Miguelito, Ginette, Cynthia and Mariya. May 5, 2006 9:24pm (photo by Keith)

Cynthia, a student of Marsha Bonet's, came just in time for the second show. So happens that her birthday wasn't until Saturday, but I went ahead and ordered a slice of Cabanas' ultra-decadent chocolate cake (if you're a chocoholic, you must try this) with a candle on it. Ginette and Mariya joined me in singing Happy Birthday to her. A few minutes later, my guitarist friend Steve showed up--which was cool because, since becoming a proud father, he hasn't been going out to shows as much as he used to.

These are pics from the second show...

Ginette getting in the mood as I play the intro to solea por bulerias. May 5, 2006 9:53pm (photo by Keith)

May 5, 2006 9:58pm (photo by Keith)

At one point towards the end of her solea por bulerias, unexpectedly a very enthusiastic female member of the audience came up and threw a bunch of dollar bills on the stage raining down upon Ginette as she continued to dance without flinching even once. A very nice gesture on the part of the audience member but usually I see this sort of thing typically at belly dance shows. Mariya acted quickly in removing the money from the stage so Ginette wouldn't slip.

May 5, 2006 9:59pm (photo by Keith)

During the first show, a twenty-something-year-old girl walked through our performance space without hesitation, as if we weren't onstage performing. Ugh. I never thought I'd reach the age where I'd say: "The younger generation has no manners." It's just my perception, right? Well, Ginette (who's about to turn 21 this month) brought this up and she totally agrees with me, in general, younger people these days really have no manners!

Mariya in alegrias. May 5, 2006 10:01pm (photo by Keith)

May 5, 2006 10:01pm (photo by Keith)

May 5, 2006 10:03pm (photo by Keith)

Miguelito playing intro to fin de fiesta bulerias. May 5, 2006 10:08pm (photo by Keith)

May 5, 2006 10:10pm (photo by Keith)

Mariya. May 5, 2006 10:12pm (photo by Keith)

Yeah, I finally got around to stopping by Guitar Center's lighting department, so we're back to two lights again, yay! They cost me $25 each, but they add a dramatic and professional touch to the show that makes it so worth the money.

May 5, 2006 10:14pm (photo by Keith)

For a change, we sat in one of the booths and ordered dinner (usually we just eat at the bar). Ginette's friend James later joined us and we just hung out, listened to the house and chillout music (there was a DJ especially here for the Cinco de Mayo night) and enjoyed the view from our table.

James, Ginette, Cynthia and Steve. May 6, 2006 12:26am

View from the table: the oh-so-photogenic Miguelito! :-) May 6, 2006 12:25am (photo by Ginette)

Ginette doesn't look bad here. :-) May 6, 2006 12:27am

Thanks to my website being down for a day, I missed a day of blogging. Oh well. It's been down before for brief periods that didn't really concern me, but when it was inaccessible for 18 hours straight this weekend, I kinda freaked out. I mean it's just a website, and yeah I have all the info backed up, but it would've taken me so much time to upload it all on a new webhost even on a broadband connection. Currently, I have more than 850 megabytes of dcflamenco-related files on my server! As a concerned reader of my website commented "Technology is wonderful when it works!"