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Let's Go To The River | The Weekly Letra

Sticking with our bulerías theme, here’s a coletilla for you and a video that I took of Concha Jareño at Casa Patas in Madrid a couple of years ago.

You’re going to love it…

Bulerías
Traditional

Vamos para el río
a coger camarones
con el vestido

Let’s go to the river
to catch prawns
with our dresses

I can’t stop watching this video.

It makes me feel so happy.

It reminds me of a wonderful night watching this show with Ricardo and my friends from home Katie and Rod at Casa Patas in Madrid a few years ago.

Aaaaaaand, it gets me insanely excited about studying with Concha on the Flamenco Tour to Madrid in a few months. I cannot wait to be in a small supportive group dancing flamenco with this amazing woman.

The Bulerías Challenge

Have you been joining me in practicing dancing bulerias to the cante?

I put out my plan on my blog which is to practice dancing bulerías with cante for five minutes a day five days a week for a month. This can be to a video or audio, or, best case scenario, live, but really any bulerías where there’s singing.

 I’ve been noting it in my calendar & reporting back here (and sometimes on Instagram and Facebook) for accountability.

BTW, I’ve been sticking to the five days a week for five minutes a day, and that feels great.

It’s not too late to join me, and you can use this very clip to do so!

While it is short it offers a good opportunity to practice dancing various endings with the coletilla.

I dare you to try it out and let me know how it goes below.

*Thank you, Concha, for helping me with the words. (I couldn’t tell what the last line was, as often is the case.)

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