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Linda Wolff, a trajectory dedicated to folkloric music

ORANJESTAD – Linda was In 1994 she participated in many years.
born on the 9th of May 1955 the grand Festival Tipico Back in 1993, when Sea-
in Aruba. At a very young y Dande and she was the port Market Place would
age, she discovered her first finalist in the female organize weekly activities
love and talent for singing. It category. including a Tropical Night,
didn’t take long before she In 2010, Linda participated Placentero would animate
affiliated to the Santa Anna in the Gospel Festival – Sol- this night with rhythm and
Choir and began dedicat- diers of Christ and finished flavor for tourists and locals
ing to singing at the Santa in 5th place. The following to enjoy, and Linda was
Anna church in Noord. year in the same festival already part of the group
she won second place. singing and moving to the
IN 1979, Mr. Jossy Brokke Jr. In 2018, Linda received a rhythm to the songs of their
organized a Mexican fes- well-deserved award at the own production.
tival at the Club IOWUA, Cas di Cultura, awarded by
and here Linda participat- Fundacion Artistar during a During her trajectory with
ed singing the song ‘Los Mexican music festival for this group, Linda sang many
Laureles’ and was among children and youth. Linda times at family parties and
the 10 finalists. She went took guitar lessons and she any celebration through-
on to represent Aruba in was accompanying herself out the year. She partici-
the grand Mexican Festival for her favorite songs. pated in different festivals
of the Antilles, which took and had the opportunity
place at the Holiday Inn ho- After a while, Linda inte- of recording different songs
tel in Curaçao. Linda gave grated into the group Lirios for the yearend, many of
a beautiful performance del Campo by invitation them composed by Mr.
that night. Back then, Linda and was directed by Mr. Vi- Robert Maduro.
wa spart of the Mariachi cente Tromp, with Linda as
Montañeros of Noord. singer and guitarist. Linda Wolff was a great per-
son and singer with an un-
Since that time, Linda con- Linda also sang in the pop- matched charisma, hum-
tinued dedicating to sing- ular group The New Dimen- ble and charming char-
ing and continued dem- sion, before she went on to acter, always cheerful. On
onstrating her talent and join the popular group Pla- 18th of January our people
gaining experience as a centero Ritmo y Cuerde. said our final goodbyes to
singer of Ranchera music. Linda in sadness but con-
Linda was part of Placen- soled by her beautiful and
Linda Wolff was the main tero Ritmo y Cuerde for unforgettable memories.q
singer of Mariachi Gua-
darincana for a long time,
where Linda would sing at ued participating in most voice and an attractive
family parties, birthdays, Mexican festivals, show- and charismatic personal-
weddings and other spe- casing her love for this mu- ity which proved popular
cial activities. She contin- sic genre, with her sensual among those loving the
mariachi music.
In a past interview, Lin-
da said that back when
she and her cousins were
young teenagers, they
started their own home
‘aguinaldo’ – traditional
Christmas music – and to-
gether at the yearend they
would sing all the Venezue-
lan carols: tucusito, o luna,
fuego al canon etc. show-
ing the joy and union that
they had to enjoy and sing
as a family.

Linda did not stop at ma-
riachi music, but also dedi-
cated herself to music and
singing participating in dif-
ferent festivals, including
Gospel, Dande, Tumba
and a festival dedicated to
our Flag and Anthem, 18th
of March and folkloric mu-
sic.
In many occasions, Linda
was a finalist in these festi-
vals by showing her beauti-
ful voice in each song.