According to reports in Santo Domingo Gloria Estefan was offered US$500,000 to perform at the wedding of Patricia Alvarez and banker Ramón Báez. Emilio Estefan told the press that the offer was turned down because Gloria Estefan does not perform at weddings anymore. It was reported in the press that Luís Miguel, another popular Latin American singer, returned a US$160,000 down payment that was required in order to wait list to contract a performance of the artist. If the artist had performed at the wedding, it would have been a bill of US$600,000. Juan Luís Guerra and his 4 x 40 group that is in retirement was the star of the evening. A person close to the artist said Guerra had quoted US$200,000 for the night, expecting to be turned down by the banker. The wedding is said to have been the wedding of the century in the Dominican Republic. In addition to Juan Luís Guerra, other artists performing at the wedding reception were Sergio Vargas, Fernando Villalona, Marcos Antonio Muñiz, Armando Manzanero, and the most renown mariachi bands of Mexico. President Leonel Fernández and PRD leader José Francisco Peña Gómez also attended.
