Corinto Seafood Festival

The month of April has flashed before my eyes, maybe because I spent a good chunk of it traveling for Semana Santa.  Work has also had me very busy along with the addition of several yoga classes to my schedule.  Yoga has finally taken off in Chinandega for me and it's almost overwhelming.  I stared the process by asking of I could teach a free class at an all women's gym when I first arrived in August, but with no success.  I returned several times over the last month or so asking for just 30 minutes here and there to at least give a demo and then let the members of the gym chose for themselves if they want a yoga class offered or not.  Well turns out the women really enjoyed my class despite my gringa spanish, but the gym wouldn't offer me an evening time slots because the aerobics classes are all too popular.  We are talking super ghetto wanna be aerobics on three pieces of wood haphazardly nailed together and used as a "step".  And this wins over my yoga class? humbling ha ha.  I posted signs in the gym with my phone number and asked women to organize a group of their friends, find a local, and I will come teach.  Finally it all worked out and I have an organized group Monday and Wednesday nights.  While all this was going on apparently the gym decided they wanted me to teach Monday mornings so now I have 3 scheduled classes a week.  Plus my host sister and mom are all in to yoga now so I'm teaching a class at my house for them and our mutual friends.  Is there such thing as to much yoga?  I don't think so!

I have started a series of trainings at my Microfinance NGO Pro Mujer.  Last week was my first 2 hour training session to 20 women small business owners from different parts of Chinandega.  We covered leadership, goal setting, the planning cycle and FODA Analysis.  I couldn't believe how well the women were engaged and participating through out the two hours.  Here two hours is quite a long time to keep a group focused, but these ladies were really in to it.  I'm sure they were getting a kick out of my less than par spanish.  At the end of the session they all wanted copies of the slides, and with myself being a poor volunteer, they all chipped in and paid for their own copies, which aren't exactly cheap.  Guess they liked the materials!  It's really great to have Pro Mujer behind me financially to reimburse these women for traveling in from the campo, providing the equipment and air conditioned space.

Artesenia del Mar, my women's group that makes jewelry, is really taking off!  We just did a photo shoot this weekend on the beach of all of her new styles to create a catalog.  I felt like I was creating an Anthropologie Spring Edition catalog by wrapping bracelets around drift wood and using natural props to display the jewelry.  Pictures to come!  Norma, the lady who started it all is really putting everything she has in to it and coming up with awesome designs all on her own.

Amongst all this I found time to visit my BFF here in Nica in the mountainous city of Boaco.  It's the San Fran of Nica minus the Bart and trolleys, so let's just say my gluts got a work out.  Amongst working on her community garden, hiking and morning yoga, we mainly found ourselves day drinking and catching up over the last 3 months that just flew by.  By the way, an excellent rum drink to cool you down is pineapple, cucumber, cilantro, orange, and grapefruit juice, rum to taste.

This past weekend was the Corinto Seafood Festival.  Corinto is the port town about 15 minutes away from Chinandega.  It's a smaller quaint city where the majority of the cargo arrives to Nicaragua on the Pacific side.  They block of the central park and vendors cell every type of Nicaraguan seafood you can imagine.  There was ceviche, fried fish, pupusas with fish, seafood soup, shrimp, lobster, muscles and the list goes on.  Of course a lot of it was fried like Nica food always is, but oh so good.  There were also beer tents set up so you could roam around drinking and eating as you redeemed your tickets for whatever goodies your heart desired.  That morning a good friend from training, Irma, came up from Masaya to perform with her dance group at the festival.  It was great to catch up with her over breakfast and then hang to watch her perform the traditional Nicaraguan folklore dances as well as the Palo de Mayo from the Atlantic coast.  After achieving a full stomach we(20 plus volunteers) headed to the beach to relax and digest before heading back for round two.  Around nightfall a live band started playing music in the central park which only led to one thing.....dancing.....possibly on stage........

Gotta love the costume

She's in the middle

Smile for the camera Irma!

Semana Santa with Char & Derek

Little did Char and Derek know when they booked their flights to visit me here in Nica that they were coming over the biggest party week in Central America.  Although we avoided the chaos that Semana Santa brings we managed to have our own party on the Island of Ometepe!  We started our journey in San Juan del Sur with some surfing, beachside beers and fish tacos.  Char and Derek got a load of the popular surfing beach Maderas as they rocked their longboards.  At night we chilled on Buena Vista Surf Club's infinity deck watching the sunset and listening to howler monkeys.  This is of coarse before Char and Derek did their nightly bug hunt to kill of any living creatures in their cabin.  I was informed that there were several scorpion encounters in their bed the few nights prior to my arrival!  Welcome to Nica!

After a few chill nights on Maderas beach we made our way to the Island of Ometepe which sits on Central America's largest fresh water lake named Cocibolca or "Lake Nicaragua".  I should redefine "island" because we are actually talking about two volcanoes, one dormant and one active, that are adjoined as one large land mass.  We parked ourselves about half way up the Maderas dormant volcanoe at the eco-resort Totoco to stare across the way at the very active La Concepcion volcanoe.  While we were at it we thought we might as well take a dip in their infinity pool.

Noelle is lucky enough to call the island home so she joined in!

Our island adventures began with a narly bike ride, wait I should clarify, more like mountain biking an hour and a half to the entrance of another 2 hour hike to San Ramon waterfall.  I think we were all ready to pass out by the time we reached the cool waters, but it was well worth the hike!

My buddy Andrew who also lives on the island was kind enough to be our guide

That night we had some of the best mojitos I think I've ever had, made with sugar cane straight from the island.  We dined like kings at a foreign owned restaurant named Campestre that has amazing meals for around $5, and returned just about every night after that to do it all over again!  As if i hadn't completely tuckered Char and Derek out, the next day we decided to kayak the Istiam river, taking us on a three hour journey over the lake and between the volcanoes.  Char and I ended that day with her treating us to messages on their cabana porch as the sunset, what an awesome friend no?

The next day we played it more low key and checked out the natural spring Ojo de Agua to bath in its cool waters and drink coconut water.  The day winded down with yet another Toña litro session at Campestre with another volunteer friend Ricardo.

Sadly the next day Char and Derek left the island to head up north to the city of Leon to board down volcano Cerro Negro before heading back to the airport in Managua.  It was reported to be an awesome experience and I'm still waiting to see the Go Pro video they took!  It was so amazing having them visit and get to see the country I live in.  I think they really enjoyed themselves, I know I did!

My island adventures continued with Noelle inviting Ricardo and I along with her Nicaraguan friend Roberto to go fishing Nica style.  I'm talking wooden stick with fish line attached.  Our bait was larva that we hand picked from the bottom of rocks from the lake's shore.  That in itself was an experience as the larva had pinchers and they actually drew blood!  While Roberto and the owner of the boat reeled in fish after fish, us volunteers ended up empty handed.  After several hours we parked ourselves on a deserted beach off the lake to build a fire and cook up the fish they caught while the sun set.

Island fish, apparently the pinker the better

After picking every piece of meat off the bones of these fish stuffed with peppers, onions and garlic, we made our way back home while the sun setting over volcano La Concepcion.

The next day was dedicated to getting our horseback riding fix as Ricardo and I share the love of riding We reminisced about riding in our childhood as we galloped along the lake shores amongst herds of horses running free.  Later that day we were joined by my two good guy friends MacClaine and Ryan.  As soon as they hit the island we found ourselves on the beaches of the lake with our own litros of Tona.

The next day we took on the challenge of hiking up Volcano Maderas.  My friend Andrew, our fearless leader, took us on a record breaking straight up hike of 2:15 while it takes most groups 4 hours.  I was drenched with sweat and gasping for air as we made our way through the thick cloud layer.  The crater at the top has turned itself in to a lake since the volcano's dormancy.  It made for a beautiful view.  It wasn't until the way down that the mud turned in to a problem of slipping and sliding down the mountain.  I've never ended an adventure so dirty.

The crater lake and lingering clouds

view from about half way up the volcano

the boys lookin for the monkeys

The next few days we camped for practically free along the Lake's shores switching it up each night.  I experienced one of the most beautiful sunsets from a dock set away from the beach in the middle of the lake.

The last few nights of my Semana Santa were spent in San Juan del Sur where we partook in some great DJ parties on the beach and more amazing food.  I sealed up the trip with a bang when I bought my first real legit surfboard.  The one I had was really beat, but this brand new board made its way up from a shaper in Peru. I bought her off a canadian named Jacoah who just couldn't afford to get his custom board back to Canada with him.  It's not exactly the color scheme I would have choose, but beautiful none the less.

Calle 13 Concert

Oh how I have missed my live music down here!  I'm not sure if you've heard of Calle 13, I hadn't until I came down to Nica, but they are a Puerto Rican band that has cleaned up over the past several years at the Latin American Music awards.  Last November they released Entre los Que Quieran, which highlights the bands controversial style of addressing Latin American cultural and issues.  They are known for their satirical lyrics which are usually accompanied by unconventional instruments.  I was lucky enough that they included Managua in their concert tour!  Last Thursday night several volunteers and I gathered in the capitol to attend the concert which was held in Managua's nicest mall's parking lot. They put on an amazing show and drew a eclectic crowd of foreigners and Nicaraguans alike.  My fellow volunteer buddy Julian was born and raised in Puerto Rico and you can see him representing with his homemade flag below.  It was a true display of latino culture.  One of their bigger hits is Latinoamerica which has an amazing music video to accompany it and the lyrics are great as well.  I recommend viewing even if you can't understand the lyrics, but here is the translation in to English.

Julian representing with his Puerto Rican flag.  He even made it on their official Facebook page here.

I was also fortunate enough the weekend before last to catch some acoustic live music by Luis Enrique in Esteli with some friends.  His music is also full of Nicarguan history as he touches on the contra war and how to assemble an AK 47 which was broadcast to Nicaraguan troops from Honduras during the war to educate the soldiers.  It was my buddy Nelson's b-day so at one point we actually got him to do a shout out and dedicate a song to the volunteers of Chinandega.  Live music is something that has always been such a huge part of my life and I have really been missing it.  I think I got a good fix for the time being, but there is always room for more!  If you think of it, send some new music my way if there is anything new out that you know I'd like.  I hate being behind on the music scene down here.

International Women's Day

Here in Nicaragua International Women's Day or "Dia de la mujer" is a national holiday and rightfully so.  The women of this country prove over and over to be survivors where they are by no means the dominant  sex.  Nicaraguan women usually take sole responsibility for taking care of the children, providing food for their families, all the while they are usually expected to bring in additional income to the household.  Here women are typically told what to do and never have the right to complain about their work load or the lack of their own personal needs being met.   Yet the women of this country are the ones that will have the largest influence on bringing us out of poverty.  Studies have shown that when women are given control over the family finances, that more funds are spent on such things as education, healthy foods and typically result in a higher standard of living.  If we can empower more women to stand up and make healthy decisions for their families we can take one giant leap in the right direction.

 It has been a personal goal for me, as you probably already gathered, to empower and work with women during my service.   Some of the training we do with our women at Pro Mujer focuses on women's rights.  We cover their rights in a sexual relationship, for instance the right to choose the number of children they want to have and to realize its ok to walk away from an unhealthy abusive relationship.  Self-esteem has also worked it's way in to many of the talks I give to women.

To celebrate this holiday I organized a Women's Empowerment Fair along with an organization called Movimiento de Mujeres de Chinandega.  This organization is a non profit aiming to fight and eliminate violence towards women.  The goal of this fair was to present women with all the possible resources they could take advantage of in our community to empower themselves and better their lives.  We had presence from healthcare organizations, microfinance institutions like Pro Mujer, women artisans, as well as other NGOs to educate on topics such as HIV/AIDS protection.

I invited my women artisans who make the jewelry from shells, which now has the official name of Artesania del Mar.  They sold a lot of jewelry and gained some confidence in their products as well as some sales skills.  The different booths were set up with flyers and different tid bits of information along side the central park here in Chinandega.  We also had guest appearances from a youth folklore dance team, a local orchestra, as well as skits depicting violence in the household and how it can be handled.  My site mate Nelson designed a game to create awareness about HIV/AIDs by creating a wheel of fortune like contraption where players had to answer certain questions about HIV/AIDs prevention and transmission to win a prize.

Over all it was a great success and I am definitely doing it again next year!  Wear that purple ribbon with pride ladies!  Felicidades a las mujeres!

Artesania del Mar- my women and their jewelry

My Pro Mujer team

Nelson and his HIV/AIDs game

me sporting a prize sponsored by Pro Mujer

Jinotega Marathon

These last couple of weeks have been solid full of work while I bounce between the beaches and mountains for my weekend fun.

Two weekends ago I found myself on the beaches of Leon celebrating my good friend Kate's birthday with a pinata, grilled fish, bonfires and surfing.  The department of Chinandega has a reputation for being very social and taking advantage of the wonderful beaches that surround us.  We planned a fun filled weekend for about 15 of us all in honor of Kate, well also just in honor of having a darn good time together.  We happened to come across five Peace Corps volunteers from Costa Rica whom made us realize just how awesome Nicaragua is.  Don't get me wrong, these guys were a ton of fun, but at the end of the day we have great people in the Nica program and some beautiful undiscovered and undeveloped land that we get to frolic in for two years.

Cheers to Kate!

During the week I have been diligently planning with my teachers to make sure my high school seniors start the school year off with a bang.  We are covering such topics as Entrepreneurship, types of businesses, and the creativity needed to create a new and interesting product.  At Pro Mujer I created and distributed a survey to identify women small business owners who have big dreams for their business, but just need a little guidance to realize those goals.  My project is to select a handful of women who I can really spend some quality time advising them on their business plan and future goals.  I have also been working with my women who make the jewelry out of shells on their marketing strategy and packaging while successfully putting their products in  two new stores, one in Leon and one in Chinandga.  This past week also served as a training week in Chinandega for new health volunteers where I got to take part in HIV/AIDS talks at events such as mens billiards tournaments.

The next weekend was spent on my very own Chinandega beach surfing, just the guys and I.  The five of them are all agriculture volunteers so it was no surprise that each night we had a massive bonfire on the beach to grill our fish over.  I had an awesome time just taking in the sun, surfing and catching up with good friends.  On Saturday I made the trip with my buddy Maclaine to the northern city of Jinotega to run a half marathon that the Peace Corps was helping organize.

The northern mountainous regions of Nicaragua are known to be much cooler and the people boast about their beautiful vistas.  I got a chance to breathe in some of this fresh crisp mountainous air last  weekend at the Jinotega half marathon.  I realized just how accustomed I had become to the heat when the cold morning air of about 60 degrees was almost unbearable.  We ran the 13.1 miles through valleys and up and down mountains, which I was totally not trained for.  The beautiful views and cool weather made up for the challenging terrain.  I was really impressed with the amount of Nicaraguan participation in the actual race, but a bit less impressed with the logistics of the race.  We stayed in a church that had been remodeled in to dorm style living where I slept on the floor on a thin mattress the night before the race.  We were woken up at 5 am to bus the entire length of the race to turn around and run back the direction we just came, very counter intuitive if you ask me.  Over all it was a ton of fun and I would do it all over again next year.  The other volunteers that were a part of the event really made it an experience to remember.  The next evening we headed to yet another mountainous city called Matagalpa where we rewarded ourselves with the comfort of great Italian food, wine and a cozy hostel.

Couple of us half marathoners before the race

Starting the trek through the mountains

Post race wine with my buddy Andrew

This week is the women's empowerment fair that I have been working on for quite some time.  Peace Corps along with Pro Mujer and several other NGOs in Chinandega are getting together in the central park to display all the different services for women in our community.   The event is in honor of International Women's Day on March 8th.  We will have representation from women's right organizations, health NGOs, and microfinance institutions.  I have also invited women artisans in the community to come sell their products including my jewelry ladies from the beaches.  To top it off there will be entertainment consisting of a performance by a youth orchestra and a folklore dance number as well.

Today I ate my first mango of the season which made me oh so happy.  One of my teachers and I spent some quality time together picking the ripe mangos from our high schools trees after the kids all left.  Not a bad way to spend an hour or so after lunch.  We were a good team.  Silvia had the ten foot long stick and I was designated mango catcher.  I know I know, always so hard at work.

I'm going to leave you with a song that I just can't get out of my head.  I think I'm obsessed.  It's in portugese, but oh so catchy! Ai Se Eu Te Pego by Michel Telo.

PRO MUJER!

So you might be wondering exactly why the Pro Mujer link has been in my blog resources section for the past several months.  Well FINALLY, as of two weeks ago, I am working with Pro Mujer!  I even have the desk and Pro Mujer polo shirt to prove it, but honestly I'm just friggin excited to be a part of this microfinance movement they have going on.

This NGO is no joke, these women work hard!  I found myself reviewing Nicarguan Microfinance laws and regulations with my peers at 5:30 on a Friday night.  I don't think I would have ever been caught dead in my cubicle on a Friday night in my corporate job.  These women take their job seriously and I dig it.

So what exactly does Pro Mujer do you ask?

Mission:Pro Mujer is an international women’s development and microfinance organization whose mission is to provide Latin America’s poor women with the means to build livelihoods for themselves and futures for their families through microfinance,business training, and healthcare support. 


Pro Mujer fights poverty by establishing sustainable microfinance organizations that provide an integrated package of financial and human development services that women require to build and improve their small businesses. 

Are you seeing how their mission is directly related to my work in advising small business owners and my personal goal of empowering women?  Perfect match!  The business training is where I come in.

Gloria Ruiz is the director of Pro Mujer Nicaragua and is located about 30 minutes away in the city of Leon.  Pro Mujer was originally started in Bolivia and the model was then replicated to open its second branch in the Leon/Chinandega region of Nicaragua in 1996. They now operate in Argentina, Peru and Mexico.  Let me tell yea this Gloria(see pic) chic is a fireball!  She is barely 5 feet tall and just overflowing with energy and excitement. She showed up along with the head of HR and the head of the Chinandega office to sign my contract along with my Peace Corps boss Georgia.  When the contract was signed, all 5 ft ish of her came over to me to give me "my initiation hug" which I had to bend way down for to be welcomed as part of the team. She told me her vision for me is to find a method to identify the most motivated of our clients with upside potantial and work with them one-on-one, as well as choose a bit larger of a group to do more technical training with such topics as accounting, economics, marketing and the like.  The cool part is I get to design and then implement this plan as well as carry it out.  Right now I'm getting to know the organization inside and out.

This last week has been spent shadowing credit analysts and visiting community meetings amongst the women in rural communities to ask about their goals and what additional training they could benefit from.  All day this last Friday was an internal training at Pro Mujer for all the analysts and also including my boss Anexis.  This was such an awesome experience because these women, along with the acception of a few men employees, are a tight knit group and I got to know everyone on a more personal level.  We played dynamicas(get to know each other games) and role plays with each other.  At one point I was barefoot racing my counterpart to grab a balloon with a question in it as everyone cheered us on.  You don't typically see this in the U.S. financial workplace.  Something else you don't see either is using documents with client sensitive information as scratch paper in a trianing.  That would have violated so many policies on so many levels at Vanguard where I used to work!  My eyes were bugging out of my head when I turned my scratch paper over to read a clients account number and whole name, what!?!?

Today I attended a meeting in a rural community where we were assessing 22 women to see if they were eligible to receive credit.  The fun thing is that they are already all friends.  One of the requirements for the group recieveing individual micro loans is that they are all tight knit because this model draws on the confianza(trust) that brings these women together.  If one woman defaults her friends and community know about it and have to pick up her slack.  No one wants that type of track record so it basically helps eliminate defaults.  See Grameen Bank Model Methodology which Muhammed Yunus earned the Nobel Peace Prize for in 2006.   In this rural community I basically walked around to every single small business in Chichigalpa(Nica's main rum producer) asking about what they plan to do with the money they receive from the loan and how they operate their business currently.  It was quite an experience.  The next day I returned to give a talk about generating new business ideas, leveraging local resources and evaluating competition in the market place.

Over all everyone at Pro Mujer is very welcoming and I'm getting to know each analyst one by one as I travel with them to rural communities.  I certainly feel like part of the team.  They seem to take me seriously although my spanish is less than perfect.  They all think its hilarious to speak to me in tid bits of english, really I just don't see how its that funny.  I love the fact that we will travel 45 mins by bus just to stop in and chat with the women in a rural community and build relationships for a half hour and then 45 min bus back.  It's all about the relationships and I can really appreciate their methods of getting to know these women they call clients.  I can't wait to see how my project with this NGO unfolds.

Work has been really gratifying to say the least.  I have also had some fun camping on the beach and waking  up for 6 am high tide to the sound of waves crashing.  Nothing better than watching the sun rise over the mountains from the ocean just floatin on your surfboard.  Well maybe sunset.....I also took a trip to the colonial city of Granada for the International Poetry Festival which was a cool cultural experience.

Just some observations I've had over the last few days that have made me chuckle.  I never drink purified water or out of a regular glass anymore, its always a Nalgene bottle and its always straight from the tap.  Only in Nica can one loose their cell phone while mountain biking and then ask the rural communities of shacks if anyone has seen it and actually get a response like" ya the girl in the shack down the way has it". What?! awesome!  And then the little girl who is 5 says she'll give it back to me for 100 cords, seriously?  at this age?  I no longer use bug spray daily or get eaten alive by mosquitos, I think I've finally adjusted.  I wear ear plugs every night, but have no problem passing out on a loud crowded bus with the wind in my face, who would have ever thought this possible!

Somoto Canyon and Superbowl

February has gotten off to a great start!  I am now as busy as ever between my NGO Pro Mujer, preparing for the school year, Coco Loco, business advising and now working on HIV/AIDS education as well.

But, with all of that going on I have had time to do a little traveling before the school year officially starts. I traveled last weekend to the northern parts of Nicaragua which are known for their coffee, cigars, mountains, and cool weather.  I rolled in to Managua on a Friday night and picked up two of my friends Jake and Noelle to head north.  Standing on a 6 pm crowded bus three hours north was not the highlight of the trip, but what awaited us in the town of Esteli was worth the trip.  We arrived in Esteli to a cool breeze which was foreign to me at this point after only a month back in Nica.  I busted out my sweatshirt and had legit chills before putting it on.  We met up with some fellow volunteers and our new friend Rodney who served as a volunteer back in 2004-2006 and has written much of the Nicaraguan Moon Book Travel Guide.  He promised to show us a good time, but we really had no idea what was coming.  After some wings and beers we headed to a club called Cigarzone.  In my mind the north was cooler cowboy country so I sported some jeans, toms, and a knit t-shirt.  As we walk through the dirt to the entrance of the club, I start to realize that I may be under dressed, but what the hell I'm typically out of place in this country in every way anyways.  Not until I entered the Vegas-style club did I realize just how "special" I looked next to some of Nica's finest!  I'm talking stilletos, lether stretch pants, and cocktail dresses kind of joint.  Who knew this existed here!  To top it off there was a live performance by Rasta Jam with his hit song Borrachos se Cae(the drunks fall).  Watch the video, its hilarious that this represents popular Nica music.  Then picture several Niacarguan women with bellies flopping over their pants dancing along on stage with the black dude with horrendously long dreads.....classic!

After a night that lasted in to the wee hours of the mornin we woke up the next day to head to Somoto Canyon.  This is Nica's only canyon, just recently discovered in 2006 surprisingly. As you wind back in to the steep crevices, the canyon reveals just how truly beautiful it is.  The walls get so steep at points that you have no choice but to swim the cool clear water that runs through the canyon.  We spent several hours in the canyon on Saturday hiking in and relaxing on sandy beaches.  I thought it was such a neat experience I had to go back the next morning to hike farther in.  At points there are small waterfalls to boulder up and high ledges to jump off in to the cool pools of water.  What really impressed me about the whole experience was that the locals were hiking and boating the canyon, taking full advantage of the canyon's beauty.  This is rather rare in my experience with Nicaraguans.  Typically Nicaraguans don't go seeking physical activity and swimming especially  is not a common skill set, but the Somotans know what an awesome thing they have going on.  Many locals will take you on a guided hike of the canyon and then put you up with their family on the canyon ridge for the night.  I am definitely going back to camp and rock climb it!

Entering the Canyon

We had to swim most of it because the walls are so steep

Noelle and I swimming our way up 

This shot reminds me of AZ

The crew

That evening we made our way up even further north to the city of Ocotal to join about 50 other volunteers to watch the Superbowl.  We never fail to have a down right good time when all of us get together.  I got to reunite with my training group from Nandasmo as well as represent with all my Chinandegan site mates.  When I came to Nica I was with the rest of my business group as well as a group of Agricultural volunteers who are generally places up north in more rural sites so it was a nice chance for them to come out of the wood work share what they've been up to.

The next day I basically ate my way back to Chinandega with a cuban lunch back in Esteli and a dinner of ribs in Leon.  This made a long day of traveling much more enjoyable with good food and good company.

To counteract that beastly music video I provided a link to earlier I'd like to share some actual tasteful Latino music that I've been really in to lately, they have a lot of great songs but Corre! by Jesse & Joy is their main hit. Not a fan of the video really but hope ya like the music!