The here and now... and what and why

Complacency is a trap. At least that’s what I was thinking when I up and left the comfort of a Yankee prep school gig, where I taught music, amongst other things, for 28 years. There was also that life long career as a composer, musician and artist.

First, it was a year in St. Thomas, USVI, working as a reporter and shooting photography and then, a year in San Agustin Etla, Oaxaca, Mexico.
Time passed.
More time passed and a year back in the Athens of America followed by a hasty return to Oaxaca where it is all happening.
A couple of years in San Sebastian Etla and now, just down the road in San Pablo Etla. Life is good.

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For additional photography please visit my flickr page.
You can find my music on Jango (World & latin - Worldbeat) and at iTunes and most online stores.
¡Soy consciente de todas las tradiciones del Internet!
If you are coming to Oaxaca, please contact me for tours or advice.

Santo Domingo

Santo Domingo
The view from Corazon del Pueblo

The hereafter re me

My photo
Oaxaca, Oaxaca, Mexico
Musician, photographer, videographer, reporter, ex-officio teacher, now attempting to be a world traveler

Saturday, September 17, 2011

More on El Grito


This story from the LAHT succinctly fills in a few facts.  As Ed McMahon used to say, "I did not know that..."
Calderon, who is nearly five years into his six-year term, cried out “Viva Mexico!” from the main balcony of the palace before a crowd that, despite the rain, had gathered in the Zocalo, the principal plaza in the country.
Mexico’s 31 governors also shout “El Grito” in the main plazas of their individual states.
 Here's Gabino Cue reenacting his rendition of the shout. 
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