News and Updates Archive - December 2004

12/31/2004

DC Flamenco headlines are now available for My Yahoo! Isn't technology wonderful?

Dancer Cecilia Terrasa sent me two nice pics from this year's DC Feria. Photo Diary

12/30/2004

Make a donation to the American Red Cross Disaster Relief fund for victims of South Asia's Tsunami.

Do you use a news aggregator like Bloglines? DC Flamenco is now available as a newsfeed.

12/29/2004

Ginette, Shahram and yours truly, Miguelito, will be in a brief TV spot on Fox News 7:30am this Friday to promote our shows in First Night Alexandria.

Here are some pics the last time yours truly was on Fox.

The forum at flamenco-teacher.com has a new look.

Dancer Sara Candela performed last night at Las Tapas. It was the first time in years that did a show on a Tuesday. Didn't have my digicam, so I asked a few people in the audience to send me pics. Stay tuned.

12/28/2004

Added pics from last night at Cafe Citron. Photo Diary

12/26/2004

RJ sent me some pics from a gig he did in November. Photo Diary

Here's another makeover idea I'm checking out. What do you think of a blog format for this website?

12/24/2004

Checkout some of the possible new features I have in mind for improving DC Flamenco. Message Board

Added a new guestbook. Be the first next to leave your mark!

12/23/2004

"You may start out wanting to do it for exercise, but you turn around and it embraces you,"

Read the article in the East Valley Tribune (Arizona).

12/22/2004

Just added the Dance Fashion Warehouse website to my links page.

Who wants to have a Zambomba?

Added upcoming 2005 performances by Arte Flamenco and Ziva's Spanish Dance Ensemble. Flamenco Events

Just heard that each of the Jaleo restaurants will have a pair of Sevillanas dancers for New Year's Eve: Edwin Aparicio and Sara Candela (DC), Marta Chico Martin and Jason Vera y Aragon (Crystal City) and Sara Jerez and Aleksey Kulikov (Bethesda). Details

12/21/2004

Added pics from last night at Cafe Citron. Photo Diary

12/20/2004

Added pics from the Arlington Central Library gig. Photo Diary

Just heard that Cabanas Restaurant (formerly Sole) will have a flamenco show on January 26, 2005. Details

12/19/2004

Format change: I combined the weekly events and special events into one: Flamenco Events Page.

Added lots of pics: last night's fundraiser at Luna del Sea Bistro in Baltimore and today's Open House at Cabin John Mall with Ziva and rehearsal at the Pink Flamenco. Photo Diary

Checkout this video (12 MB) from the Alexandria Symphony website. It has a few short excerpts featuring DC area flamencos.
Thanks to Behzad for this info. He's in this video too!

I need some help with future poll questions. Give me some suggestions please.

12/18/2004

For my banner ad customers, I just added a password-protected statistics page. Here's a sample page.

12/17/2004

Sara Candela is mentioned in an article at Slate.
(Thanks to Niko Alexandrou for this info)

Just added the National Institute of Flamenco website to my links page.

Carlos Saura, creator of Flamenco, is coming out with a new film titled Iberia featuring artists such as Gerardo Núñez, Manolo Sanlucar, Enrique Morente, Sara Baras. Details.

R.J. Uebersezig sent me some pics from a tablao show in Tampa. Photo Diary

12/16/2004

Added pics from last Saturday's fundraiser in Delaware. Photo Diary

Just heard that Latin Ballet of Virginia will be giving a show in January 7-9, 2005. They incorporate flamenco, classical Spanish, traditional Latin American and Caribbean dances with ballet, modern and jazz dance techniques.

Another makeover update.

12/15/2004

Makeover update: here's another version with some custom graphics.

12/14/2004

Want to make a donation to help the DC Flamenco website? Well, there's an easy way that benefits you and the website. Use these links to conveniently shop online at Amazon (for books and more), Cafe Press (for dcflamenco stuff) or Tienda (for Spanish food products).

There's a special code in the above links which ensures I get a small commission for sales which in turn helps to pay for website hosting and keeps the DC Flamenco website up and running. So...pull out that credit card and get your Christmas shopping started early. It's for a good cause!

12/13/2004

Made some progress with the website makeover.

12/12/2004

Added pics from last night's gig at the IMF. Photo Diary

12/9/2004

Working on my annual website makover. Give me some feedback on this layout.

12/8/2004

Updated weekly events and added some pics.

12/7/2004

Read the review of 'Flamencos en el Aire.'

12/6/2004

Just heard that flamenco singer "Manzanita" passed away today. Details. Remember the last scene in Carlos Saura's film 'Flamenco?' That's him singing Verde with Ketama.

What is Yomenco?

Jose Oretea will be subbing for singer Gerard Moreno at Cafe Citron tonight.

12/5/2004

Created a new page to display previous poll results.

12/2/2004

Finally added new pics to the Photo Diary!

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