La Placa de Sol Percussion Players, 2006
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Sunday, April 4, 2006 ... a beautiful and wondrous day after what has been a long, cold winter in the Iberian peninsula.
The streets are filled with people of all kinds. Even the dogs are enjoying their very own dog day afternoon within the sea of possessive pigeons.
So many plazas, so many cafes, so many park benches and some surprises. There's music in the air, not the light hearted sounds of string and wind instruments but the gyrating pulsating sounds of not one but almost 30 percussion drums.
The beat of the drums could be felt throughout my entire body, so much so, that I wondered how the camera remained still in my hands.
The percussion players that you will see in the movie video are an exchange group from the Basque area ... so I have been told. However, my understanding of those explaining the event in castellano would not probably hold up in a court of law.
But no matter. Watch the movie video and enjoy a slice of Barcelona's Placa de Sol, at its best.
Please be patient. Sometimes the hosting site for the video is slow.
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