Noche de Romance 2022
Punch House Chicago
Most of the fall and winter I spent listening to oldies that would come out on the radio show I remember listening to “Viejitas pero Bonitas”. It was a show that would come out in the 90’s and early 2000’s on the Spanish station la Ley 107.9FM late into the night and had a radio host who would play romantic ballads and talk about love. There was something super nostalgic, romantic and sometimes sad about the love stories that were told through these songs I fondly remember. I had a vision of hosting a night at a bar in Chicago where I could play all this music of love, music that was in Spanish and that brought me so many memories. After mentioning my idea to a dj named Lary, who goes by the alias Casino Boogie, he recommended I reach out to Bobby from Punch House. So I did, and Bobby responded right away, he remembered the radio show and after sending him a concept mix he accepted my pitch for Noche de Romance at Punch House for Valentine’s day.
I wanted to make the night special, I bought 4 dozen roses and handed them out to people at the bar with a quote about love that I have been developing in my head for some time “Love is a present state”. There were some people who came out specifically because they remember the radio show and wanted to listen to the music and reiemnice. A lot of my friends also came to support and it was so so so special to be able to play the music I’ve been listening to for the past few months in my solitude out loud at the bar. It was also so nice to have people come up and tell me the memories that they resonated with the music and how they connected with it. It was an amazing night. BIGGGGGG shout out to my studio neighbor and friend Jeffly for helping me print my tags and HUGEEEEEE shout out to Daniel, the one and only, for helping me attach my tags to my roses last minute, LOTS AND LOTS of love to all the friends and everyone who came out to support my little idea and who celebrated this Noche de Romance with me.
Hope to do this again and to dance and sing with you all. Lots of love.
“Love is a present state”- Wendy Robles
Listen to Noche de Romance mix here :)
