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Ricardo -> RE: Sanlucar curso 2026 (Mar. 10 2026 14:43:31)
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ORIGINAL: henrym3483
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ORIGINAL: Ricardo
I popped over to Sanlúcar two days ago and had lunch with some friends and Raquel (owner of the contratiempo). I very much preferred the climate, food and drink to what I had going on over here in Jerez. I did get to meet my guitar hero for cante (Paco Cepero walking down the street with his wife and little dog), but I am sure bummed I am not going to Gerardo's curso this year.
i have to say it, there is nothing like the fresh seafood and manzanilla in Sanlúcar...how'd the festival de Jerez go? i'd like to to back again, last time i went was in 2018...it was a great line up in el guarida del angel, the villamarta, and got to take to lessons. plus the weather was sunny but not oppressively warm like it is in the summer months.
I joined a group of dancers that were tight nit and cliquish from my hometown here, and they were already a week into the festival before I got there. I might have missed some better shows the first week but long story short, my opinions are like polar opposite to everybody else regarding cante and dance. It is tricky as I don't want to hurt feelings, and I was stuck with this group like every night for dinner etc. I saw yerai "no hay" and it was as expected, and Juan Diego Mateos, 1973 esteso like mine was exquisite as was the playing. That was the best thing I saw (on my own I have to say, my wife and I separated from the group for that). Glad I went.
I enjoyed Belen Lopez and her caño roto group of singers and guitar players (Jeronimo Maya was second guitar doing his job as accompanist, main guitar was a Jimenez I don't know likely related to all the other guys I assume), the real deal Gitano show for me, camaroneros with the exact right mix of traditional cante for my taste. She danced to Antonio Rey's CD couple tracks to give the musicians a break. The heavy stuff was her Soleá, Taranto, and the singers did a polyphonic martinete/toná that really lines up with that Renaissance stuff I have been looking at, never seen anyone do it before (singing verses missaligned acapella that harmonize with each other). There was some unneeded theatrics but such is a dance show these days.
To me, there was too much stuff going on at the same time in this festival (overlapping shows or in venues too far away to make it in time). If I go again I will make my own plan carefully so I can see what I want on my own.
I did some flamenco shopping and found some excellent books and vinyls, very happy about that.
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