.. Different Kinds of Cumbia ..?

Question

(Trying to figure this out so I know what to tell the DJ for my wedding)

There's a certain kind of Cumbia my in-laws like.. We were at a wedding recently and they were all stubborn to dance because they said it wasn't "the right kind of Cumbia".. and they were all talking ****.. lol you know how it is so I don't want that to happen at my wedding!

SOME of the music I've heard them listening to:
los Yaguaru
Beto y Sus Canarios
K-Paz

The one they don't like is fast, and the one I've heard them play and seen them dance to is slower and you dance to it differently.. I don't know if it has an official name or type of Cumbia.. Or which country it is from..

Also heard them listening to :

"Escandalo"
&
"Cumbia Sampuesana"

BUT they COULD be listening to it yet it's not the type they like to dance to.. And yes I've asked them and they don't explain good.. They don't want to or something.. eh you know how Mexican families are..

Answer 1

1. I know that Mexico has its cumbia, and that it spills over into Texas, but the country that, on an international level, is most associated with cumbia, is Colombia.

2. Of the artists songs you mentioned, I only recognised "Cumbia Sampuesana", composed by Joaquin Betin. In its original version, it is a very rootsy/folksy style of cumbia. However, it has been covered by various artists, and so its interpretation and arrangement is subject to a great deal of variation:-
(a) Crescencio Salcedo y Conjunto (Colombia) - you can hear a clip here.
http://www.colarte.arts.co/colarte/conspintores.asp?idartista=13152
(b) Aniceto Molina (Colombia/Texas)
http://www.rdsmarketing.com/AnicetoMolina.html
(c) Yani Camarena ("El Mexicano de Fuego")
http://www.answers.com/topic/yani-camarena-2003-album-by-yani-camarena
(d) La Tropa Vallenata (Mexico)
http://www.answers.com/topic/hoja-en-blanco-grandes-exitos
(e) Tatico Henriquez (Dominican Republic)
http://home-3.tiscali.nl/~pjetax/tipico/tatico_henriquez.html
(f) Conjunto Tipico Vallenato (Colombia) - this is the version most well-known here in the UK, because of the Cumbia Cumbia album, released by the London-based World Circuit label.
http://www.worldcircuit.co.uk/#About
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Colombia-Cumbia-Vol-1-Various-Artists/dp/B0000023UW/sr=1-50/qid=1164473405/ref=sr_1_50/202-7701476-3020631?ie=UTF8&s=music
http://shopping.yahoo.com/p:Cumbia%20Cumbia:1921079593;_ylc=X3oDMTB1bTRuODM0BF9TAzk2NjMyOTA3BHNlYwNmZWVkBHNsawNtdXNpYw--

3. World Circuit Records also issued a CD called Cumbia Cumbia 2 which contains older, slower, big band cumbia from the 1950s and 1960s. Might this be what your in-laws like?
http://music.kelkoo.co.uk/b/a/cpc_150701_ps_589012_gs_15811461.html
http://cd.ciao.co.uk/Colombia_Cumbia_Cumbia_Vol_2_Various_Artists__5969317

4. I am not sure how well I addressed your question! However maybe some of the webpages will help you. If not, just write me off as another crazy Englishman.