Men of Flamenco at Las Tapas. November 27, 2007
Miguelito playing soleá at Las Tapas. November 27, 2007 9:09pm (photo by Hector Márquez)
It's around 1:30am on Thursday as I type these words. It was my night off yesterday (Wednesday) so I ended up hanging out with some friends. Didn't talk about flamenco the whole night---well OK, we did play guitar a little bit back at my friend's apartment, but only a little. And as much as I love flamenco, I gotta take a break every now and then, even if it's only one day. It was a nice short break, but now I'm back home with a backlog of blog entries to catch up on, so here we go...
Last Tuesday I performed as usual at Las Tapas in Old Town Alexandria and had the privilege of sharing the stage with dancers Edwin Aparicio, Norberto Chamizo (based in Madrid) and singer Carlton Ashton. It's not very often that we have an all-male cast, hence the title of today's entry is "Men of Flamenco at Las Tapas." (And no, we didn't do Sevillanas.)
My friend Hector Márquez gladly volunteered to be my photographer for the evening. Thanks Hector! Enjoy the pics...
Edwin Aparicio dancing soleá. November 27, 2007 9:12pm (photo by Hector Márquez)
November 27, 2007 9:13pm (photo by Hector Márquez)
November 27, 2007 9:15pm (photo by Hector Márquez)
November 27, 2007 9:17pm (photo by Hector Márquez)
November 27, 2007 9:18pm (photo by Hector Márquez)
November 27, 2007 9:18pm (photo by Hector Márquez)
Edwin, Norberto Chamizo, Carlton Ashton and Miguelito. November 27, 2007 9:22pm (photo by Hector Márquez)
Norberto dancing alegrías. November 27, 2007 9:22pm (photo by Hector Márquez)
November 27, 2007 9:23pm (photo by Hector Márquez)
November 27, 2007 9:23pm (photo by Hector Márquez)
November 27, 2007 9:23pm (photo by Hector Márquez)
November 27, 2007 9:24pm (photo by Hector Márquez)
Carlton. November 27, 2007 9:24pm (photo by Hector Márquez)
November 27, 2007 9:25pm (photo by Hector Márquez)
November 27, 2007 9:26pm (photo by Hector Márquez)
November 27, 2007 9:28pm (photo by Hector Márquez)
November 27, 2007 9:30pm (photo by Hector Márquez)
Tuesday night after my gig at Las Tapas, one of my dancer friends wanted to learn how to use Photoshop to do some basic photo editing for a project. I estimated that we'd spend maybe two hours editing but I underestimated and our tutoring session eventually stretched out to five! We could've gone on, but I called it quits at sunrise.
Now that I'm back home, sitting in front of my computer again, it's a little bit after 2:00am and I'm wide awake thanks to last night's marathon Photoshop session which kinda screwed up my body clock. Not complaining though--you know me: my body clock is always screwed up anyway. :-) My friend needed my help and I gave it. On the plus side, I did have the energy to crank out this photo diary entry for your viewing pleasure. I hope you enjoyed the pics as much as I did. It was an especially fun and inspiring night at Las Tapas.
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