August 28, 2006 9:34pm (photo by Ric)

Mariya in soleá. August 28, 2006 9:44pm (photo by Ric)

August 28, 2006 9:46pm (photo by Ric)

Miguelito and Gerard. August 28, 2006 9:49pm (photo by Ric)

August 28, 2006 9:52pm (photo by Ric)

The night got even better, thanks to all the friends (old and new ones) that showed up. The DJ Helio was putting on some good music that got the crowd pumped up and dancing. And overall, there was good vibe the air.

Jason, Oliver, María, Keith, Karine and Miguelito. August 28, 2006 10:12pm

You remember María. She first came to Citron back in May (see the pic). She dances flamenco or at the very least some Sevillanas, but I couldn't convince to get up on stage this time. Anyway, just to update all of her fans, María decided that DC is a nice place to visit but she will remain in London.

Julia Cristina stopped by a little later. She was Jerez this past summer taking some flamenco workshops and even sent me a pic. Her classes at Stanford (where she started up a flamenco club) don't start up until early September, so I invited her to perform at one of my tablao gigs this weekend.

Becca, Julia Cristina and Miguelito. August 28, 2006 10:35pm

OK, María made up for not getting up to dance Sevillanas during my show: she pretty much danced all night long to everything else to the delight of every guy in the club ;-) I even had the pleasure of practicing my salsa moves with her, although it seems she prefers to lead. hehe

María. August 28, 2006 10:46pm

This one cute girl who looked vaguely familiar walked up to me and introduced herself but it took me a while to realize who she was. It was Ally, one of my myspace friends. I've communicated with her via email and seen her pics but this was our first time to meet in person. Anyway, both she and her friend Kelsey, who just graduated from Catholic U where they majored in drama, lived in Sevilla and learned Spanish and some flamenco.

Kelsey, Ally and Miguelito. August 28, 2006 11:48pm

Ally's stayin' in the DC area, so I hope to get her dancin' at least some Sevillanas at Citron one of these Mondays. Kelsey, got an acting gig that has her going on tour starting in September, so it might be a while before we see her here again. But she paid us a nice compliment after the show basically saying that we made her feel like she was back in Spain again. Awww...thanks Kelsey!

I think this was the first really well-attended Monday night here at Citron during the traditionally slow month of August. Lot of college students were back in town for the Fall semester.

María, Mariya, Karine and a very happy Oliver. ;-) August 29, 2006 12:22am

Hey Karine, um...I'm the one who's supposed to get the hot girl's number at the end of the night. ;-) August 29, 2006 12:44am

Karine, Miguelito and María. August 28, 2006

In two weeks, on Monday September 11, it will officially be 5 years that we've been performing here at Cafe Citron, yay! Just giving you the heads up cuz I'll probably wax poetic about my five years here in my blog later. :-)

It's 11:25am on Tuesday as I type these words. I'm getting out of the house now and head towards Citron to pick up my sound equipment before it rains. I'll be performing tonight at Las Tapas in Old Town Alexandria. See you there!