passion was Salsa which is one of the rhythms that he liked the most.

He mentions that “Salsa won among all the musical rhythms because it is in the blood and in the genes, we are Latinos with warm blood, we grew up with flavor and tumbao, it is impossible not to move our feet to the rhythm of a tumbao, the chapeo of a timpani, to the mark of the key and the mintune of the piano, impossible not to give in to the cadence of the bass, the trill of the metals and the voice with the feeling of a singer”.

He was listening to Rubén Blades, Willy Colon, Héctor Lavoe, Latin Dimension, La Salsa Mayor, Ismael Ribera, Estrellas de Fania and the Venezuelan trabuco, among other well-known salsa groups and artists.

Jhon Semeco with Luis Enrique, Juan Carlos Perez Soto and Fernando Osorio

The artist career is a long and difficult path that they follow, but few achieve success and it is thanks to their great will, struggle and desire to be recognized for their music that they manage to perform, in addition, Jhon Semeco refers that the support and encouragement of moving forward was given to him by friends, artists and colleagues, in this way he achieves perseverance, dedication, determination, seriousness, professionalism, study, love and passion for what he does, thus achieving respect and credibility, thus obtaining the convening power in this music environment.

He is currently creating a new Salsa Romántica album, which he will call “Propias y Ajenas”, this arises at the request of his friends and colleagues, since after writing for many artists and orchestras such as La Dimensión Latina, La Salsa Mayor, Los Satélites , the Combo de Venezuela, The Sopranos, Marcial Izturiz, Wladimir Lozano, among many others…

Decided to sing his songs, accompanied by great composers whom he admires and respects, and whom at some point he saw very far away and today life rewards him by being his friends, giving him the opportunity to interpret his songs, they are nothing more and nothing less than Jorge Luis Piloto, Pedro Azael, Yasmil Marrufo, Alfredo Matheus 10, Juan Carlos Pérez Soto, Enrique Barrios, and Luis Romero, all GRAMMY winners.

It is worth mentioning that they are the ones who write for stars like Marc Anthony, Luis Miguel, Gilberto Santa Rosa, Luis Enrique, Franky Ruiz, Roberto Roena, Jerry Rivera, Olga Tañon, Ricardo Montaner, Luis Fonsi, Cristina Aguilera, Ricky Martín, Cristian Castro , Carlos Baute, Prince Royce, Gloria Estefan, José Feliciano, Celia Cruz, Tito Nieves, Mariah Carey, Oscar de León, José Luis Rodríguez, Paulina Rubio, and other well-known artists. Now Jhon with his new album has the privilege of singing songs composed by himself and songs by his friends thanks to friendship and mutual admiration.

Jhon Semeco - Cover — Jhon Semeco – Cover

“Propias y Ajenas” will have 1 song for each of them, and the rest are songs of their own written with all their heart, most of them are experiences lived or seen in others, this is how the title of their album came about.

We asked him to know what he recommends to all the new talents who are in the process of training and who are in the arduous struggle to stand out in this environment, and this is how he replied:

“I recommend that you study, that you prepare, that you listen and learn from the best, whatever your musical style, that you say NO to mediocrity, that you have personality and not a copy of another, that you understand that putting on a hat reverse, dark glasses and chains does not make them an artist, that they strive to make good music and not songs with repetitive rhythms and lyrics”

For more information, you can contact him through:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rumbandajhon
Correo: [email protected]

Jhon Semeco - soundtracks tv novels — Jhon Semeco – soundtracks tv novels

Yehudry N. Perdomo M.

North America / USA / New York

High performance athlete in rhythmic gymnastics and professional dancer. Bailoxtreme master trainer and salsa fitness instructor. Yehudry was born in Caracas, Venezuela from a family where salsa was heard as the first and even only option. Surrounded by dancers, she began to enjoy this genre as well and began taking dance classes to stop being an amateur and prepare for a professional level.

His first academy was Latin Images, directed by Arelis Guevera and Remmys. After going through several academies, it was at Grizzly Dance Company where he learned about existing dance styles such as in L.A, Puerto Rico and New York, but never forgetting his style. LOVER OF SALSA IN ALL ITS VERSIONS.

Her salsa roots come from the neighborhood, although thanks to her performance as a gymnast, she maintains a very beautiful and impressive elegance when dancing, merging sport with dance. His first international presentation was in 2013 at the Peru Salsa Congress with the dance company where he began his career.

Today he is dedicated to fitness but his passion for salsa did not end there, as he created a training system called BAILOXTREME where salsa gained strength due to its unique way of training and dancing simultaneously in time of 1. This training system has generated that more people are interested in salsa and in taking classes in various consecrated academies in Venezuela and now internationally.

Today, Yehudry lives in Miami making this project grow but always remembering and respecting those who helped her grow professionally. Below you can learn more about this incredible dancer from a conversation she had with our ISM team…

What led you to choose Latin Images as your first dance academy?

The proximity to my home and the recommendation of dancer friends who are members of that company.

Did you always know that your passion for salsa surpassed rhythmic gymnastics?

It is not surpassed today by Salsa Fit or Fitness as it is currently called, it is Latin dance applied to Fitness and Gymnastics is a high-performance sport, I cannot choose between one and the other. Each one has marked a stage in my life. Currently I am not an athlete, now I am a training coach and a professional dancer, what I did was to unite both sports style and culture and the result was excellent.

Where do you think your salsa roots came from?

I really think that from my Maternal Grandmother, a beautiful black woman with a religious family, lovers of Afro-descendant music, she was the one who gave all her children that love for Salsa and Afro dances. I even have a musician uncle.

How was the creation of Bailoxtreme?

Well it’s very funny, but it was a coincidence. Some ladies were dancing and exercising in a park alone because their coach didn’t show up. And I offered to teach him that day. From there to here, what were 10 ladies became almost 300 in an area where there could only be 100 perhaps.

If you could choose a gymnastics idol and a salsa idol, which one would it be?

Definitely Almudena Cid and Nadia Comanecci.

Oscar d’ Leon, Raphy Leavit, Celia Cruz, Tito Puentes.

Bailo Xtreme - Yehudry N. Perdomo M — Bailo Xtreme – Yehudry N. Perdomo M

Would you see yourself performing with them doing bailoxtreme?

It would be an honor and an indescribable charge of energy to be able to exercise and learn to dance salsa with live music.

What’s next in Yehudry’s life?

I am currently recording a Cuban series that talks about the story of a revolutionary Fidelista who emigrates to Miami. This will be streamed on Netflix.

There I am a dancer who is kidnapped to pay a debt and it is a new challenge. I loved the experience and I’m already thinking about Salsa Pole fit, Something will come out (laughs)

For all the people who are reading us, tell them where they could practice this method?

In which dance academies? Both in Caracas and in Miami.

Bailo Xtreme logo – Yehudry N. Perdomo M

In Caracas you must communicate with the certified instructors in Bailoxtreme through their social networks or my instagram account @Yehudryfit_dancer

In Miami at Rise Health & Fitness

And Personalized at Country Club Towers gym Hialeah, FL.

Songoyó the perfect idea Experimental Cuban Son Group with its own style

Songoyó is an experimental musical group of the Cuban son genre with a particular style, since it fuses many musical rhythms, born on the initiative of Professor John “Goyo” Useche, on November 11, 2021 in La Victoria, Aragua State, Venezuela.

In order to unite Victorian musicians and start putting together songs by the remembered Madera Group, icon of the Caracas parish of San Agustín in Marín, and thus present themselves at the Guataca Salsera, which takes place every December 31 at the Madera 15 court, located in the Las Mercedes urbanization of the same town.

The idea immediately begins to take shape and that is when Professor John “Goyo” decides to communicate his project to Shinaury Rojas, a personal friend of many years, who at that time was based in Argentina, then informs the poet guitarist Rafael Pérez who was in Brazil and knew by reference of salsa groups via the web. Communication was fluid and accepted, regardless of the distance. John, Rafael and Shinaury embody everything that Songoyó is today.

It should be noted that the first name of the Victorian group was Son Madera 15, due to the loyalty that is maintained with the Madera 15 foundation, then it was changed to Sabor Madera 15 and finally they decided to name it “Songoyó” as the definitive name.

Songoyó is an experimental musical group of the Cuban son genre.

The communication was continuous and they immediately began to organize the activities that had to be carried out to group the musicians who were willing to belong to the group, musicians were contacted by phone and in person, finally the interested parties were grouped and the rehearsals began in an accelerated manner at Professor John’s house, to fulfill the main objective which was the presentation at the Guataca Salsera at the end of the year, in that 2021.

From that moment until the present, there have been many musicians who have passed through the son group, including the young music teacher Willian Herrera who is assigned the task of directing the group, the rehearsals are given and four songs are put together that were played at the Guataca Salsera achieving total success in said presentation causing the acceptance and applause of all those present.

Our Sonero Machado Noel the indigenous salsa singer and our General Manager John Goyo

By January 2022, the creator of the group calls the musicians and proposes to continue the project, achieving the acceptance of all. In the following months they contacted maestro Fael Alvarado, an expert musician who knows the TRES very well, the base instrument of the Cuban son, who agreed to join the project and professor William Herrera gave the musical direction to maestro Fael.

In February of that same year, the second presentation was made before a large audience at the Juventud de la Victoria festivities on Paseo La Juventud and Songoyó was again liked by the public.

The rehearsals continued, and it was maestro Fael himself as musical director, who proposed to everyone to create their own style with songs that belonged to the group and to have a unique sound in order to accept more contracts from then on.

In January 2024, the recording of the first and unpublished production of Songoyó “EL NEGRITO BEMBA” began under the creation and pen of the poet Rafael Pérez and the general recording direction of maestro Fael, in the recording studio “Fael Alvarado” in San Mateo, Aragua State. This recording was a huge success and can be found on various digital platforms, Its release took place in January 2025, with a great acceptance.

From that moment on, the group began to be sold and promoted for public and private events inside and outside Venezuela.

Currently, there are 8 musicians that make up the group: Norberto Machado, güiro voice, Noel Machado, clave voice and percussion direction, Rafael Pérez, maracas voice, Alexis Tovar, tres, Edwin González, bass, Jonhy Vergara, tumbadoras, Fael Alvarado, tres, piano, violin and musical director, and John Goyo, bongo and general direction.

“SONGOYÓ, THEY ARE AS WE ARE”

For hiring, contact Professor Useche by phone at

+58 424-3212762

Instagram: Songoyo

Facebook: Songoyo

Research and Writing Source:

Djane. Shina Rojas

Also Read: Cuban Son is one of the most popular musical styles in Cuba and Kiki Valera is one of its greatest exponents.

Tony Succar Releases “Me Enamoro Mas De Ti” Featuring Jean Rodriguez

Europe / France / Bahrain

Miami, Florida February 20, 2018: Tony Succar announces the release of “Me Enamoro Mas De Ti “ (I Fall More In Love With You) featuring Jean Rodriguez, adding another song to his ever-growing list of new flavors that are defining salsa-infused pop music.

Jean Rodriguez - Unity by Tony Succar - Concert Arenes Fes Tempo Latino — Jean Rodriguez – Unity by Tony Succar – Concert Arenes Fes Tempo Latino

The powerful combination created when these two work together has been a consistent formula for viral success. When Tony Succar and Rodriguez combine their talents, it’s a concoction of tropical goodness that has their fans loving their groove. The single is available now on iTunes, Amazon, and Spotify. And, you can view Tony’s infectious “Me Enamoro Mas De Ti“ music video here.

“Me Enamoro Mas De Ti” is part of a follow-up project to Succar’s UNITY album, The Latin Tribute to Michael Jackson that hit #1 on the Billboard Tropical Album Music Chart, iTunes’ #1 World Latin Chart, and Amazon’s #1 Latin Pop Music Chart.

It was that collaboration of Universal Classics and Universal Music Latin Entertainment that landed Succar a nationally televised primetime PBS special. Inspired by what Succar refers to as the “Unity Sound,” his production of “Me Enamoro Mas De Ti” merges the unmistakable driving elements of Salsa with Pop.

It’s a blend of multi-cultural roots that results in a characteristic, retro sound with a full horn section, Latin rhythms and inspired vocals. This is Succar’s always-fresh approach of cleverly combining pure Salsa with super hip, funky and pop musical elements.

Tony Succar escalated to the top of the charts with Unity, but now it’s clear that Unity was only the foundation of his full vision.

“Many people have been asking me what would come after ‘Unity,’ or ‘when is Unity 2 going to be released?’ Fans have also asked when I would release some of my original compositions. The success of Unity really took my career to another level, and from that was born a new sound that I wanted to stick with.”

“So, I decided now is the time to hit the refresh button and surprise people with brand new material. This track is just the beginning. I won’t stop writing new arrangements of the amazing songs of Michael Jackson and other legendary artists I admire, but I love to create, captivate, and innovate new music.”

With that, “Me Enamoro Mas De Ti” is just a taste of what Tony Succar has on the horizon. Make no mistake, Succar is committed to the essence of tropical music that catapulted him to how far he has come. It runs in his veins and he is devoted to creating new sounds without losing the very core of what the great Salsa artists who came before him produced.

Tony Succar’s production of “Me Enamoro Mas De Ti” was co-written with Jorge Luis Piloto. Piloto has written hits for great artists such as Gilberto Santa Rosa, Victor Manuelle, Tito Nieves, Celia Cruz, Christina Aguilera, Olga Tañon, and many others. His prolific career also includes having led Sony’s Latin division and winning ASCAP’s Latin Songwriter of the Year award.

Tony Succar has been traveling a lot and performed at the Tempo Latino Festival Scène des Arènes in Vic-Fezensac, France and was a part of the amazing lineup of featured artists at the Desert Beats Music Festival in Bahrain. Succar and Unity; The Latin Tribute To Michael Jackson, shared the stage with Kool and The Gang and UB40, among others. You can see where Succar is headed next on his calendar.

Me Enamoro más de ti - Tony Succar — Me Enamoro más de ti – Tony Succar

Tony Succar has also collaborated with Latin Percussion (LP) Music to develop a “Tony Succar Signature ‘Unity’ Peruvian Cajon,” available in stores beginning in April. Just another indication of where the Peruvian-born musical talent’s heart lives.

Download “Me Enamoro Mas De Ti” here: http://smarturl.it/MeEnamoroMasDeTi

WEBSITE: http://tonysuccar.com/

Contact: Nurby Lopez – Mixtura Productions 305-771-1014 [email protected]

Video For Single “Me Enamoro Mas De Ti” Click to watch: https://youtu.be/qQkS-1DDcJM