Mexican Protestants - Mexican Lutherans, Mexican Evangelicals, Anthony Quinn, Yuri, Elvira Arellano, Pablo Salazar Mendigucha, Guillermo Kahlo (Paperback)

Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Mexican Lutherans, Mexican Evangelicals, Anthony Quinn, Yuri, Elvira Arellano, Pablo Salazar Mendigucha, Guillermo Kahlo, Mara Del Sol, Aarn Senz Garza. Excerpt: Yuri (born Yuridia Valenzuela Canseco on January 6, 1964) is a famous Mexican singer, actress, and TV host. She has maintained a significant presence in the entertainment business in Mexico for the last three decades. Born and raised in Veracruz, Mexico, she moved to Mexico City in 1977, for a career in entertainment. Born Yuridia Valenzuela Canseco in Veracruz, Mexico to Carlos Humberto Valenzuela Priego (died 2007), a medical doctor, and Dulce Canseco on January 6, 1964. She was the youngest of three; one brother, Carlos Valenzuela Canseco, and sister, Yamili Valenzuela Canseco. Yuri's grandfather is of Cuban descent. During her childhood years she studied ballet; at age nine she received a scholarship to study ballet at the famous Bolshoi in Moscow, Russia. However, due to her age and the prospect of having their young daughter living in a foreign country her parents declined. A few years later, her mother in compensation allowed her to join a garage band in Veracruz called Yuri y La Manzana Elctrica. The band played at fiestas and important festivals around the city of Veracruz; at one of these festivals she had the opportunity to sing with Celia Cruz. During another performance, Julio Jaramillo, an executive producer from the recording studio Gamma, discovered her talent as a singer. Julio Jaramillo proposed a record deal, and urged her to move to Mexico City. Her parents had an altercation over the future of their younger daughter. Yuri's father wanted her to pursue a college degree, and her mother, convinced of Yuri's talent and charisma, supported Yuri's artistic endea... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=9555834