Claudia Easton and Hector Márquez at Las Tapas. July 1, 2008 9:04pm (photo by Jason Vera y Aragón)
It's 12:55pm on Wednesday as I type these words. While I do have a few errands to run, it's really my day off. But first I thought I'd publish some pics from last night at Las Tapas.
The dancers were Claudia Easton and Kyoko. My singer friend Hector Márquez joined us onstage. And Jason Vera y Aragón was our photographer for the evening. Enjoy!
Sara Jerez and Miguelito at Cafe Citron. June 30, 2008 8:51pm (photo by Jani)
It's almost 4:00am on Tuesday as I type these words. Believe it or not, I left Citron at midnight (early by my standards), took the metro and walked in the door around 12:30am. Just one of those of nights when I felt like going home early to work on personal stuff instead of partying late as usual. Since I'm wide awake, I might as well publish some pics from last night's show.
Singer/guitarist Gerard Moreno, who normally performs with us on Monday nights at Citron, was out of town doing a lecture tour--in case you didn't already know, he was recently awarded a doctorate in ethnomusicology. Anywayz, the substitute singer couldn't make it to Citron (due to a scheduling mixup--these things happen sometimes), so I decided to book a second dancer instead. The evening's lineup consisted of myself on guitar with dancers Sara Jerez and Shahram.
As usual, my friend Jani volunteered to be our photographer for the evening. Enjoy!
Members of Arte Flamenco onstage at the Latino Fest at Patterson Park in Baltimore. June 22, 2008 12:14 (photo courtesy of Claudia Easton)
It's 1:45pm on Monday as I type these words. My dancer friend Claudia sent me pics from her performance with Arte Flamenco at the Latino Fest from Sunday June 22, 2008. She writes:
"There was a nice crowd for Latino Fest, and the festival set-up was much more fluid and professional, but the stage was definitely set up for a band, not Flamenco (giant speakers, lots of amps across the front, wires everywhere). The crowd loved it, though, especially since Manolo [Leiva] came and sang a couple numbers for us..."
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Sara Jerez, Ginette Perea, Hector Márquez and Miguelito at Las Tapas. June 24, 2008 9:18pm (photo by Paul Bruhns)
Last night (Tuesday) at Las Tapas I ran into an old friend, Paul Bruhns. Years ago, he used to go out to local tablaos every single week. But now that he lives in Buffalo, New York where the flamenco scene is not quite as active as it is here in DC, coming to Las Tapas last night for him was like reliving the good ol' times!
Paul gladly volunteered to be our photographer for the evening. Enjoy!
Jason Vera y Aragón and Pam de Campo dancing Sevillanas at Cafe Citron. June 2, 2008 9:40pm (photo by Mauricio Velarde)
Astronomically speaking, the summer official started with the summer solstice on Friday June 20th. For me, it began on June 2nd at Cafe Citron: it was first time in a long time that after the flamenco show, my friends and I stayed out pretty much all night...the weather was warm, people were more in a partying mood than usual, it seemed summer was already in the air!
My friend Mauricio Velarde happily volunteered to be my photographer during my second set. The dancer for the evening was Pam de Ocampo.
Dancer Ginette Perea dancing soleá at Cafe Citron. June 16, 2008 9:50pm (photo by Jani)
It's 2:47pm on Thursday as I type these words. Here are some random pics from last Monday at Cafe Citron taken by my friend Jani. Enjoy!
Guitarist Behzad Habibzai. May 31, 2008 6:10pm
It's 1:50pm on Wednesday as I type these words. Been more than a week since I last blogged and although the beautiful, relatively cooler, weather is calling out to me, I just had to publish at least one quickie blog entry. These are from Arte Flamenco's performance at the Washington Folk Festival. Enjoy!
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Ginette Perea, Mateo Romero and Isabelita Otero at Cabanas. May 30, 2008 9:55pm
It's 1pm-ish on Monday as I type these words. Gotta a serious backlog of pics from this weekend. These are from Friday night at Cabanas and Isabelita's birthday party afterwards. Enjoy!
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Emily Mazzotti, Pam de Ocampo, Hector Márquez and Miguelito at Las Tapas. May 27, 2008 8:45pm (photo by Marylin Márquez)
It's 10am on Friday as I type these words. I'm on a weird sleep schedule again, but I think I'll go out for a walk and enjoy the beautiful weather before coming back and spending the afternoon taking a nap.
Anywayz, here are some pics from Tuesday night at Las Tapas. The dancers were Emily Mazzotti and Pam de Ocampo. We had the pleasure of having some inspiring cante by Hector Márquez. Plus we had in the audience two other young singers: "Naíto" and Marylin Márquez. Enjoy!
Hector Márquez, "Naíto," Mateo Romero and Ginette Perea arrive at the venue in New Jersey after a long four-hour drive. May 23, 2008 (photo by Marylin Márquez)
It's 1-something in the morning on Thursday as I type these words. My friend Marylin Márquez gave me permission to republish pics from her Facebook album of a flamenco concert she photographed in New Jersey. The performance was setup by her brother Hector who writes:
"We went to Pateron, New Jersey for a gig. It was very difficult with the four-hour drive and a bit of traffic but we managed to get there early to have a run-through of the show and have a sound check. The locals treated us very well. With an inspired band we put on an amazing show. Our band Pata Negra was sooo tired of the drive that we got there with no duende at all but just minutes before the opening guitar solo we all felt the duende coming back. It was a very upbeat and moving concert to the point where I even got up to dance a "patada" of bulerías! After the show there were many people who wanted to take pictures with us and thank us for coming. The photographer was Marylin Márquez."
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Clásico Español. May 17, 2008 8:36pm
This is the last batch of photos from the Arte Flamenco recital. Enjoy!
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Sevillanas. May 17, 2008 7:39pm
It's 12:30-something on Tuesday afternoon. I should've been out the door half an hour ago. So I'll let the pics speak for themselves. Enjoy!
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My name is Michael Perez, but everyone calls me Miguelito. I'm a full-time flamenco guitarist based in Washington DC, USA.
This is a self-published account of my day-to-day life. It's meant to be educational and inspirational for my readers and therapeutic for myself--a way of reflecting on each day and recounting the good and not-so-good parts and how I can learn from them and grow. Happy reading!
The camera I currently use for the photos published here is the Canon Powershot S3 IS.
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