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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Santo Domingo

Santo Domingo
The view from Corazon del Pueblo

The hereafter re me

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

Thursday, June 27, 2013

8th Festival of Danzon

Keep on dancin'....
I was lucky today to catch a little of the annual Danzon celebration under the trees at the zocalo.
This is always quite a big deal here in Oaxaca and it was quite fun to watch folks come out of the audience to strut their stuff on stage.
Here is the home webpage.   A sweet and romantic dance.
This abuelo could really cut a rug.  Really!
Wikipedia: Danzón is the official genre and dance of Cuba. It is also an active musical form in Mexico and is still beloved in Puerto Rico. The danzón evolved from the Cuban contradanza (known inside and outside of Cuba as the habanera.)
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