Julio Iglesias receives the highest honor of Santo Domingo
(from: julioiglesias.com)
The Spanish singer Julio Iglesias received today the Heraldic Shield, the highest honor given by the Mayor's Office of Santo Domingo, in recognition of the "productive" and long artistic career of the singer.
The singer, who has Dominican citizenship, received the Heraldic Shield from the hands of the mayor of Santo Domingo, Roberto Salcedo, who declared that Iglesias has made a "very special habitat" of the Caribbean country
"Without any doubt Julio Iglesias represents the most important Dominican ambassador on a planetary level," claimed the official in the ceremony celebrated in the Council Palace of the Colonial City of Santo Domingo.Salcedo affirmed that for his country "it is a mark of distinction to know that this man (Iglesias), who many years ago visited the Dominican Republic for the first time, has remained in the hearts and the thoughts of the Dominican people".
Iglesias, who resides a good part of the year in Punta Cana (on the east coast of the Republic), gave his thanks for the honor and declared himself "enamored" of this nation, which he first got to know, he said, through his late father, who also "loved" it.The Dominican Republic is, in his opinion, "an absolutely perfect country, even still to be discovered," which will receive millions of visitors in the coming years.The singer assured that in the Dominican Republic, a country that he has known for 40 years, one has a "very enjoyable time"."Here I have my family, my people and my friends," emphasized the singer of the hits "Un canto a Galicia" and "Me olvidé de vivir."
Julio Iglesias is celebrating at this time his forty-year career in music with a world tour which will land in the Dominican Republic for two concerts, the 5th and 7th of this coming November.
The singer of "33 años" and "De niña a mujer," among other numerous hits, has recorded songs in 14 languages and has sold more than 300 million albums.It is estimated that he has performed more than 5,000 concerts in more than 600 cities around the world.
Source: EFE Agency and the Associated Press 10/21/2009
From: julioiglesias.com
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