Monday with Miguelito. August 21, 2006
August 21, 2006 8:21am
Yesterday (Monday), I paid an early morning visit to my parents' house on the way to the dentist and my mom had a couple of nice surprises for me. As you probably know, last year I was interviewed for entertainment section articles in the Washington Post and Arlington Connection newspapers. Of course, I always grab a few copies when these papers come out to give to a few of my friends and family.
She obviously put a lot of work into assembling these two collages that frame the articles. Plus it means a lot to me that I'm making her proud--my mom is also a classically-trained musician (she majored in music at USC) and I followed in her footsteps and make a living playing flamenco guitar full-time.
August 21, 2006 8:24am
Also this past Saturday at Tapeo, a producer from WETA came to interview Ginette Perea and yours truly for an arts scene radio program called Out and About which will also include some sound bites of our performance. I'll let you know the exact date when it will be on the air--sometime during Hispanic Heritage Month which is September 15-October 15.
Yeah it's a small thrill to see my face and words in the papers. But c'mon, I've been working hard to build my good reputation in the local arts scene over the past 15 years so I do deserve whatever little coverage I get, but I seriously believe that my website had a lot to do with the media taking notice of us flamencos. So I'm going to pat myself on the back for that. Good job Miguelito! :-)
Fast forward a few hours later (and yeah the dental checkup went smoothly), I was at Cafe Citron getting ready for my show...
Yours truly warming-up before the show. August 21, 2006 6:55pm
Miguelito, Gerard and Mariya. August 21, 2006 9:18pm (photo by Raluca)
During the second set, after the Sevillanas Gerard and I usually play a rumba which we did except Gerard sang the birthday song instead as one of our friends brought out a cake to our dancer Mariya. Happy Birthday Mariya! (Thanks to Jason for providing the cake.)
Saw some old friends like Raluca who brought along more friends (thank you Raluca!).
Itziar (from País Vasco), Miguelito, Raluca (from Romania), Andre, John and Alana. August 21, 2006 9:48pm (photo by Ashok)
Karine and Jack. August 21, 2006 10:17pm
My friend Ashok brought along a bunch of friends too (thank you Ashok!).
Ciro, Ashok, Giulia, Isabel (from Ecuador), Arnaud (from France), Mariya and Davide (from Italy). August 21, 2006 10:29pm
Got home around midnight and went straight to bed. It's 8:54am on Monday now and I got a bunch of morning errands so once I publish this blog entry I'm out the door. Ciao for now!
P.S. just heard that when my mambo dancer roommate moves out in September/October, I'll have a flamenco dancer moving in upstairs, yay!
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Comments
It's great that your mom supports you. It's nice to have that support especially for something that you love to do. Keep up the work. You never know when you may be playing accompanying a singer or maybe for yourself at a sold out arena!
Posted by: Lisa Francisco | August 22, 2006 5:16 PM