The first
official,
"Flamenco de la
Costa"  consisted
of Bala
Veeraswami,
Stacey
Rosenburg,
Naomi Vail, Dr.
Lisa Buckloh,
and Eric Dietz.
(Left)
In 2003 and
again in 2005 we
hosted a
workshop with
Internationally
known Antonio
Vargas.
One of our earlier performances at
Riverside Arts Festisval
Flamenco de la Costa was founded in 1998
by Naomi Vail and her Daughter , Sarah Vail Anders.
They started their study of Flamenco  with Julia Lopez in Philadelphia (of Flamenco
Ole!)  in 1989.  Then in 1998 they  relocated to Jacksonville Florida.  Searching for
Flamenco Classes they found there was no one in the Northeast of Florida offering
Classes.
Curtis Price, and Santiago Carrizosa  at
Deerwood Country Club January 2007
Naomi came in contact with Teo Morca who at
the time was living in Gainesville, FL.  She and
Sarah had the good fortune of taking private
classes with Teo, until he moved to Costa Rico.  
Then a chance meeting with Dulce Anaya of the
Jacksonville Ballet Theatre got the ball rolling.  
Dulce invited Naomi to teach a few Sevillanas to
some of her Ballet Students. As luck would have
it, word of mouth grew and more and more people
expressed an interest in  learning Flamenco.
Soon after, Ralph Ramirez of Boleros Dancesport invited Naomi to join their
studio and continue the classes there. Since then the group has grown to include
2 guitarists and a children's group. Flamenco de la Costa is  now part of the
network of highly respected Artists in Jacksonville.
Only a few weeks after opening at
Boleros, we had the good fortune of
meeting up with Curtis Price, one of
the first a foremost Flamenco
guitarists in Jacksonville.  Shortly
thereafter, we were also joined by
Santiago Carrizosa.  Both are  
excellent guitarists and completely
dedicated to the success of the group.
Above, and below, is the sister team of Kelsey and Brianna DeJesus.  Kelsey
and Brianna started their instruction with us at a very young age.  Sadly, for
us, they moved to Oklahoma where they have continued their studies in
Flamenco and  Spanish Dance.  Here you see them winning first place in a
recent Flamenco Competition.  Congratulations girls!  We are so proud of
you!  Sigue Bailando!!!
Sarah, and Naomi Drexel
University 1998
About Us!!
Teo Morca
Teaching in
Albuquerque, NM
We Often join forces
with our
sister group,
"Aire' de Espana"
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for custom made costumes
To the above left and below,  is
Sarah Vail Anders.  She  formerly
danced in Philadelphia with
Flamenco Ole! and was the
original founders of Flamenco de
la Costa.  She is now a Marine  
wife  (uh - rah) and the proud
mother of two handsome boys.