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Miguel de Maria
Posts: 3532
Joined: Oct. 20 2003
From: Phoenix, AZ
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I never had a chance...
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Okay, so I get a call from the main male dancer here in Phoenix, (names withheld to protect the guilty), and he wanted me to play at Pepin, the flamenco tablau here, for dinner. I explain that I have a few flamenco "pieces", but I'm not accompaniast, that's fine. I explain that my music is a mixture of flamenco, classical, Brazilian, that's fine. I explain that I normally play background or ambiant music, that's okay. Now I talk to him this morning, and he slips in one more detail after going over mundane equipment and schedule items. "People are probably going to ask you where the dancers are and how come there isn't a flamenco show," he noted quickly, "you should just tell them you don't know, that you just got called in last minute. The owners said they are going to come up withs ome crazy story, but I don't want to get you mixed up in that!" Of course I already knew the real reason is because his dance troupe is giving a big concert in the Scottsdale concert hall, but it seems that informing the clientele of the FLAMENCO DANCING RESTAURANT that the FLAMENCO DANCERS aren't going to be there is left up to the solo background guitarist!! Luckily I am not as petrified on stage as I used to be, but that doesn't mean that I am capable of replacing a flamenco show or dancers and singers by any means! I'm not sure what I'm going to do. However, given I am a substitute and I am usually in the background I might be able to have a little fun. My idea is that if people look disgruntled or want a show, I can give one to them. I have a Soleares, Sevillanas, Granaianas, Bulerias, and Rumba pretty solid, so I might give them a few words about each and then play them, a "lecture/concert". Then I can play Leyenda and Recuerdos and improvise about how they are linked or somehow related to flamenco. It is a _Spanish_ restaurant after all. Then I could play a couple bossas and explain how they are related to Spanish music...hrrrm.. That's about a half hour there. It's supposed to be a 45 min. set. Anyone know any good jokes to tell? This could be fun!
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Date Nov. 11 2005 17:32:05
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