Instant friends April 28, 2006
It's 10:25am on Saturday as I type these words. Just got up and I'm running late already so this'll be short and sweet. :-)
Yesterday I went to Alliance Dance Institute to rehearse with Marsha. We're performing tonight at the Spring Showcase during the dance party at her studio. I'm pretty excited because it's the culmination of months of rehearsing and it's also a different kind of challenge: we're performing for a crowd of serious dancers--not flamencos but serious dancers nonetheless.
Afterwards, I headed to Georgetown in time to setup my sound system and perform at Cabanas.
Sunset at the waterfront. April 28, 2006 7:48pm
Got an email from Monica a few days earlier asking me about the show at Cabanas. She was meeting a friend at National Airport who was just arriving and wanted to take her out to a flamenco show. She and her friend Colette are dancers at the Columbia Restaurant in Tampa, Florida. Actually, Monica had to step down from performing to make time to go back to school. Anyway, it was my pleasure to welcome these two ladies to Cabanas--the first time they'd see a tablao show in DC.
Cool thing is that being regular readers of my blog, they felt like they knew me so well, which they did. So it didn't take very long for us to warm-up to each other and get to know them too. It certainly helped that they are experienced flamenco performers (the Columbia Restaurant where they have performed has shows 6 nights a week!) so we had a lot in common already.
Colette, Miguelito and Monica. April 28, 2006 10:49pm
They arrived here directly from the airport via taxi and didn't know how to get to the metro. So at the end of the evening I offered to walk them to Foggy Bottom. Along the way I gave them a tour of Georgetown.
Walking down M St in Georgetown. April 29, 2006 12:00am
I better go get dressed and out the door. I'm meeting a friend for breakfast as usual at El Patio. Then I have dance class at noon until 2:30pm. Then I have to stop by Cabanas again to pick up my sound system and head towards Alexandria where the Alliance Dance Institute is located and rehearse at 6:30pm, perform at 10:00pm with Marsha and get back home preferably before midnight to join the festivities at the Sala Rociera at my house, the Pink Flamenco. Whew! A busy but fun flamenco-filled day. Ciao!
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