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bandera

Posts: 5
Joined: Apr. 12 2010
From: Laramie, WY

New Member Introduction

I would like to take this opportunity to say hello from the Flamenco hotbed that is Laramie, Wyoming. After having spent most of my late teens and twenties playing groove driven, guitar drenched rock and roll at clubs and festivals around the Rocky Mountains (and farther from time to time) I have fallen hard for Flamenco. I have been teaching myself out of Dennis Koster's book "The Keys to Flamenco Guitar" as well as taking lessons from Rene Heredia. I am still at a low level beginner, as I have never really spent any time learning how to fingerpick. I am taking it slow, though paracticing a lot, and trying to let the techniques solidify in my body and soul before I move on so as not to overwhelm my feeble brain.
I have enjoyed this forum over the last few days as an interlude to my practicing. I expect to learn much from all of you over the next several months. If I get the nerve up, I will make a recording of the Farruca and Soleares I have been working on. I am planning on attending Festival Flamenco in Albuquerque this June if I can afford it.
I would like to say thanks for having such a great online community. As with many of you, I seem to be the only one in town at the moment.

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Apr. 13 2010 7:43:24

Estevan

Posts: 1936
Joined: Dec. 20 2006
From: Torontolucía

RE: New Member Introduction (in reply to bandera)

quote:

the Flamenco hotbed that is Laramie, Wyoming.

Wow, I passed through Laramie once, many years ago. [edit - twice; on the way back, too] But I wasn't heavily into flamenco in those days, so I didn't stop.

Welcome aboard!

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Apr. 13 2010 8:01:45

Chiste de Gales

Posts: 298
Joined: Jan. 13 2009

RE: New Member Introduction (in reply to bandera)

Welcome!

Im a Rene Heredia fan too :)

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Apr. 13 2010 17:32:35

HolyEvil

Posts: 1240
Joined: Nov. 6 2008
From: Sydney, Australia

RE: New Member Introduction (in reply to bandera)

welcome mate! you'll have lotsa fun here!

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Apr. 13 2010 19:03:14

Stu

Posts: 2553
Joined: Jan. 30 2007
From: London (the South of it), England

RE: New Member Introduction (in reply to HolyEvil)

welcome bandera! this forum is great!

can I ask you something about "Laramie"??

Why are the brand of cigarettes in the Simpsons called Laramies and does this have anything to do with laramie, wyoming?

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Apr. 14 2010 4:07:17

Arash

Posts: 4495
Joined: Aug. 9 2006
From: Iran (living in Germany)

RE: New Member Introduction (in reply to bandera)

welcome

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Apr. 14 2010 5:01:15

bandera

Posts: 5
Joined: Apr. 12 2010
From: Laramie, WY

Laramie Cigs (in reply to bandera)

Stu, I have seen those on the Simpsons many times. The box looks vaguely like a Marlburo Box. Marlboro has always marketed their product as a "tough guy" ciggarette with a weathered old cowboy as their poster boy. In fact one of the original "Marlboro Men" lived in Wyoming his entire life. Maybe somebody working on the show lived in or traveled through Wyoming at some point in his/her life and thought it would fit as a good spoof on that constructed image.

Thanks you all for the warm welcome. If any of you get snowed in here in Laramie this summer (yes, it can happen) look me up for some homebrew and flamenco!

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Apr. 14 2010 6:58:39

Escribano

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Joined: Jul. 6 2003
From: England, living in Italy

RE: Laramie Cigs (in reply to bandera)

quote:

Laramie was a brand of cigarettes extant in the United States from the 1930s into the 1950s.

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Apr. 14 2010 7:20:16

bandera

Posts: 5
Joined: Apr. 12 2010
From: Laramie, WY

RE: Laramie Cigs (in reply to Escribano)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laramie_(cigarette)

Wow, I had no idea! It seems like I may have seen some Cheyenne cigs around somewhere too! Thankfully, I have been 100% cig free for six months. I smoked my last one and decided I dind't want to go get any more. This, after trying to quit for years with every aid possible. My mind pleasantly suprises me from time to time.

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Apr. 14 2010 7:43:26