Samantha in Venezuela. October 2006
Samantha (left) with a fellow dancer. October 2006 (photo by Julio Suárez)
I first met Samantha this past July at Cafe Citron. She's a dance student that was visiting for a few weeks from Caracas, Venezuela. She sent me some pics from a performance from last week. It took place at the tablao El Jaleo in a town called El Hatillo. She writes:
Hola Miguelito! Al fin tengo las fotos del Jaleo, aquí te envio algunas con los nombres de todo el elenco. Muchos Saludos, nos vemos pronto. -Samantha
October 2006 (photo by Julio Suárez)
Here's the list of credits, courtesy of Samantha:
Solista: Veronica Palacios
Elenco: Gabriela Ayllon, Ana Taranton, Jessica Fandiño, Jeaninne Mendez-Vigo, Fabiana Rivas, Ysabella Sanchez, Patricia Simmons, Andrea Suels, Samantha Zerpa
Invitados: Daniel Riera, Eduardo Gonzalez, Eliéser Moreno, Carlos Meza “El Torbellino”
Percusión: Juan Carlos Herrera
Dirección y Producción: Siudy Quintero
Fotos: Julio Suárez
October 2006 (photo by Julio Suárez)
October 2006 (photo by Julio Suárez)
October 2006 (photo by Julio Suárez)
October 2006 (photo by Julio Suárez)
October 2006 (photo by Julio Suárez)
October 2006 (photo by Julio Suárez)
October 2006 (photo by Julio Suárez)
October 2006 (photo by Julio Suárez)
October 2006 (photo by Julio Suárez)
October 2006 (photo by Julio Suárez)
October 2006 (photo by Julio Suárez)
There's a possilibity that Samantha may be moving to the DC area sometime soon to join our very enthusiastic flamenco community as a student and someday as a performer. Of course, she originally found out about flamenco in DC thanks to my website and was thrilled to learn that we have so much going on.
Just can't help but wonder: can you imagine how difficult it would be for a first-time visitor to DC to find out about the local flamenco scene if DCFLAMENCO.COM never existed? OK, here I go off on a tangent...
Sure...nowadays a lot of local flamencos have their own website, but these are for promoting individual artists, dance companies or teachers. And you'd have to google them and look at a LOT of individual websites. But thanks to myself and my many wonderful information sources, you have only have to visit ONE website to find out say 90 percent of the who, what, when and where of the DC flamenco scene. I mean, I personally know more local flamencos than just about anyone and I try my best to keep up with everyone's performances, workshops etc but admittedly sometimes I miss a few announcements. Nobody's perfect and I am a busy person as it is but it's not out of my reach to strive to close up that gap of missing flamenco info.
I'm not really in a whiney mood--well, ok I'm just now getting around to venting about something from last week. I mean I do get a fair amount of praise for all my hard work and dedication, but just wanted to give you all a gentle reminder every now and then so you don't take this all for granted. End of tangent. :-)
Anywayz, just want to say thanks to Samantha for sending me the pics. Looks like you had a lot of fun. Flamenco is supposed to be enjoyable. Keep it up!
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Comments
I certainly agree with you! Everything I know about flamenco in DC (teachers, performances, etc), I learned from your website. I hope you continue it forever.
Ana
Posted by: Ana Reina | November 5, 2006 11:02 AM
Dear Miguelito,
From our part, we appreciate all the work you have put into promoting so many of the flamenco events in the Washington, D.C.-area. Aside from basically doing the PR work for many flamenco students, instructors, and workshop organizers around the area, your Web site has become a venue that continues to draw a growing number of audiences from around town, the US, and globally (as you can notice by Samantha's photos :-)).
We wish you the best always,
Isabel y Isabelita
Posted by: Isabel Otero | November 7, 2006 10:07 PM