Petenera

After last night's blog writing, I spent about an hour going through Flamenco supplies websites trying to find that video Glenn Herrick told me about, with no luck. Amazing to me though, Michael Brown had happened across my blog and pointed me to his production of Petenera. From the trailers, it looks like a wonderful video. Here is the first trailer from the website (I hope you don't mind, Michael):



I love that the story is told. This nugget is one thing that I find remotely disappointing about the other Flamenco videos that I've seen; one doesn't get to know the story behind the dance and music so that people like me, who are outside the culture, remain a bit in the dark. Of course, the emotions translate all too well and resonate deeply enough, that not knowing the origins of the story is only a minor irk.

Thanks for finding my blog and commenting, Michael. It is great to know there is a strong Flamenco community in Santa Rosa. It has been a dream to run to Andalucia for an immersion course in Flamenco. If there is such a thing in Santa Rosa, maybe I can start there instead.