Jose Feliziano y Feliz Navidad

Hola todos,

hope your holidays were we good.

I alot of you were asking how our performance at the Jose Feliziano concert went. I'll first tell you a little about the event.

Margaret Maye is a Mezzosoprano who produces the Cure For Epilepsy Concert. It is an opportunity for her to bring Epilepsy to the for front as well as raise funds to support activities that go towards finding a cure.

The event was held at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre in Toronto. I was asked to open the show. I performed short Alegria. Miguel de la Bastide accompanied on guitar, Gina Tantalo sang and Pamela Briz did palmas. Later I performed to Spanish Dance numbers to Margaret Mayes songs. We completely improvised it. One was La Paloma and the other was Maleguena. It went very well. Too bad there is no video of it. We were not the only opening acts, Los Mariachis also performed and then they had the opportunity to perform with Jose himself. It was awsome. As well Pavlo performed with his band and they were great and fun to watch. Pavlo knows his performance craft. It was a pleasure chatting with him backstage.

Finally the greatest pleasure and honour was to share the stage with Jose Feliziano. He was very down to earth and easy going. What a phenomenal presence. His voice is warm and earth on and off stage.

I did not take a personal picture with just as I had not with Shakira. I felt embarrassed and did want to bother them, especially when so many people were around. However, I do have some video footage from my vantage point in the wings. Enjoy! Feliz Navidad.

Enjoy,

Hasta pronto,

Carmen