___"do and redo"

___edited (again) for the second time, the video shot on the first of the Month, where did March go ?, it is all about the Cigarroa Middle School "Honors" Orchestra and i had credited the wrong title with the wrong song, but i am learning, i can almost distinguish an Irish jig from a Bach Classical Piece, what a musical legacy i have

___"aquellos ojos verdes"

___we had a delightful evening as we spent over three hours recording the Laredo and Musical legacy of Mr. Luciano Duarte and his wife Chelo. filming was done in the elegant living room of Ms. Norma Adamo and first indication are that the picture and the sound came out great. Mr. Duarte recounted his lengthy career as a musician and as a radio announcer for decades on the Laredo airwaves and his recreation of the "intro" and the "despedida" for the long running "Serenata Nocturna" was quite an emotion for those of us who grew up on those golden words. Next time he will perform for us with the trio and we will bring it to you, that is a promise.

___sort of an explanation

___we sort of got behind with the spring break and labor problems and that is why they are showing repeats of our shows this week, the Honors string program edited by me has major inaccuracies and that is why it is not being shown, the string orchestra director has not been able to come help me work out the kinks, so maybe it will be ready next week, ready willing and able to take it's rightful place for three showings, if not, i hope you enjoyed Paul Rodriguez on Monday and Carmen Salinas on Wednesday, i am not sure what is airing on Friday

___the beat goes on

___we are back on our "second career"" as we resume production of Hot Town tomorrow with the dean of Laredo DJ's, Mr. Luciano Duarte and his wife who will be our featured guests tomorrow night as we record for all posterity this man of "mucho many" experiences, things i didn't know, dept.: he received a "Bronze Star" as a result of his accomplishments with the US Army in Germany, he was part of a famous trio that was about to tour Cuba before the War broke out, he was on the Laredo Radio airwaves for over 40 years and he was a career bilingual educator with LISD, and he has the pictures and awards to prove it, he is in the Texas Musician Hall Of Fame in San Antonio and of course at the ROOTS museum in Alice, Texas, more later

___down, down, down we go, but for a short time

___the Hot Town staff, made up mainly of Teachers and Students has taken the week off to get some quality down time and hatch up new ideas for the continuation of our program, just before we started our hiatus, we shot one of the talented piano students from the VMT under the direction of Dr. Mary Grace Carroll and we will have to go back and record the second accomplished Pianist at a later time, it is proving to be inconvenient since they are both concurrently enrolled in college and high school classes but we will work it out , meanwhile our program continues to pick up new audience now that some of the glitches have been worked out but it is an ongoing activity, we have to continuous upgrade to make this a better program

___Paul done and completed

___completed the editing job on the long awaited Paul Rodriguez video, now let me explain that it was never our intention to start off by recording either Carmen Salinas nor Paul but since we were already there, hey !, their show just happened and believe me they were funny and a real experience, Paul fools around with the Music, he even attempt to sing but mainly he is funny, funny, funny, a real "relaje", also,, the mini interview with the aspiring journalist cut out and at just (6) minutes, that piece will have to be added to a short show, a ver que pasa, tonught we edit the String orchestra video y eso es puro "high brow" sophisticated stuff

___great time in Laredo town

___had a great time at Arnold's party as his friends, mainly Filipinos and some locals are a great bunch, the food was great as we delighted our palate with something else besides Mexican Cuisine, then it was Karaoke time as everyone else took a turn at the microphone, well not everyone but Debbie did while Melissa and i promised just watched, it was fun guiding Debbie by phone till she found the right house, and the kids, well, there were kids all over the place

___Happy Birthday, Arnold

___today is Arnold Villamero's birthday, Arnold was the first Musical guest of Hot Town !

___people all over the place

___it resembled Grand Central last night as the Laredo Office of Telecommunication Public Access Studios overflowed with visitors to our latest recrding session. First of all, there was Mayor Raul Salinas. always in a hurry, who very graciously stopped by to be interview by our budding journalist student interviewer, next in order were the reporter from the Laredo Morning Times Christina Rosales and their very capable cameraperson, a man we all know well and that is "Cuate" Santos. Now, he took a lot of pictures for the special which will run in "The Art of Living", a Sunday supplement magazine. Norma, Melissa, Debbie were all queried extensivly gather material for the story and we are anxiously looking forward to seeing how it comes out. Finally, but perhaps more spectacular due to their talent and passion for their music, we had eight members of the Cigarroa Middle School String Honors Orchestra under the very capable leadership of their Mentor Alma Garcia. Their Performance was nothing short of spectacular. Next week we record the outstanding Piano students trained at the VMT by Dr. Mary Grace Carrolll.

___good news on the way

___tonight we go into the studio to highlite and feature and meet the kids from the Cigarroa Middle School orchestra under the very capable direction of their Instructor Ms. Alma Garcia who is in fact a very capable violinist and Mariachi singer, these kids constantly rate well in musical competition and we shall see how they sound tonight. Not only that but, the editor of the Laredo Morning Times Entertainment weekly called and he said that he would send over a feature writer and a cameraman to do a "cover" story on our TV personalities. The Kids at the VMT newspaper who are being featured on tomorrow night's program have also announced that in the next issue of their Magnet Tribune they will do a feature story about "Hot Town !", how about them apples ? Their Valentine issue which just came out also has a nice picture of Melissa doing her Interview with them.