Señor Embajador, you´re spoiling us!

There were no Ferrero Rocher chocolates on offer at this particular event, but they wouldn´t have been out of place! It was last night at the beautifully restored Teatro Nacional in Panama City´s rapidly gentrifying Casco Viejo (old town). The Spanish Flamenco/Jazz fusion band, "Jerez Texas" played a selection of tracks from their new album "Patchwork". The concert was a free, all ticket affair, courtesy of the Spanish Ambassador to Panama. I didn´t think the "fusion" was particularly fruitful but the musicianship was superb and it was good to hear some Flamenco Guitar and high-pitched lamenting again! It was a very pleasant evening and the full house contained most of Panama City´s great and good. The venue itself is a beautiful building built in the early 1900s. I have uploaded some pictures of the building and the surrounding area on the my Flickr site. I am particularly fond of this shot of the nearby church tower at night with a crescent moon and star in the sky. I had to cancel my original plan to go to the regular, Wednesday night "Cine Club" at the Alianza Francesa (again, a free event) they show French films with Spanish subtitles every week. I am becoming quite the culture vulture (although I did miss out on backstage, access all areas passes to the Ricky Martin gig on Tuesday night (my friends went)...I am not exactly a fan of Señor Martin, but I´m still miffed to have missed out. Amazing what being the friend of a friend of Ricky Martin´s sound engineer an do for you in a small town!