Flamenco in the News

Flamenco festival to be bigger and better
Your Houston News
Flamenco dancer Edith Niño will be among the performers for the 2012 Houston Spanish and Flamenco Festival. Photo credit: Andrea Vasquez, San Jacinto College marketing department. Posted: Wednesday, May 16, 2012 4:23 pm | Updated: 5:07 pm, Thu May 17, ...

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The Guardian
Fiery flamenco funk gives sneak peek to Summer Festival season
Cowichan News Leader Pictorial
Their fiery nouveau flamenco funk is being counted on to give the Duncan Cowichan Summer Festival an early kickstart this weekend. Los Morenos is the featured attraction at a Summer Festival fundraiser dance. "They cross numerous stylistic barriers and ...

DVD’s – Cajon

I only recently discovered that instructional DVD's for the cajon existed. A very useful resource for home practice.

I always recommend that dancers learn the cajon as a way of improving their mastery of flamenco rhythms. If you feel you're already spending too much on dance classes and can't afford to pay for drum lessons as well, one of these DVD's may be a good alternative. Sure, you don't have a cajon - but you can practice just as well on the kitchen table or a handy box!