Following Up

A little follow-up on this and that. The video of highlights of the Opera de San Miguel Concurso 2009, the opera competition that I attended in June, are up. You can see my man, Manuel Chú, at 5:05 of this video doing “Nessun Dorma.” He did not win the competition, but he won the vote as crowd favorite.






Next, I find that my neighbor, Joachim, now has up on his site some fantastic photos of Día de Los Locos, Day of the Crazy People, a unique fiesta that I stumbled upon earlier this summer without my camera. You can see those here.

Last, this is a short video that I did of a very enthusiastic couple at the fiesta Pre-Party up at El Jardin this past Friday evening. This is the last time you will have to look at those bells ringing. I promise.

La Alborada Pre-Party 2 October 2009 from Uncle Steve on Vimeo.

In one sense La Alborada is precisely the kind of event that I usually avoid at this stage in my life, an event that involves a big crowd of people, some of whom are intoxicated, and fireworks. Fireworks are not a huge draw for me anymore. Intoxicated people are certainly not. What fascinates me about La Alborada is that it comes off at FOUR O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING.