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October 23, 2002 Page B4 Las Ketchup consists of the Munoz sisters. Lola, Lucia and Pilar, the daughters of famed flaminco quitarist nicknamed El Tomate. These three young ladies are the new teen sensation from Spain which at only one week of their first single release ■The Ketchup Song (Hey Hah) have entered directly to #1 in the Supersales chart in their native country. IFCC Celebrates Dia de los Muertos A n e x h ib itio n to c e le b ra te the M ex ican h o lid a y , D ia de los M u erto s, w ill o p en T h u rsd ay , Oct. 31 at the Interstate F irehouse C ultural C en ter lo cated at 5340 N In terstate A ve. T h e show featu res the w ork o f five artists an d all p ie ce s w ill ho n o r the d ea rly d ep arted . In th e m ain g a lle ry , H ecto r H ern an d ez p rese n ts a series o f life -sized a c ry lic and m ixed m e- Armando Oleda, ‘Skull’ H ere co m es the ‘K etch u p S o n g ’ from Spain LICENSED, BONDED & INSURED CCB107426 ‘T h e music business is not an exact science,” M ateos said. Indeed, the lim elight is all over the M unoz sisters— Pilar, 29; Lola, 26; iind Lucia, 19 — and their song about a fashion-conscious Gypsy named Diego who makes up his own brand o f rap. Since the song has cut the m us tard with listeners in Europe and Latin America, the sisters hope the United States will relish it, too. It’s already rising on the singles. This week, they’re visiting Miami and Ne w York to promote the single and the LP, called “Hijas del Tomate,” or “D aughters o f Tom ato.” Their song, known in Spanish as “A sereje,” bases its lyrics on snip pets from the 1979classic “Rapper's Delight" by the Sugar Hill Gang, but transm ogrifies them with a staccato twist from Las K etchup’s native Andalusia region. T he re fra in g o es lik e th is: “Asereje ja de je de jebe tude jebere sebiunouba majabi an de bugui an debuididipi.” T hat’s not Spanish, it’s gibber ish. A sample can be found on the Net at http://www.theketchupsong.com 2 4 HOUR JEREMY HICKMAN EMERGENCY SALES & SERVICE Neighborhood grocery store and café host community gathering At left, Salma Azizza, (right), tries to get Jessa Foster, 4, to wave to her grandfather across the community garden where he sat under the shade o f corn husks. Foster's grandfather, Hugh Gray, co-owns Big City Produce and Small World Café, the sponsors of Saturday's Community Celebration. 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OR 97208 te n sio n o f o u r b o d ies and senses. A n alee F u en tes ad d s h u m o r and cross-cultural references w ith her p ain tin g s La B o d a de F u en tes y W eissb arth : H o m ag e to V an E ck w ith sk e letal fig u re s p o sed as V an E y c k ’s b rid e an d groom . T h e D ia de los M u e rto s show w ill run from O ctober, 31 through N o v em b er 27. T h e IFC C is open fro m 11 a.m . to 6 p.m . T u esd ay th ro u g h F riday. Big City Produces a Big Crowd Move over ‘Macarena A P — Now that the “M acarena" has become adistant memory, along com es “The Ketchup Song” — and dance. T he S p anish pop tune w ith gobbledygook lyrics is topping charts around the world, and it’s accompanied by arm-waving, knee- knocking gyrations. The three sisters who do the song teamed up only a year ago and nam ed them selves Las K etchup as an homage to their flam enco guitar ist-father, nicknam ed El Tomate. The single has sold 2.5 million copies from A ustria to Australia. 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