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FLAMENCO
REPOLLO
A YOUNG FLAMENCO STAR
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Miguel García, AKA Repollo, lives in
Villacarrillo, a small village in
Jaén, Andalusia.
Miguel’s grandfather nicknamed him *Repollo because of the
early age, his plumpness, and his small size when he got hold of a guitar for the first time:
One day, while walking across the village Fair his
parents realized Miguel was carrying a guitar.
His father said, ‘give that guitar back’. Repollo
just uttered these words: ‘please, dad, pay for it. I’m gonna be a guitarist’.
Repollo was just 4 years old.
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Repollo, born into a gypsy family of 6
siblings, and an extended family of several dozens of
relatives, is the only one to
play the guitar. Although his
father says that the great guitar player Paco de Lucía was a distant relative, and
La Chispa –Camarón’s wife- is among his family relatives, Miguel has never had any kind of contact with them.
At 10 he played the guitar for the first time.
At 13 he started guitar studies at the Conservatorio in Linares, Jaén.
Miguel already performs in
flamenco shows, not only to take part in them among
the palmeros, cantaores, and bailaores,
but also as a soloist, whose art makes us xxx think we are admiring such a talented guitar player,
he shows promise and can already
be considered a young flamenco
star.
*Cabbage
1. PAIR UP WORDS AND IMAGES.
Row 1 from left
to right:
Image 1: dancer
Image 2: guitar, castanet, flamenco shoes, hat
Image 3: carnations
Image 4: palmas
Image 5: bailaora
Row 2, from left to right
Image 6: singer
Image 7: cabbage
Image 8: bailaora
Image 9: cajón
Image 10: bailaor
2. FIND IN THESE IMAGES…
1. There is a bailaora in both pictures; there is a palmero in both pictures, and also there is a cantaor in both of them, too.
The bailaora is dancing
flamenco. She is wearing a black long dress, black shoes and a Spanish shawl,
traditionally called Manila shawl. A yellow shall on the left image, a red one
in the right image. She is also wearing a red flower on her hair.
The palmero is clapping his hands and singing. He is wearing a
black shirt and black trousers.
They are playing the guitar and the cajón.
3. FIND OUT…
1. Jaén is in Andalusia, the
southern region in Spain.
2. Repollo in English: cabbage
3. Paco de Lucía was probably the best guitar player in the history of
Flamenco. He managed to make Flamenco international.
4. Cantante: singer; cantaor: a male flamenco singer.
5. Bailaor: male flamenco
dancer; bailarín: a male dancer
6.Bailaora: female flamenco dancer;
bailarina: female dancer.
4. ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS
1. Because when Miguel was a child he was
a bit fat and his grand father used to call him Repollo
2. Because at the age of four, he already
knew he wanted to play the guitar
3. Yes, some relatives of his play the
guitar.
4. Yes, he does, among other flamenco
singers and dancers and also on his own.
5. Because Repollo is a talented guitar
player.
He started to play the guitar at the age of 10
5.
FILL IN THE GAPS.
Miguel Garcia, AKA Repollo, is a flamenco guitarist who studies in La Carolina, but lives in Villacarrillo.
Miguel has many brothers and sisters, and a lot of relatives.
He was very young when he played the guitar for the fist time. At the age of four he said he wanted to play the guitar.
Miguel plays the guitar
in shows with some other artists, but also on his own.
Miguel is already considered a young
flamenco star.
6. EXTRA ACTIVITY
SUMMARY
This is the story of a (1) ………. whose name is (2) …….., but everybody calls him (3) ……, especially
when he is on a stage performing in a (4) .......... show.
He started to play (5) …………. when he was very young, at the age of (6) …….., and hasn´t stopped doing it since then. Nobody taught him at first: he
just took a guitar and started to play it just like that.
He was born in Jaén, Andalusia, and lives
in Villacarrillo. Miguel travels everyday to attend guitar lessons ..........(7) the *Conservatorio in Linares, Jaén.
When he was still a child, one day he (8) ......... a guitar and that was the beginning of the whole story.
*Conservatorio: in Spain, and Spanish speaking countries, lessons related to Arts, especially Music, are given at the Conservatorios.
1. guitarist/guitar player/boy
2. Miguel
3. Repollo
4. flamenco
5. the guitar
6. 10
7. at
8. took/got hold of/grabbed
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