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Wednesday, March 1, 2000
City to host April filming of 'Caliente' beach party
USS Inchon and Texas A&M-Corpus Christi campus could be sites for filming of Spanish-language show
By Deborah Mart¡nez
Caller-Times
Pounding rhythms, spicy salsas and dance moves too hip to be named yet could hit the USS Inchon and Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi as Univision's beach party comes to Corpus Christi in April.
Details still are sketchy, but Navy officials are interested in the network's proposal to film the Spanish-language dance show, "Caliente," on the ship, said Ensign Chuck Bell, public affairs officer for Mine Warfare Command.
And Trent Hill, vice president for institutional advancement at the university, gave a tour Tuesday to local Univision promotions director Arlene Rivera.
If the show's producers in Miami decide to shoot at A&M-Corpus Christi, the school's administration likely will agree, Hill said.
"We're looking to find a good site that will work for them and work for us," Hill said. "It's a positive for Corpus and it's a positive for the university, so what a great way to spotlight the community on a national scale. If we can work it out to where it's a win-win situation, you bet we'll do it."
"Caliente" is produced by Univision, the top Spanish-language network in the United States, and reaches 1.7 million adults ages 18 to 49 during primetime, ranking it fifth behind NBC, Fox, ABC and CBS.
Local affiliate, KORO-TV/28, will have casting calls for the show, which promotional materials say is filmed in locales that are described as the hippest and most spectacular.
Tryouts will be March 9 at Wooly Bully's, and March 25 at Feminique, an all-female workout gym.
KORO is looking for about 300 dancers, all of whom should be at least 18. The show's producers are expected to come down and film April 8-9, Rivera said.
The USS Inchon and A&M-Corpus Christi's distinction as the country's only university located on an island intrigued the show's producers, said Araceli De Leon, general manager at KORO.
"When we told them about the university, they said, 'Oh my God, that's great' " she said. "Those are the people we're trying to attract, the young (demographic).
"To me, it's very exciting to get them onto that ship, because there's a push to recruit Hispanics into the Navy, and what better way with the fact that it's going to be seen nationwide."
Bell said the shoot definitely would be a plus for the Navy if it all comes through.
"It increases exposure of the Navy in a segment of the population that is growing, and that the Navy is interested in recruiting," he said. "We're real interested."
Chief Warrant Officer Patrick Nimmo, aboard the Inchon, said the shoot's possibility there has the sailors excited.
Sailors aren't expected to actually be noticeable amongst the crowd's dancers, but there may be some sailors dressed in full uniform, standing at attention around the ship, De Leon said.
"We take a lot of pride in the ship," Nimmo said. "It's definitely a positive impact, as far as on the local community."
Staff writer Deborah Mart¡nez can be reached _at 886-3618 or by e-mail at martinezd@caller.com
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