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INTRODUCTION

Dear Gloria,
this is a little gift from Conga List with the hope it will bring a smile to your face.

We started the "You know you are an EsteFAN if..." just for the fun of it (we named it "The Book of the Good Mood") and we thought it would be the right gift to take you into the New Millennium.

Thank you so much for the incredible things you have given us over the years... you really have spoiled us! We are excited thinking about what you are planning for 2000!

Anyway, you can be sure about this: we will always follow and support you in the New Millennium. You can count on us for anything... hey... that's what are friends for... :o)
Yes... friends... your love and songs merged us into one big group of friends from around the world... your music bridged countries and languages... THANK YOU WITH ALL OUR HEARTS AND LOVE!

For the New Millenium we wish you lots of smiles and hope all your dreams come true... so you will feel like us when we meet you! :o)

!!!WE LOVE YOU!!!
Your Conga Friends

Alex

... all slots in your car’s CD changer contain Gloria CDs, because you can’t make up your mind which one to replace (it doesn’t seem right to remove one of them anyway)
... some friends refuse to get in your car and complain about “the same noise all the time!”. You wonder if you should call them your friends any longer. How can they understand you, when they don’t understand the music?
... you are the only person in the office building who connected loudspeakers to his PC and your boss knows that it doesn’t make sense to argue about this
... when people at a shopping-mall stare at you irritated because you sing "I'm not a diva" really loud while they are playing "I'm a believer" as background music

Alice Prieto

... you are 9 MONTHS PREGNANT & you pre-purchased the Gloria CD & then waited in line for 4 hours in NYC Virgin Mega Store to have Gloria sign your CD & then 5 days later gave birth to a beautiful baby girl!!!!!

Amir El-Refai

... you have your own Gloria dance charts to sing in the shower
... you overwrite one letter of the name of the trade mark on your tooth brush from “Dr.Best” to “Dr.Beat” because it makes you feel better in the morning
... you start laughing out loud when hearing a Gloria song because you have an idea for a parody
... you almost freak out when you see a glimpse of Gloria on TV because she normally doesn’t appear here at all
... you walk on Ocean Drive and are sooo excited because you recognize Gloria in lots of women there...lol
... you start listening to all kinds of Latin music because Gloria has inspired you
... you get more interested in the history of Cuba
... you know better how Gloria and Emilio met than how your own parents met
... you start learning Spanish in order to understand the lyrics
... she makes you see the world with different eyes when listening to her music
... you dance to Gloria’s songs at 3 am in the middle of the night
... you get excited when you see a fire-extinguisher with the name “Gloria” on it
...you can’t wait to get the driver’s license just to play Gloria in your car
... you are proud when you see Gloria in the charts, even if it is no.95
... you call a radio station to request a Gloria song and you start to sing it along with the guy that takes the requests (because he likes it too)

Angel-Max

... when Gloria see you and says “What are YOU doing HERE?!”

Annamaria Amello

… the night before your wedding you are awake making the CD with your best Gloria's songs... and you are angry because the CD gives you ONLY 650 MB available... ;o)
… during the party of your wedding, as Conga song starts EVERYONE of your guests look at you and SMILE!!!
… you start the Conga Line and your just husband dance... even if he don't like to dance
… your just husband hang on the wall of your new home for first your picture with Gloria
… you go to work wearing a cap with Gloria's name on it and everyone reminds you that you are now a married lady!!! LOL
... every day you have a phone call with your best male friend talking for about an hour and your husband isn't jealous because he knows... you were talking about Gloria... :o)
… you see the videotape about your meeting with Glo... even if you have to cook or wash or iron... :o)
… your boss call "Glorianna" your directory on the computer server of the agency
... your boss bet with you a pizza saying he knows a news about Gloria that you don't know...
.... your boss take for you a magazine where there is an article about Gloria
… you wait for an hour under the rain in Milano, to see the italian showgirl Milly Carlucci only because she presented Gloria at the Pavarotti & Friends 1999
… the Pavarotti & Friends Organization call you to know something about Gloria
… you pass a WHOLE day going around Bologna (with your very patient husband) waiting to see Gloria for few minutes
... all your Gloria's CD case are broken because EVERY DAY you take all them back and forth from house and office to have them with you just in case you want to hear "that particular song" of Gloria
... during a chat Gloria asks you "how's treating you married life" (you has been really sweet Gloria... but hey... than I HAS BEEN OVERWHELMED by YOUR FANS... asking me how you knew I was just married... HA HA HA LOL... I love you... HA HA LOL)
... when your mood is down and just to think about Gloria or hear one of her song your face change from :o( to :o)
... while you are going to your office, you sing in your car so loud that everyone in the other cars look at you as a crazy woman...
... you are REALLY happy when a new italian EsteFAN write to you asking you news about Gloria, only because she founded your website you dedicated to her... (nearly every day Gloria... WE ARE WAITING YOU... COME BACK TO MILANO... PLEASE... on my knees...)

Anne (Doing The Conga In Wyoming)

... the first thing your friends ask you is “How is Gloria today?”

Annie (Get Your Gloria-fix)

... you are worried you video tapes will start to wear thin from the frequent viewing
... your friends call your office your “Gloria-shrine” long before you realised that that IS exactly what it is
... you scour the local papers looking for announcements on car boot sales etc. and go along hoping for a rare bargain
... the first thing you do when getting your hands on the weekly TV guide is looking for any programs which might feature Gloria!
... a day without listening to at least one Gloria-track doesn’t seem worthwhile somehow
... you still get a lump in your throat when watching your various concert videos
... as soon as you hear the name “Gloria” at work / TV / radio / supermarket (even if it’s not THE Gloria) you get a smile on your face
... when people ask you for your favourite Gloria track you can’t name just one
... months in advance of the next tour you are already rounding up friends who will to go a Gloria concert with you so that you don’t have to attend any of them on your own
... you pester your local radio station to play more Gloria - and when they don’t you try and find a new channel who does!
... you get ever so slightly annoyed when someone goes over your CD-collection and messes up the way in which you have carefully sorted your Gloria CD’s
... you spend your precious lunch hour trying to come up with “You know your and EsteFAN if...”
... during those nights when you just can’t drift off to sleep you try to think of ways in which you could possibly arrange that long hoped for meeting with Gloria
... you bring up Gloria in conversation with all your friends - even your hairdresser!

Chencha

... everytime you see a sunflower or dalmation (or items with sunflowers or dalmations on them) you think “Hey, I should buy that for Gloria!"
... or better yet, you see sunflowers or dalmations and your mom and dad say “Hey, you should buy that for Gloria!”

Christine A Edwards

..... you stay up til 2.00 am to watch a Gloria concert you already have on tape!
.... you subscribe to a Sports Channel for a whole month just to watch five minutes of Gloria at the superbowl (again at 2.00 am in the morning !)
..... you have a full sized cardboard cut-out of Gloria in your wardrobe (*lol*)
..... you pretend to be interested in buying something in a store when really you're just listening to the Gloria song they're playing.

Christine Lesmes

... durante su última visita a Barcelona imitas a las fans de Ricky Martin y te cuelas en su hotel a las 3 de la mañana preguntándote si Gloria y Emilio se enfadarán si les despierto para pedirle un autógrafo y una foto ...

Chrissy (bostonbadgirl)

...you use most of your vacation and personal days for “fieldtrips”... the majority of which are Gloria related and KICK ASS FUN!!!! Plus your boss and everyone you work with knows this and can’t wait to see what you’ve got planned!
... you show your mom your “Music of the Heart” Premier pictures and she starts rattling off everyone’s name in the photos. “That’s Tony, Emilio, Emily, etc.”
... when people at work see your pictures with Gloria, they either say: A) “Your friend looks just like Gloria Estefan!”, B) “Is that Gloria Estefan?" or C) “Hey, that must have taken you a long time to doctor that photo so well!” (These are all completely true!!)
... when after visiting Miami for the first time, for the Conga Bash, you consider the Cardozo and Miami your home away from home
... when one of the major reasons you got through art school is because of the letter of encouragement you received from Gloria after you sent her a painted portrait. Meanwhile your parents were trying to talk you into changing your major because “artists don’t make any money”. Let’s just say I would have been completely miserable if I didn’t follow my heart.....thank you Gloria!!! :o)
... when you hear Gloria singing... you become incredibly happy!!!!

Clark Rachel (funky chicken)

... you are on a first date with a guy who knows nothing about you, and as you are trying to think of conversation over dinner, he comments “so, I hear you’re a big fan of Gloria Estefan...”
... you get mad every time you hear about the “Latin explosion” because the QUEEN of latin music still isn’t getting the recognition she deserves, especially when Ricky Martin is referred to as “Miami’s hometown hero”…hello, that job is already taken!!! (Not that I don’t like Ricky...but hey, Gloria was breaking those barriers long before he even joined Menudo)
... when you mention her name, your friends just look at you sadly and shake their heads, going “oh, rachel...” because they think you have lost your mind for the things you do to meet Gloria!!!
... there is only one empty slot left in that “special Gloria CD case” – time to buy a new one!
... at your friend’s wedding, when the dj played “Conga”, everyone started clapping and looked at YOU instead of the bride!
... a guy at work you’ve barely ever spoken to (and definitely haven’t shown your pictures to) asks you “hey, I heard Gloria Estefan cut off all her hair, is it true?"
... your friends and family always tell you when they hear anything about her in the news, ending with “but I’m sure you knew that already" (which is usually true!!)
...you spend the night on the streets of New York (multiple times, I might add) just for the chance to see her
... standing within 5 feet of her can make your lips knock together and your face get numb
... you spend your spare time as the webmaster of the Conga Online web page...and it is so much more fun than your real job!!!!!
... just looking at her picture can always make you smile, because you are proud to have picked such a wonderful woman to be your idol

Chrissy (funky chicken) and Rachel (bostonbadgirl)

... we met in a train station on our way to NY to be audience members at The View, and now we’re roommates
... after being greeted by Gloria, you are asked by strangers “hey, are you guys friends of hers or something?” (this happened at LBR and Carnegie Hall)
... Gloria has embarrassed herself by dancing the funky chicken on stage more than once, just because we asked her to!!
... you’re known not only as part of the Mass Crew, but also as the New York Crew!!!!!!!! (too bad Amtrak doesn’t have frequent flyer miles!)

Cindy ("Cindita") VanderLinde

... you have too many CDs in your big CD shelf, so you take all of Gloria’s out and give them their own little CD Holder since those are the ones you take off the shelf most anyway!
... you have a special Gloria folder as a subdirectory of your bookmarks, where you put all Web sites related to Gloria!
... your room/house/apartment & or office are a shrine to Gloria
... you and your online conga friends play “Name that Gloria Song”
... you invented the game
... you have Gloria playing on the stereo &/or TV while you are getting ready for work.
... you dress up as Gloria for Halloween
... you put Gloria quotes in Greeting cards you give to people

Cyntianna Ledesma

... you let your hair grow to look just like hers then, cut it all off when she does.

Debra Gloria

... the first thing you searched for when you got the Internet was anything about Gloria
... you were so happy to find other fabulous and crazy EsteFANS on Conga and now know you are not alone
... you planned your vacation in New York the same time Gloria was there to promote “Music of the Heart”
... you managed to get on the Rosie O’Donnell Show because you knew Gloria was a guest, and screamed as loud as you could when Gloria came out!
... you waited for hours to catch a glimpse of Gloria as she came out of her movie premiere so you could grab a picture of her for your collection that you are just starting
... you know you are a NERVOUS EsteFAN if...you are a professional photographer (like me), who had only one shot (taking a picture) of Gloria, and FORGOT to FOCUS the camera because it was the first time I saw her up close!!!!
... you know you are an UNHAPPY EsteFAN if...when you get your ONLY picture back of Gloria, after traveling 1500 miles to see her, and it is DEFINATELY out of focus!
... you decided you will try, try again to meet Gloria and possibly get a FOCUSED picture of her, have tickets to the Millennium Concert in Miami, and have your fingers crossed till you get there! I can focus... I can focus...

Donald Kriz

... you persuade the sales with clerk at Tower Records with all your charm to sell you the latest Gloria album that’s in a box with dozens behind the counter the night before it’s due to be released and he or she says no! So you wait until Midnight to buy it! Now that’s Este-Fanatic!

~E~

...when someone asks you a simple question such as, “Is this that song by Gloria and N’Sync?” and you say yes, but then you go on and explain every little detail you know of the song, movie, and the release dates!
... any song of Gloria’s can make you feel better anytime and anywhere!
...you sit back on your computer almost everyday and chat with other Gloria fans around the whole world.
...you know all of her songs.
...you already know where you will stay, eat, and travel to in Miami when you go there someday.
...your CD collection has more Gloria CDs than any other artist.
...you think of “You know your an EsteFAN” ideas to put together for a Christmas present for Gloria. Merry Christmas and a very Happy New Year, Gloria!

Elena Perez

... your Gloria Scrapbook is better than your family photo album

Esteban Oyarzo B.

... you print the whole list of “you know you’re an esteFAN when...”, and then highlight the funniest ones with a yellow marker and show them to all your friends.
... you read on conga that something from the GEIFC is going to arrive soon, so you look everyday if the postman is near your home and nearly hug him when he brings you any Gloria related stuff
... you buy a expensive imported 3cd boxed set just to have 2 remixes and one song you didn’t had (that boxed set was really expensive here in Chile when I bought it)
...you buy Jennifer Lopez “On the six” album just to know how “Lets get loud” is (and I must say that the song and album are really good).
... you travel to other country, and before visiting any touristic place or any other one you go to a record store to see if there’s any Gloria CD that is not avaiable in your country
... you go out to buy a present for a relative’s birthday and if you find a Gloria CD you don’t have you inmediately reduce the budget for the birthday present and buy the CD.

Fernando Ruiz (Still dying to meet HER!!)

... you go to La Habana, Cuba, and go to the street were Gloria was supposed to be born (according to cubans) and tell the cubans you meet, how much you love HER
... you go to La Habana, Cuba, hear Mi Tierra (with headphones and a walkman, since her music is not allowed there) and feel something special about HER. Like wishing she were there with you, with Cuba as a free country
... you go to La Havana, Cuba and when you hear Gloria’s music (on a walkman, of course), get a very unique and special feeling, specially when you hear Mi Tierra. (Even tough I’m not cuban)
... you go to La Havana, Cuba and tell the people you meet there how much you like Gloria and her music. They tell you how proud they are of Gloria and other famous cubans. Again, you get a very unique special feeling
... you go to La Havana, Cuba and the people you meet there tell you they know the place she was born, and of course you go there, and feel as if you were going to Disneyland for the very first time

Gerard Scalera

... all her cds are in order by the year
... you use windex to keep the cd(top) and the case looking new
... if the case breaks, you replace it, but if it has a sticker you go out and buy a new one!
... gloria has her own photo album!

Gillian Sykora

... you have more Gloria CDs, singles, LPs, DVDs, videos, posters, pics, etc than you do of all other singers/celebs combined!
... you traded your brand new hi-tech surround-sound stereo system with a 5 disc CD-changer for your parents’ really old one just so you could listen to your Gloria LPs!
... you have more pics of Glo that you do of yourself or your family and friends!

Gina Herrera

... perteneces por lo menos a un Fan Club
... gloria tiene su propio photo album en tu casa
... tienes las fotos en orden cronológico
... tienes una galería de photos de Gloria y su familia en tu cuarto
... tienes una foto con Gloria en el escritorio de tu oficia
... guardas una foto de Gloria en tu billetera
... tienes el Conga Bash Poster autografiado (Yeah is mine)
... tu familia aprendió a vivir con Gloria en la casa
... haz llorado por lo menos una vez al escucharla cantar
... el wall paper y el screen saver de tu PC es de Gloria
... tienes sus discos y videos en orden de la lanzamiento
... el Disc-Man de tu auto solo suena con la voz de Gloria (al mio le pasa I swear)
... llegaste un día tarde a tu trabajo porque preciso en la mañana Gloria estaba en la TV
... no vas a la Universidad porque ese día presentan a Gloria en la TV
... manejas tu auto a mil por hora de tu trabajo a la casa porque Gloria te espera en un Chat Live
... paras de inmediato lo que estas haciendo si escuchas a Gloria en la radio o la TV
... las iniciales de identificación de tu auto empiezan por GE
... todos los que te conocen saben que eres un EsteFAN y te sientes muy orgulloso de decirlo a todo el mundo
... cuando llamas a una estación de radio para pedir una canción el DJ te reconoce y lo primero que te pregunta es: Cómo esta Gloria hoy? Qué hay de nuevo de ella?
... ienes tu propia hoja de vida en las tiendas det música y cuando hay algo nuevo de Gloria a ti es al primero que llaman
... viajas miles de kilómetros lejos de casa solo para hacer tu sueño realidad......conocerla en persona!!!!
... aunque le temas a los aviones eres capaz de subirte en uno solo para ir a verla
... compras los tickets para los conciertos el primer día que salen a la venta
... compras sus Cds el primer día que salen al mercado
... pides en las tiendas de música todos los posters promocionales..
... ya encargaste en la sala de cine el poster promocional de la película MOMH, para cuando sea el lanzamiento en tu país
... dejas a tu familia en casa para pasar el milenio con Gloria (aunque te toque subir en un avión nuevamente...lol)
... estas pendiente de lo que hace Emilio y Nayib en su propio trabajo aunque no tenga nada que ver con Gloria
... celebras el día de su cumpleaños
... te encanta MIAMI (Miami esta caliente)
... anhelas tanto como ella ver a CUBA LIBRE
... no pasas un día sin pensar en ella
... Gloria y su familia están en tus oraciones diarias
... haces respetar a Gloria por sobre todas las cosas
... Gloria ha tocado tu vida muchas veces en una forma muy positiva
... Gloria es tu mayor ejemplo de éxito, de superación, de amor, de vida
... lo que sientes es inexplicable, solo sabes que esta ahi dentro de ti y que vivirá por siempre
... te sientes orgulloso de decir: SOY FAN DE GLORIA ESTEFAN!!!

Gloria (GHONEY20@aol.com)

... you call everyone you know the day before tickets to a Gloria event goes on sale, to tell them not to call you because you will only be on the phone trying to buy tickets for her show!!!!
... you schedule your days off at work, according to when Gloria is in town, to try to catch a glimpse of her!!!!!
... your co-workers ask you if you saw Gloria last night on a program!!!!!! And they are not Gloria fans!!!!

Heidi from Holland

... everytime you hear her, see her, think about her, you get this smile on your face. It’s not just a smile, it’s that Glo smile.... you know what I’m talking about !!!!

Heidi Tanguay (funky chicken-no quiero parar)

... you are shopping for new electronics you buy the more expensive one because it has a G E on it (General Electrics products)

Jamie Ferzley

... you are trying very hard to make your fiancée act and do things like Emilio
... your room is covered with pictures that Gloria has signed for you in the past
... you are in Orlando and buy a 500.00 signed picture from Starabilias

Janet Mayer

... you are willing to risk your life by flying to get to the millennium concert!

Jodi Gee

... you first get home from a long trip you check your mail from conga to find out the latest even before unpacking!!!!!
... your roommate knows better than to ask to use the computer when you are reading conga mail or doing a Gloria related search online
... every theatre you go to lately, you beg for the Music of the Heart poster
... you go away for a weekend and all or most of the CD’s you take with you are Gloria
... Gloria and her music have touched your life, cheered you up, or just made you feel special
... your bulletin board is plastered with printouts of when Gloria is going to be online and has the printout of Gloria’s thank you in the middle
... everyone knows where you would rather be 12-31-99
... you have a huge file of bookmarks on your computer with Gloria related sites
... your computer starts to run slow because you have saved so many conga emails. (It’s so hard to delete some of them!)
... you have already seen Music of the Heart
... you go to the movie theatre with a friend to see Music of the Heart they ask “You’re going to go a little crazy when you first see Gloria on screen aren’t you?"
... someone comes into your room and is surprised when Gloria music isn’t playing (hey you have to listen to the radio once in a while!)
... you plan on skipping class and sleeping in line to get the best tickets for a Gloria concert if it is within about a 500 mile radius
... you can’t stand to go a day without checking the emails from congalist
... you have tons of tapes off of the TV of Gloria’s appearances (I gotta get them taped to two or three tapes sometime)

Joshua Holman

... you have A Gloria screensaver and wallpaper on your desktop
... you save your money to buy her CD’s
... you take a stick on the beach (in Hawaii or anywere else) and write “GE” in the sand were the water can’t wash it away!!
... you have more Gloria sites in your favorites [IE]/bookmarks [netscape] than in your other folders
... you talk about Gloria as a part of your dinnertime chitchat
... you buy out every Glo CD (if you don’t have it already!)
... Gloria’s songs are always stuck in your head

Judith Van Delft

... you are in a lot of pain at the dentist....thinking about why you are a fan ....?? (I’d rather do a bungee jump then go to the dentist...!)
... you walk into the record store and you don’t need words... they start looking in their computer immediatly..!
... you say to you’re friends I have an idea...and they ask when is your plane for Miami leaving!!!!
... you spend $250 dollars on your phone bill...cause you don’t wanna miss out on anything going on with gloria online!!!
... you go on a blind holiday to Miami..cause you don’t wanna miss out on the Bash...! (And we are going again...right?? :o)
... you blow up your car.....(do I need to say more.....? :o)
... you are in a bar and when they start to play Gloria everyone is pointing at you.....!!
... you walk around with your fingers crossed almost everyday...to support other Conga-fans in their meeting with Gloria..! (hee..I do what i promise..although it is pretty hard to work with your fingers crossed!! :o)
... you hear Gloria’s name metioned on the Radio (yep..that is very special here in Holland!) and you are glued to the Radio, ignore your family or incoming phone calls....!
... you have a video of yourself pretending to be Gloria and giving away the best interview ever.....! Including falling from a chair not planned) and a overwhelming live performance...! (not!:) Embarrasing but true..lol!

Julianna Nuanes

... you carry a Gloria-and-me picture in your wallet alongside your family photos. :o)

Karen from MD

...Everybody at work comes in to your office to ask: Did you hear Gloria on the radio today?? Of course I didn’t so I had 2 people who memorized the entire transcript of the show in case I had missed it!!

Katharine Maxwell

... your computer has a directory all of its own called ‘gloria’, and within in are subdirectories of ‘pictures’, ‘news’ etc.
... your email program has a ‘conga’ directory, with message subdirectories called ‘album info’, ‘conga bash’, ‘gloria news’, ‘interesting reports’, ‘misc’, ‘conga people’ (with subdirectories for the people you correspond with the most), ‘swap’ (for trading glo items) etc.

Kelly Vass

... you take her cds into work with you and get all your bosses doing the conga
... know one calls you by your real name and you either get shouted hey gloria or that conga girl
... you break your heart when you cant go to the concerts in the us
... you start taking spanish lessons so hopefully one day you can try them out with gloria

Kerri Robinson

... you have 24 3 inch scrapbooks full of magazine covers, articles, clippings and photos all arranged in order of occurance
... you ask the sales person at the music store for all the promo posters and displays the day the new cd comes out
... you cut school to go get the cd when the store opens
... you count down the days, hours, minuets, seconds until the TV show starts that she is on
... you spend $500 + on a concert ticket
... you risk flying during the millennium to see her in concert
... you tape every 2 second clip on TV and save it
... your friends call you Gloria instead of by your real name, and you actually answer

Kirsty (Gloriafan in Southport)

... you go to the chat room for the British pop group Steps and change the whole conversation to Gloria!

Larissa

... your son’s first word is Conga! (it really was!)

Lissa

... you have the numbers for Estefan Enterprises, Sony, Bongos, etc.. on your speed-dial
... you have at least one dalmatian
... employees at Bongos and/or Cardozo know you by name

Lynn Schmitt

...you wish for red lights at intersections all the way home after buying a new magazine with an article about Gloria so that you don’t have to wait until you get home to read it...and home is just 5 minutes away!

Mayumi Hasegawa

... you are a conga member
... you put Gloria’s music so laud that you can’t even hear yourself
... your mother screems at you constantly saying “Gloria again?!!”
... you record from TV programs everything where Gloria is at
... you find yourself at church singing “Santo Santo” in the middle of the mass on Sundays
... you answer when some body calls you Gloria (if this is not your name)
... you get exited when you meet someone named Gloria (a very comon name)
... you get out of the bathroom while taking a shower just because you heard “Gloria” on TV or radio
... you leave your family on New Years Eve just to go somewhere else and wait for the New Year with Gloria
... you have a Gloria’s picture on the cover of your notebook and show it to everyone on your classroom
... you spent hours and hours sitting in front of a computer tallking about Gloria with hundreds of people
... you take a picture of every single place that Gloria goes
... you insult people that don’t like Gloria
... in your writing class all of your topics are about Gloria
... you spent a lot of money on Gloria’s stuff
... you have your bedroom’s walls covered from one side to the other with Gloria’s pictures
... you stay up late coming up with parodies and poems about Gloria to show them to Conga
... you send tons and tons of E-mails to Gloria everyday and don’t care if she reads them or not. (I’m sure she does)
... you don’t hear the train coming because you are listening “Party Time” extremelly laud on your car
... you think Gloria is the best (This is true)
... you are known in your neighborhood as The Gloria’s Fan
... YOU JUST FEEL IT INSIDE
... you want to name your new born twins, or someone else’s Emily and Nayib, or Gloria and Emilio
... you want to change your name to Gloria someday
... you carry your Gloria’s CD anywhere you go
... your husband calls you Gloria by mistake
... your child doesn’t know who is the first one at home, if mom or Gloria
... you cancel important dates or appointments to stay home to see a show where Gloria is at even if she is only 3 minutes; moreover, you record it to watch it over and over
... you open every kind of magazine you see just to look for, at least one picture of Gloria on it. (if there is any)
... the plaque of your car says something Gloria related, or you have Gloria’s stickers on the car’s bumper
...Gloria has helped you in a positive way through her songs and attitude
...you have every Gloria’s videos and watch them every single day
...you do whatever she tells you to do. Like to wash her dogs and take away their black stains and leave them as white as the milk. (i don’t know how, but I would do it.)
...you feel the same as they when others meet her and they tell you their stories
...you cry when you hear Gloria talking about Cuba and singing for it. (That’s for those of you that are Cubans, like me, sorry)
... you have your kid’s photo next to yours with Gloria on you work desk, and even in the same frame
... the first song that you played with the guitar was “Mas Alla” (li ke I did)
...you bought your husband (if you are man you did it for yourself) the Gloria’s boxers of the gloriafan.com for your honeymoon
... you go to a formal party or place with your Gloria’s T-shirt
... you bought a car just because its comercial on TV is a Gloria’s song
... you put yourself in risk listening to Gloria’s music very loud in Cuba
... you don’t go to class just to see from your school how Bongos Cuban Cafe is beeing built in Miami. (The school has to be Miami Dade Community College)
... you go to the beach to run along the shore because that’s what Gloria does everyday
... you feel Gloria’s music as “THE MUSIC OF YOUR HEART”
... YOU ARE ABLE TO GIVE YOUR LIFE FOR HER

Mark Sawyer

... you’re with a friend in any noisy place, like a restaurant, the music playing overhead just blends into the background. But, when a Gloria song starts to play, your ears pick it up immediately, you identify the song, and the topic of the conversation changes immediately. Or if you talking business to a client or a consultant, you just keep saying, a huh, a huh......since you’re really not paying attention to business ‘cause you’re off in Glorialand. Good thing the most songs last only a few minutes!!!
... same goes for music-on-hold when you’re on the telephone; you don’t want the other person to pick up until a Gloria song is over. If they pick up in the middle of the song, you get upset and really want to tell them (but you can’t) to put you back on hold for a few more minutes :-)
... you have a Gloria-and-me picture in your office and show it to every visitor
... after seeing so many of her interviews about MOTH, you know what Gloria’s answers are going to be, and then you start answering the questions along with her - hahaha!!!

Matt Fabry

... you go to the music store and the workers come up to you right when you walk throught the door and say we have no new gloria items and also when u walk in they switch the music and play gloria estefan
... go to all the music web pages and vote for gloria

Nick Blazer

... you loiter around the “E” section of the record store, and when someone is looking there, you pretend that you are picking out Gloria CDs to buy - even though you already have them - in the hopes that it will be contageous, and spur the other person into actually buying some of them!
... you always give Gloria CDs and Videos as Christmas/Birthday/graduation/wedding/or whatever occasion gifts to your best friends and immediate family - and even give them to casual aquaintences, friends of friends, Spouses of co-workers, distant relatives you haven’t seen since you were a Baby, and neighbors you hardly even know - who if it wasn’t for the chance to “Spread the love of Glo” - you wouldn’t normally buy gifts for!
... after you move all of Gloria’s CDs to the front of the E section, you make shure a few copies of GLORIA! make their way to the big “Top hit/Best sellers” display, next to Ricky, Jennifer, and the other recent chart darlings - the logic being that what they don’t know, won’t hurt ‘em - plus if they sell, then they are justified in being there anyway!
... you reluctantly go on a blind date with your friend’s cousin. After an awkward evening, you are about to bid her/him goodnight, never intending to see this person again - just as you are pulling up to your date’s house, Gloria comes on the radio, and your date says “Oh, I LOVE her, crank it up!” - you end up talking for hours, and getting to know the other person thru your mutual admiration for Gloria... You make another date with her/him to see MUSIC OF THE HEART, and what you thought was a wasted evening is transformed into a Beautiful lasting relationship!
... you are stuck in heavy traffic during rush hour, surfing the radio for something good when “The music of my Heart” comes on - you reach for the volume knob, but hit the scan button instead! Dispite the fact that you have the CD and can listen to the song at anytime, you take the next exit(even though it’s not the one you need to get off on) just so you can pull into a parking lot in a desparate attempt to find the station again in time to hear Gloria’s first line in the song!
... you went to a Halloween party, and they were playing some tunes from the ‘60s, and the Van Morrison song GLORIA came on... Everyone started singing along with the chorus: “Gloria - G*L*O*R*I*A!”...and then they all stopped and looked at you funny when you chimed in at the top of your lungs : “Gloria - E*S*T*E*F*A*N!” (This actually happened to me, but since my Friends all know I’m a GLOnut, they didn’t stop, they just laughed, and continued the song with the “Revised” chorus! =))
... even though you own a dual cassette deck and a CD burner - you buy all of Gloria’s albums 4 times each, a CD for your living room stereo, another one for your computer, a tape for your car, and another one for your Walkman/boom box... All because you can’t bare the thought of Gloria losing any royalties to illegal copies!
... you keep coming up with new material for the “You know you’re an EsteFan” thread, even in your sleep! ;-)

Pilar Zepeda

... you took a one year Audio Engineering course, thinking one day you could be at Crescent moon studios :) And all your works for the class were based on Gloria Estefan songs.
... llams a las revistas y a la TV para corregirlos cada vez que dan alguna información incorrecta de Gloria
... la única foto que tienes en tu mesa de noche es la de Gloria y la de Emilio...
... tu mamá le llama “tu altar” al lugar donde tienes guardadas todas tus cosas de Gloria..
... haces un viaje relámpago a Hawaii, del aeropuerto al estadio y del estadio al aeropuerto, sólo para verla en el último concierto de la gira Evolution Tour
... te emocionas tanto que brincas como loca cada vez que pasan alguna noticia de Gloria, o gana algun premio y reconocimiento

Rachel Fish

... your 2 year old daughter can sing the first four lines to Heaven is what I feel
... your walls in your home are covered with paintings of Gloria you have painted yourself and Gloria signed them
... your next project to paint is Gloria and can’t wait to start it...
... you can create a website and show off all your paintings to the rest of the world
... you search through ‘E’ at a record fair
... you are on a mega high for about 3 months after meeting Gloria
... you use all your spare time painting portraits of Gloria and is a full time hobby
... you get some post with Gloria’s name written all over it from a friend
... you change all your passwords every month on your P.C and it is related to Gloria
... you have 3 scrap books, bursting at the seems with all the newspaper cutting in the UK from 1990
... you can’t wait to meet her again!

Regina Almanza

... you can “name that Gloria tune” in less than 2 notes
... you read the Virgo and Pisces horoscopes to make sure Emilio and Gloria are going to have a good day (Not that I really Believe horoscopes, but it’s just in case:-)
... you have counted the syllables in Gloria’s name and in your name (I did this as a teen). I used to feel “connected” to her when I found out that our first and last names each had 3 syllables :-)
... you use Gloria quotes from videos or concerts. Examples, say you’re going to the post office and someone asks if you’re going to the store... you reply: “Uh, not exactly”... just like Gloria at the end of the “Bad Boys” video. Or you listen to Bad Boys, and find yourself saying, “Brass, take it away” like she does on the Homecoming Concert

Rob

... everyone you know calls you when Gloria is on TV. You either stop answering the phone so you can watch it, or it is a repeat and you already have it TAPED...but you run to put the TV on anyways (LOL)
... everytime you go to a music store, you put “Gloria” in the front of her section so everyone will see it...
... you give advise by quoting gloria songs... "There’s Always Tomorrow", “You’ve gotta be in the dark to make it into the light”
... your friends call on the phone and greet you by saying either “OYE” or “Hey boy I see you looking”
... your friends read off a few words from all of gloria’s cd jackets to see if you guess the song and sing the next line...and they get all aggravated because they can’t stump you!
... you make a audio tape of gloria’s Video tapes so you can listen to them in the car...and you talk (or sing) along with her when she is talking to the audience! (i.e. People on left, people in the middle we love you..)
... or how about you go to music store web pages Hoping to find new Gloria CD’s even though you know if something new was out, you would have heard about it on Conga. But you look anyway

Robin from South Philly

...you teach your 15 month old nephew who’s learning to talk to say GLORIA ESTEFAN and then teach him to count, 1, 2, 3, 4.... Come on Baby Say you Love Me.

Sheila Isles

... you unexpectedly hear and Gloria song and you get that warm fuzzy feeling of greeting an old friend
... your friends and co-workers sense you are having a bad day they pop in your entire GE CD collection and crank up the music
... you are about to make a gift purchase and you are just not finding the right item, you happen to hear a Gloria song on the store radio and it is as if a spotlight comes down and shines upon the perfect gift
... you hear her songs and so many lyrics seem to be written just for you at a particular moment in your life and you wonder..How did she know?! :)

Stephanie Williams

... you’re a member of Conga
... you listen to Gloria’s music 24/7
... you record every single little thing that Gloria is on, on TV
... Gloria is your favorite singer
... Gloria is now your favorite actress
... you spend hundreds of dollars to see her live
... you see every one in looking at you weird and wounder why but then you realize that you were singing a Gloria song to yourself in the middle of class
... you’ve seen Music of The Heart over 5 times
... you own every thing that has to do with Gloria
... you wake up to Turn the Beat Around (or any other fast beat song) and go to sleep listening to Music of My Heart (or any other ballad)
... you have a Gloria song stuck in your head all day
... you watch Gloria on TV or live and you realize you have a big smile on you face

Sherry Butchock

... you are getting ready to move and you are already worried that your vcr will not be ready in time to tape the shows Gloria will be on...

Steven Stewart

... when you went to medical school with Dr. Beat
... your cuerpo still pide's salsa
... sometimes the words just get in the way
... when you send more mail to the Conga List than Donald
... GLoria has helped you through a rotten day
... all you hear during your final French exam is "Mas Alla"
... you are pricing Toyotas
... when you take every opportunity to talk about Gloria and share something special about her
... you have to replace copies of your Gloria CDs on a rgular basis because they get worn out or damaged from use (True story)
... you think everyone should have an opportunity to listen to "Always Tomorrow"
... when you just gotta get on your feet!
... you have Dr. Beat's office on speed-dial
... when your locker is a shrine to Gloria
... when you constantly rearrange the "E" section at the music store to put the best at the top
... you bought copies of Greatest Hits for everyone for Christmas
... when your friends don't notice if Gloria is playing in your car, but remark when she isn't
... when you bought "On The 6" and think "Let's Get Loud," is the best song
... you took a class in part to learn more about Cuba and "the bearded dinosaur..aka Fidel Castro"
... you had no trouble writing "You Know You're An EsteFAN Whens..."
... you can relate to most of the "You Know You're An EsteFAN Whens..."
... There's Nothing You Can Do, To Keep From Loving Glo!

Susan Quintana

... you spend 12 hours preparing to go to a live TV show in which gloria *MAY* appear for a short time...
You:
1. charge your cell phone
2 get out your gloria wardrobe
3. make lots of posters
4. attempt to drive into the city when you have no clue where you are going!
5. make sure you have those photos to have signed just in case
6. pack plenty of snacks for the little one
7. put a brand new battery in your camera (because one time it died right when gloria was smack in front of you... with no crowd!!)

Susan Tyle

... the startup message on your computer at home is the Gloria snippet “Here we go, here we go now!”
... the shutdown message on your computer at home is “Goodnight my love. Pleasant dreams. Sleep tight my love.”
... the startup message on your computer at work is “Hey all you people out there in computer land... I’m watchin you...”
... the shutdown message on your computer at work is “Go away! Won’t you just go away!”
... you ever changed the AOL Man from saying “You’ve got mail.” to “Ohhhhh la la la la la la”

TexasGloriaFan

... you drive 20 minutes home for lunch to check your email to find out if Gloria is coming to Texas in 2000
... your watching Gloria on Larry King, and your mom hollers at you to see if you are watching it

Val Phillips

... you spend all your holiday on Gloria related events (and no we DON’T have too much vacation time in the UK Gloria! *g*)
... you spend 3 hours stuck in a traffic jam (note to self.. make sure nothing happening at the Stadium at the same time) get to Wembley Arena - but still managing to get to your seat for YMCA
... no one asks, they just put any Gloria articles on your desk at work.
... you arrange rotas with friends to buy concert tickets the minute they go sale
... you sit through 4 hours of the Big Ticket to watch Gloria perform for 5 mins (very cruel and unusual punishment)
... you fly from London to New York to attend the launch party that evening - then realsie you can’t go home til the following Sunday (ah well shopping in NYC is never a waste - love the bagels and Sbarros *g*)
... spent 2 weeks on holiday in Florida listening to Into The Light on the car radio.... um cos you’ve never had a cassette/radio in your car and can’t figure out how to change tapes to any of the other 10 Gloria tapes you bought with you *g*
... make loads of great new friends who share a common interest in the one and only Ms Gloria Estefan

Wacochf

... you walk through the cafeteria humming Gloria songs and everytime these people hear you you are humming a different song
... your favorite radio station is your favorite radio station because that one is the only one that plays alot of Gloria songs
... your day isn’t complete until you hear Gloria on the radio

Wendy Valender

... you dress up nice when it’s Gloria’s, Emilio’s, Emily’s or Nayib’s Birthday
... you go to an Elton John concert at the same place you saw 3 Gloria concerts 2 years before and the only thing you can think off during the Elton John concert are those 3 Gloria concerts
... you get up at 3am because Gloria will be on Larry King Live that night
... you show everybody at work, your Gloria Este-fan Website (http://welcome.to/GloriaHeaven)
... you want to buy every postcard you see that has sunflowers on them, because Gloria loves sunflowers
... you go to a recordfair to buy Gloria stuff even when you are broke and you have to borrow money from your parents/the bank or your boyfriend
... you’ve been loyal to Gloria for at least 5 years. I can only talk for myself ofcourse. I’ve been a fan since i was 12 years old and i’m celebrating my 10th anniversary of being a Este-fan this year, 1999)
... you want a Gloria tattoo on your shoulder. (i haven’t doen it yet, but i will one of these days and no one can talk me out of it, so don’t bother :o)
... you go to 3 of her concerts in 4 days
... you wait before and after a concert for 2 hours in the rain just to get a glimpse of Gloria
... you give all your pets a name that has something to do with Gloria. (i used to have a mouse called Conga and a mouse called Destiny)
... you want a boyfriend that looks like Emilio
... you send a protest email to a radio station because they gave false information on the radio about Gloria. Santo Santo was on the radio the other day and the dj said that the song was written by Gloria’s brother, Emilio Estefan. So i sent them an email and you know why ofcourse. But i never got a response
... you live in one of Gloria’s favorite towns in Holland, i live in Apeldoorn and Gloria has once said that she loves Apeldoorn
... you cry everytime Gloria receives an award
... you yell: ‘you go girl’, everytime she does her famous Gloria jump
... you buy a Jon Secada and Jennifer Lopez album because Gloria has done something for them for that album. I would have bought them anyway, i must say, because they are both brilliant artists
... you play Gloria’s music so loud that the people who live 3 houses away, come and knock on your door to complain because the music is so loud (Yes, it has happend several times)
... you are on conga list

Yeudiel

... (Men) You try to find out a girl that looks like Gloria or has some similarity
... (Women) If you cut your hair like Gloria, or if you don’t have a curly hair and try to make it look like