Mis Hermanas: Mexican Tour, November 2010

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After many setbacks of one sort or another, Rosario finally managed to realize her dream of bringing her story back to the people and area where it all started. As one could imagine, this was the result of a lot of organization and planning by many people – but mostly by Rosario – and it went [...]

My Early Years: 1962-1979, Vancouver

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The first time I ever heard flamenco was probably around 1962 at my friend Peter Baronas’ house. It was a Carlos Montoya record and I knew immediately that if I was ever going to play the guitar, I wanted it to sound like that. Peter grew up in Bogotá, Colombia. He and his family had [...]

Andres Peña

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Centro Flamenco presented flamenco dancer Andres Peña as this summer’s guest teacher from July 19th-28th for a series of workshops featuring Solea por Bulerias and, of course, Bulerias de Jerez. This was Andres’ first time teaching in Vancouver and all of the students loved him. He is a great teacher, and very patient. He has [...]