Cristian Castro
May 18, 2006—Last evening, a handsome young couple and their adorable baby came through with lots and lots of baby equipment. While this activity was going on, I heard one of my coworkers, Benito, say to some other colleagues, "That's so and so..."
"Ben, who is that?" I needed to know, of course.
"He's Cristian Castro."
"But, what does he do?" I'm thinking he must be a baseball player.
"He's a singer. He's Mexican. His mother, Veronica, is a performer and Latina soap opera star."
"Oh, Ben, I wonder if he knows . . ."
Ben
immediately picked up on my train of thought. He has been given Power of Attorney
for Dropping the Delicious Darin Name in my absence. He volunteered for that
role after I missed the opportunity to drop the delicious name to Ricky Martin.
Without missing a beat and in impeccable Spanish, the Italian Benito asks
Cristian, "Do you know who Bobby Darin is?"
The handsome young man, flashing a beautiful smile, looked directly into my
eyes and, in perfect English, said he knew that Bobby Darin was a singer from
the sixties. I proceeded to remind him of some of Bobby's signature songs
and I rambled off Splish Splash, Dream Lover, Mack the Knife,
Beyond the Sea . . .
Okay, here comes the good part!!!!!!
"I'm going to be recording my first CD in English and when I do, I'm going to include one of Bobby Darin's songs on that CD especially for you, Susan."
He must have glanced at my name tag. This young man had that certain something, the IT factor. And he's genuine, gracious . . . I decided I must learn more about him.
Imagine
Cristian doing a crossover CD with plans to include one of Bobby's songs?
I shared with Cristian my story of receiving a Mack The Knife serenade
from Julio Iglesias and that Julio told me that "Bobby Darin was the
world's greatest crooner who ever lived."
Next, Ben told Cristian, "This is one of Bobby Darin's biggest fans!
She's going to report this story on the internet!"
Later, Ben informed me that Cristian does ballads, pop, and has added rock-type
music to his repertoire. Apparently, teenage girls go nuts over him. Gee .
. . why that sound so familiar?
Continuing
to Drop the Delicious Darin name . . .
Without compromising passenger safety!
