Sarah McKenney dancing seguiriyas at the Washington Folk Fesitval. June 3, 2007 1:59pm

It's 11:43am on Monday. There's no way I'm going to be able to publish pics from the whole show and get out of the house by noon as usual, so I'll just publish them in batches.

So, yesterday (Sunday), Natalia Monteleón's Arte Flamenco performed at the Washington Folk Festival in Glen Echo Park. Despite the rainy weather, humidity and mud, a small but very appreciative crowd showed up to check out the show. Being that this was a festival, there were many other events going on around the same time on other stages nearby. The stage and audience area was covered by a large tent comfortably protecting us from the elements. And once we settled down on the dry grass and cooled off a bit, it wasn't so bad.

Come to think of it, it was quite beautiful with all the trees and other natural vegetation surrounding the performance space--kinda like the experience at Wolf Trap's outdoor amphitheatre. Although, I wish I had the foresight to have worn something other than my nice pair of dress shoes which were now covered in mud and grass. Ugh.

Glen Echo Park is relatively close to my house. Turned out that there was a shuttle bus stop just two blocks away so my guitar student and I got on at 1:30-ish and made it to the Palisades Stage just as they were starting at 1:45pm. Whew! Here's the first batch of pics...