My college age daughter left yesterday for Spain for five weeks. Her main reason for going to Spain is to take Flamenco dancing classes. According to her, Spain has the best that Flamenco has to offer. That seems logical! She’s been a dancer most of her life, mostly ballet. The past few years, though, she has been dancing Flamenco. While she’s In Spain she’ll be taking two different classes, three hours a day, five days a week. She said she would send pictures. Maybe I’ll post one on here. As you all can probably tell, I’m proud of her and excited for her.:cool:

Hey thats great Kitt! Im sure she'll have a blast!

Oh Kitt, they grow up so fast don't they? You should be proud! Please post a pic of her if you can! :D

Kitt, that's great. :)

You must be very proud of her Kitt. Dancing takes serious dedication and devotion to the art. Yes, pictures--we want pictures! I hope she has a great time.

Thats awesome! :)

That's cool.

I'm seriously thinking of moving to London next year, My uncle Chuck lives there and he said if i wanted to come live with him i could. I've always wanted to live in London and my Uncle is a wonderful person.


I hope your daughter has fun in spain

How cool! :D

Originally posted by T.a.T.u Gurl18
That's cool.

I'm seriously thinking of moving to London next year, My uncle Chuck lives there and he said if i wanted to come live with him i could. I've always wanted to live in London and my Uncle is a wonderful person.


I hope your daughter has fun in spain
Dorothy, GO! Ive always wanted to go to London-- someday I will!:lol: From what you said, your uncle is cool, you should go even for a few weeks and then decide!

That's awesome.

I hope your daughter enjoys her time in Spain.

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aww thats awesome Kitt :) i'm sure she'll do fine
My Cousin owns a Dance Studio in Ca if any of you in the Huntington Beach area have ever heard of Dance West Dance Studio MY cousin owns that :)

Originally posted by ¤MsConanOBrien¤
Dorothy, GO! Ive always wanted to go to London-- someday I will!:lol: From what you said, your uncle is cool, you should go even for a few weeks and then decide!

I should go. I know, Except i have a fear of planes. After what happened with 9-11-01. I'm scared to get on a plane.

That's great Kitt! I share her love of Ballet :) I hope she has a lot of fun!

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Originally posted by Miss Karly
That's great Kitt! I share her love of Ballet :) I hope she has a lot of fun!

We heard you the first time, dear. :p

As for your daughter Kitt, that's great news! Has she studied Flamenco before? (She probably has, but I'm stupid enough to ask.) I'm hoping to do a year abroad in Spain once I get to college. I just love the culture and the location, and I already know the language, although I've heard that Castillian has many differences than our anglosized Spanish. :p

Originally posted by Original Prankster
As for your daughter Kitt, that's great news! Has she studied Flamenco before? (She probably has, but I'm stupid enough to ask.) I'm hoping to do a year abroad in Spain once I get to college. I just love the culture and the location, and I already know the language, although I've heard that Castillian has many differences than our anglosized Spanish. :p Yes, she's been dancing Flamenco for four years or so. She's what I'll call a top flight student of Flamenco. As part of her colledge work she has spent over a year and half in Mexico. She has earned a BA in Latin American Studies and International Development. She was awarded a fellowship and is currently earning her Masters.

She speaks Spanish, and has told me that the accents in Spain are different than in Mexico. She had taken flamenco classes here in America with one of the instructors that she'll be seeing in Spain. That instructor lives in Spain and my daughter said that her accent makes it difficult for her to understand her sometimes. The Spaniards speak very fast which causes one to need to pay close attention in order to follow, lol.

Thanks for asking, and thanks to everyone for sharing in my enthusiasm.:)

Originally posted by Original Prankster
We heard you the first time, dear. :p



My computer has been going haywire lately :lol: :p

Originally posted by Kitt
Yes, she's been dancing Flamenco for four years or so. She's what I'll call a top flight student of Flamenco. As part of her colledge work she has spent over a year and half in Mexico. She has earned a BA in Latin American Studies and International Development. She was awarded a fellowship and is currently earning her Masters.

She speaks Spanish, and has told me that the accents in Spain are different than in Mexico. She had taken flamenco classes here in America with one of the instructors that she'll be seeing in Spain. That instructor lives in Spain and my daughter said that her accent makes it difficult for her to understand her sometimes. The Spaniards speak very fast which causes one to need to pay close attention in order to follow, lol.

Thanks for asking, and thanks to everyone for sharing in my enthusiasm.:)

Oh yea, we had a foreign exchange student this year from Spain, and he talked a mile a minute. The biggest pronunciation change I noticed was the 'c' sound. In Castillian, it's a 'th' sound. So instead of pronouncing it 'decir' or 'cinco', in Spain, you'd say 'dethir' and 'thinco'. Not really too hard, but it was odd getting used to it at first.