Flamenco Photo Diary and Blog by Miguelito: Flamenco Saturday at Tapeo/Ginette's birthday. May 19, 2007

Mariya dancing at Tapeo. May 19, 2007 (photo by Gil Mendez)

It's 12:29am on Thursday. Ginette's birthday party was last Saturday and yeah, I'm just getting around to publishing the pics. I'm kinda behind on account of the deluge of Feria pics and some personal stuff. Ugh. I'll catch up on emails etc too eventually. Just be patient with me.

Anwayz, this past Saturday, in addition to our usual flamenco show at Tapeo, I organized a little gathering in honor of Ginette's birthday. Here are a couple of pics from the show and the party afterwards. Enjoy!

Ginette. May 19, 2007 (photo by Gil Mendez)

It was the first time in quite a while that I had both Ginette and Mariya dancing here at Tapeo together. They were the ones who performed here when the restaurant first opened in May 2006. I work with these two wonderful ladies all the time. And it's always a blast to share the stage with them, because they really love what they do. I mean yeah, it is a job and we do get paid for it. But they absolutely love flamenco and it shows. And when you pair that enthusiasm with a responsive crowd it makes it an especially enjoyable show for everyone. And that's what we had that night. Plus we had a lot of friends in the audience.

May 19, 2007 9:55pm (photo by Keith)

Miguelito and Gil. May 19, 2007

Eighteen of our friends RSVP'd but as expected the number of actual attendees was slightly less (something like 14 or 15)--you know how it is: someone always cancels at the last minute. But attendance was pretty good considering that it was the night before the Feria and a good number of our flamenco friends were either rehearsing or finished rehearsing but too tired to come to the party.

Serenity cutting the cake. May 19, 2007 (photo by Gil Mendez)

Funny thing though was that I had reserved seating for all 18, but only about 4 or 5 actually sat down at the tables and ordered dinner. The rest hung out at the bar and ordered drinks. Don't get the wrong idea though. The food here at Tapeo is very good. My friends just decided they would congregate at the bar instead. Oh well, what can you do? Hehe.