We had an AWESOME time in Bisbee this past weekend! Thank you to all in attendance at the SOLD OUT event! We LOVE, LOVE, LOVE going to Bisbee-Land!!

I am waiting for Kris to send me pictures so I can get a couple up here.

Ole!

~CBJ

Slammed my finger last night between a pedal and my amplifier...OUCH!! I was setting up for a corporate gig and I caught my left ring finger really hard. My finger was numb for the first hour, sore for the second hour and not too bad by the 3rd/4th hour. It is feeling sore again today though...

I hate it when that happens!!

May ALL of your digits be safe and sound!

Ole!
~CBJ

CBJ Music Blog
I don't know if you're aware, but I have a whole other website dedicated to JUST my Blogs...I include different types of blogs there so you should definitely check it out!

Oh, and in case you haven't found out on your own...Lena has created her own Blog and she has written some phenomenal stuff. Check it out!!
Lena's Blog

Well, that's it for now...have a FANTASTIC DAY!!

~CBJ

Hola a todos! How are you doing this week? Well, I returned from Dallas, TX after a wonderful weekend with the Conte de Loyo Flamenco Theatre and the Orchestra of New Spain. It was a whirlwind of a weekend. Friday the 4th was a 22 hour day for me, Sat. the 5th was a 21 hour day and Sunday the 6th was a 20 hour day for me...not a lot of rest. With the airline travel and lack of sleep I seem to have caught a little bit of a cold so these last couple of days I've been taking it easy and trying to recuperate. I'm feeling way better!

Here are some photos of the dance rehearsal process:
David Quintana (phenomenal guitarist) and me rehearsing some tough spots...


Martin and Delilah rehearsing their duo for one of the orchestral pieces:



CBJ, David and Alfredo (percussionist) preparing for sound check:


More Sound Check/Rehearsal
(From L to R: Juan del Valle - dancer, Alicia Adame - dancer,  Martin Gaxiola - dancer, Tech Dude - not his real name,  Rosa de Huelva - singer and the hands of maestro David Quintana).


I had a fabulous time with everyone. Not seen here is Conte de Loyo who was getting other production aspects of the show together when I took these photos.

To end, a photo of Martin and co-director of the show Danica Sena...


I hope you're having a wonderful week! Come back soon!!

Ole!
~CBJ

I had a really cool thing happen to me today...one of my students surprised me with a Coca-Cola. How cool huh! I don't know how many of you saw on my website about a year ago, I had put a whole list of likes/dislikes and my student had taken notice that I like Coca-Cola, so he brought me a happy little can today as a surprise. Thanks Phil!

Anyway, it got me thinking...first, that I'm very blessed to have such kind and thoughtful students and second...I wonder what YOUR favorite beverage is...if you had to choose Coke or Pepsi...what would you choose?

You know my answer, let me hear from you!

Today I witnessed one Kung Fu Master bestow upon my teacher, Heath Cox, his Master certificate. Lena and I were among only about another 25 people to witness this event. I got to thinking...what a special day. Heath has been studying Kung Fu San Soo for over 15 years. Not just once a week, but literally on a daily basis, sometimes all day and into the night and sometimes all night and into the next day. Heath has written a couple of books on martial arts and has been teaching Kung Fu San Soo, JKD and other arts for years. The honor of receiving a Master's certificate is an achievement of a lifetime and some martial artists never receive the honor. Wow, what a day!

Some of you might know that I have been studying the martial arts for just about 2 years now. It's been a blast and I've learned so much it's unbelievable. I started with JKD (Jeet Kune Do...the art created by Bruce Lee) 2 years ago studying from a fantastic instructor Kenny Jezek. I felt so fortunate to find Kenny because he was a professional dancer/actor for many years (he toured with Savion Glover, etc and was on Days of our Lives), so he understood how important my hands are to my art and really stressed safety and gave me specific options so as to diminish possible injury to my hands.

Well, to make this blog shorter...Kenny closed his school to return to acting/producing full-time. A wonderful new chapter in his life, a change of martial arts in my life. What was so amazing is that one of Kenny's co-instructors in his classes was Heath Cox. Heath is a phenomenal instructor himself and so a lot of the class started taking Heath's JKD class, me included. Anyway, Heath started a Kung Fu San Soo class this past October and I have been in it since day 1. I LOVED JKD so how can I express this....I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE Kung Fu San Soo. This is truly a phenomenal art and my classmates are true friends and wonderful people and I feel so blessed that Heath started this class and that I'm studying from Heath because he's an amazing teacher.



So, you can probably tell I'm fired up about the martial arts and Kung Fu San Soo...so it was truly an amazing day to see my teacher Heath Cox become a Master of Kung Fu San Soo.

Some links for you to check out...
JKD (The Bruce Lee Foundation)
"The Way of Guided Chaos" by Heath Cox
Counter Assault Academy with Master Heath Cox