Stars & Stripes Forever

That's right. Today is the lucky day when Americans are enjoying themselves on the last day of a three-day weekend, culminating in BBQ's, parades, fireworks, fireworks fireworks, ribbons of red, white, and blue, and a grand fireworks finale to the sounds of Stars & Stripes Forever. Did I mention America is booming with fireworks right about now (that lasts at least one good week, if not a month after the holiday)? What's all this hoopla about? Why, Independence Day, of course! Happy Birthday America!

I, unfortunately, did not get to see any fireworks last night. I did, however, get to see a pretty unique flamenco and turkish/arabic concert last night. I went to see some hardcore flamenco action, and was surprised to see quite a bit of turkish/arabic music thrown in the mix, whirling dervish and all. I was a little disappointed that a concert advertised as a flamenco performance, contained just as much, if not more, turkish/arabic music; but, I was very grateful to have had the opportunity to see a dervish live. Also, the mix of the two types of music kept the night interesting, and the crowd roared and spouted energy and applause when the flamenco woman and dervish man joined each other in dancing to the same song.