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MauiFlamenco
Posts: 17
Joined: Dec. 8 2009
From: Maui Hawaii
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Intensive week long Flamenco Lessons???
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Aloha, This is Abe from Maui. My wife and I are sitting around thinking of ways to get in trouble next year for Vacation. What I am contemplating are this, I want to go to Spain and live out some Flamenco fascination fury, thus by visiting Specialty Flamenco Guitar shops, TAKING LESSONS, and hanging out really late at night in hopes of taking part in some late night bulerias, alegrias and Flamenco Partying. My wife is not a Flamenco Dancer and not an enthusiast, and she is used to "falling asleep" when I start playing Flamenco (Flamenco guitar relaxes her regardless that its a furious palo de bulerias), I am worried that she would get bored on a trip to Spain, due to my attention not focused with her, and instead focused on following the flamenco scene. (btw-she does share an interest in Flamenco, but mostly as a cool wife that is supportive of my dreams). So here is my question- Is there a place in the US, where a flamenco artist would be teaching a seminar, or perhaps you would be interested in teaching a comprehensive private class, so that I could partake in intense Flamenco Guitar lessons, as well see some great shows like Paco or Vicente, or Flamenco Festival shows, Nunez, casares, Pitingo, ect? Bay area or New York or something?? I would rather not go to Spain yet, because of my skill level not being where I want it as well as my spanish not very good. However, I want to progress by experiences of Flamenco concerts and lessons, and realize that I have seen some amazing Flamenco talent in Montreal Canada and the US in the past, and would like to pursue more. What are your thoughts? maybe you're interested in teaching a seminar? I have seen that there are alot of Flamenco enthusiasts in New Mexico? Perhaps I could get away with traveling to some US or Mainland destinations like Canada or california or NY, and put off my trip to Spain? Any thoughts on this are welcome. Please write back; If you are willing to entertain lessons, do you know of some concert Flamenco artists that are going to be visiting within 0-200 miles of your area that will be playing concerts? If so what time of the year is that usually around? or how do you think I should gauge the timing? (ex paco de lucia played 2 years ago in berkeley and it was amazing) I was thinking how cool it would be to incorporate another concert like that with some intensive Flamenco lessons over the course of a 5-10 days, and thus put off my trip to Spain for following the flamenco scene. New York? San Francisco? Montreal? New Mexico? Its all wide open, I was just wondering what your thoughts are on this?
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Date Dec. 13 2009 20:27:56
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cathulu
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Joined: Dec. 15 2006
From: Vancouver, Canukistan
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RE: Intensive week long Flamenco Les... (in reply to MauiFlamenco)
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MauiFlamenco doesn't want to go to Spain yet so why not help him out, rather than say go to Spain? That is not what he wants to do! When you are in Maui, Spain is quite far away. I love Maui, and try to go at least once every two years! I go for the windsurfing, do you do that MauiFlamenco? Anyways, although I have never gone but want to one day, I think the Annual Festival Flamenco Internacional de Alburquerque would be a good bet. Not sure what will happen in 2010, in 2009 it was cancelled. I know of a dancer that is very good that went to Jerez regularly, she wants to try Alburquerque now. I rode a motorcycle once through New Mexico, it was pretty beatiful. I plan to re-live that experience soon. All the best!
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Date Dec. 14 2009 16:11:31
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MauiFlamenco
Posts: 17
Joined: Dec. 8 2009
From: Maui Hawaii
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RE: Intensive week long Flamenco Les... (in reply to mauikin)
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Wow, Aloha Mauikin I have never played for a dancer, which is why I crave to go to spain to be thrown in the mix for a beginner group or something. I have been a closeted Flamenco Guitarist for 5 years, and I have scattered my training in this order, technique, theory, Solea, Tarantas, and then realized that I had zero abilities in obtaining the compas for Bulerias. I have been working with Bulerias compas for the past year, which has been a fun and challenging practice. I would love to be included with anything on Maui that has to do with Flamenco. My email is abegalan@aol.com. I am very intimidated with the idea of playing for a Dancer, but I am also willing to take a leap of faith and do my best. Thank you very much for the invite, I accept on the condition that you understand this is a completely out of the ordinary experience for me. Exciting!
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Date Jan. 3 2010 10:45:41
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