Retrospective: backstage at the Arte Flamenco student recital December 3, 2000
Bret, Torcuato and Enrique tuning up in the dressing room. December 3, 2000 3:03pm
It's 1:33am on Friday as I type these words. I really should be in bed by now considering I have to be at the office at 9:00am. But I'm wide awake anyway, so there's no use in fighting it, right? Might as well make myself productive and crank out another retrospective blog. And besides I'm kind of in a nostalgic mood.
Earlier this evening, I was able to "rescue" more pics from a corrupted hard drive, yay! These are a bunch of candid shots taken backstage right before a student recital of the Arte Flamenco dance studio, directed by Natalia Monteleón. The recital took place on Sunday afternoon, December 3, 2000. That's a little more than seven years ago! Anywayz, I just uploaded these for your viewing pleasure. Those of you who've been involved in the DC flamenco scene for awhile will recognize some of the dancers. Those of you who are in the pics will get to relive some good memories. For the rest of you, this is a little peek at what goes on before a student recital, brought to you by yours truly. Enjoy!
Aleksey practicing in the hallway. December 3, 2000 3:18pm
Taking a peek into the girls' dressing room. December 3, 2000 3:24pm
Cori Bernal checking her makeup as Karina Araujo adjusts her shawl. December 3, 2000 3:25pm
Marta Chico Martín stretching her arms while Minerva smiles for the camera. December 3, 2000 3:25pm
Sohaila, Dana Shoenberg and Karina. December 3, 2000 3:26pm
Geeky info: I don't have any time stamps for the remaining photos. When I recovered these from the corrupted hard drive, I lost the EXIF data.
Sara Jerez (meditating?) and Anna Menendez. December 3, 2000
Anna, Ceci and Sara. December 3, 2000
Dana and Sohaila practice Sevillanas while Marta Chico Martín keeps the compás with palmas. December 3, 2000
Sohaila, Dana and Marta. December 3, 2000
Sohaila, Marta and unidentified dancer. December 3, 2000
Ceci, Sara, Sohaila, Anna, Dana and Marta. December 3, 2000
Dana, Sohaila and yours truly in the mirror as I took this photo. December 3, 2000
Sohaila. December 3, 2000
Sara Jerez and Anna Menendez. December 3, 2000
December 3, 2000
Guitarist Richard Marlow and Sara Jerez in the stage wings watching Torcuato Zamora play his guitar solo. December 3, 2000
Yeah, I just have one last day (Friday) as a temp at a dancer friend's office. Since I'm going to bed really late (it's already 2:00am!), I know it's going to be a rough morning at work cuz I'm going to be half asleep while I do repetitive office tasks. Oh well. It's only one last day and I'm making money anyway. What's cool is that I'm spending time with a friend and we can talk while we work.
It wasn't too bad on my second day at the office. At least I knew what to expect and sort of found my groove with the workflow. Plus I made sure to sit next to the radio, so I could enjoy some music and make the time go by faster. Funny thing is that although I had my phone on silent mode, whenever I got a call or a text message came in (and I get a lot of them!) you could hear a distinctive buzzing sound coming through the radio. Thing is that usually I spend my day at home in front of the computer and some of my friends that I normally chat with all day long (or poke through Facebook) were missing me (you know who you are--hehe). Next week will be back to normal. And although I was offered to come back and temp some more, I declined. I'm tempted to change my mind though. I'm just starting to get used to the office routine and it's not so bad. I could use the extra cash to save up for something special. Let me get back to you on this. Ciao for now!
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