Unit 10. FAME By Wilson Pediet

For this topic I just want to talk about some Dominican Famous.

First I want to start talking about Juan Luis Guerra

Is the most internationally recognized Dominican singer/songwriter. His pop style of Merengue and Bolero and Afro-pop/Latin fusion have garnered him considerable success outside the Dominican Republic. Juan Luis Guerra is sometimes associated with the popular Dominican music called Bachata, and while this association is partially true, he actually uses the basics of Bachata rhythm with a more bolero feel to the melodies in some of his songs. But he does not limit himself to one style of music, so he incorporates diverse rhythms like Merengue, Salsa, Balada, Rock & Roll, and Gospel. "Ojalá que llueva café" is one of his most acclaimed pieces.

I just love Juan Luis Guerra music.

Another Dominican famous is Pedro Martinez. He is a legend.

born October 25, 1971, Manoguayabo, Dominican Republic, professional baseballplayer who in 1997 became the first Latin American pitcher to strike out 300 batters in a season.

Martínez began his journey to the major leagues by signing with the National League Los Angeles Dodgers in 1988 and made his major league debut with the Dodgers in 1992. 

Martínez became a free agent after the 2004 season and signed a $53 million four-year contract with the New York Mets. 

Right now Pedro Martinez is in Cooperstown. I am so proud of him.

My last Dominican famous is Candido Bido 

was a Dominican painter and fine artist, He was the first painter from the Dominican Republic to have an exhibition in France.

Graduating from one of the top 10 schools of fine arts in the world, the Escuela de Altos de Chavon, he was also an art professor at the National School of Arts. In 1962 he worked as assistant professor at the National School of Arts and between 1962 and 1967 he was a Faculty professor at National School of Arts of Drawing and Arts. He founded in Santo Domingo, Cándido Bidó Art Center, where he taught painting, drawing, and sculpting. In 1987 he closed the art center and left the Cándido Bidó Art Gallery in Santo Domingo.

He founded the Cultural Center Plaza in Bonao, Dominican Republic de Bonao and the Cándido Bidó Art Museum, in Bonao, Dominican Republic. 1987. He also founded the School of Arts of the Dominican Air Force in Santo Domingo in 1996.

I HOPE YOU ENJOY THIS PRESENTATION !!!!