It's 9:53am on Friday as I type these words. I have a 1:00pm rehearsal in Virginia not too far from Georgetown so I'm going to stop by Cabanas early to drop off my sound system.

Yesterday, I had a school show again at Las Tapas at 11:00am this time with dancer Sarah Hart. She's young (senior in high school) and has a lot of potential as a performer. The least I can do is give her performance opportunities whenever I can to help her develop.

Our performance and presentation weren't bad but they weren't our best. I talked with Sarah about this and we both felt the same way. First of all, I arrived at Las Tapas with just barely enough time to setup my sound system as the students arrived. I wasn't warmed-up and was in such a hurry this morning I skipped breakfast (bad, bad, bad!). Sarah wasn't quite as warmed-up as she could've been. Oh well. The show must go on and it did. The students weren't as lively and responsive as the ones in Wednesday's school show. So my little lecture seemed to fall on deaf ears. I asked for questions throughout the presentation and there were no responses until the very end when we were about to end.

"How long have you been playing the guitar?"

"How long have you been dancing?"

"What are the origins of this music?" Finally a good question, yay!

Sarah and Miguelito at the Andalucia. April 20, 2006 8:43pm

Afterwards, we waited for the manager to arrive, collected our paychecks and headed outside to a beautifully sunny day. Sarah and her mother went window shopping and got some lunch. I went down to the waterfront and grabbed a quick bite. Got on the metro and headed home, took a short nap, woke up, splashed water on my face and headed towards Andalucia in Rockville in time to setup and do a show with Sarah again. This time we performed so much better, plus we had some dancer friends in the audience. Sarah danced Sevillanas and tientos/tangos, took a break then came back to do solea, Sevillanas again and bulerias.