Mariya in soleá. July 10, 2006 9:56pm (photo by Carla Pacheco)

It's 9:37am on Tuesday as I type these words. Crowd-wise last night was a pretty civilized evening at Cafe Citron. I have been performing here for almost five years now, so yeah, I know that it's a bar and drunk people tend to shout a lot. But this time around there weren't that many loudmouths. There was a decent amount of people in the audience and in fact they actually all shut up during my intro to soleá. Loved it!

Mariya tried out some of the Campallo remates that she learned at the Albuquerque festival last month. There were unusual accents galore and I didn't catch all of them on the spot, but oh well. The important thing is that I gave Mariya a solid compás canvas upon which she painted her rhythmic pattern. Next week my accompaniment will be more complementary.

Anywayz, got some morning errands to do so I'll just quickly publish a few pics and head out. The rest of this week is going to be very very busy. I've got rehearsals for the upcoming Peña Flamenca show at American Dance Institute which will be this Saturday. I'm pretty excited especially since I'll get to work with singer Alfonso Cid for the first time not to mention that some of Anna Menendez's very talented most advanced students will be performing. Buy your tickets early--I have a small supply for sale, just talk to me at one of my tablao shows this week: tonight at Las Tapas, Wednesday at Cafe Bonaparte or Thursday at Andalucía.

Hopefully, I'll finish my errands early and be able to squeeze in a movie this afternoon. Ciao for now. Enjoy the pics!