Palabra Flamenco

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With your help, the Flamenco de la Isla Society hopes to offer additional scholarships in 2021 for the study of flamenco dance, guitar, singing, and rhythm on Vancouver Island. For just $18.60, you can give a student, who might not otherwise afford it, a single flamenco class. You can read below about Iminah Kani, who won the 2019 scholarship. Flamenco’s a life-long journey, so emotionally charged, so powerful, says Iminah. This is how I feel. This is what it is. You’re ...truly heard. The expression, the darkness, she says. It’s like nothing else I’ve ever experienced. Flamenco is epic. When Iminah began her study of flamenco, she found a close-knit family-like community. We need one another to get the magic out, she says. I like how people come together and start making music, knocking on tables, singing, or doing palmas. We know this is a challenging time. If you can... please consider giving. Aficionados like you can provide a student in need a single flamenco class for just $18.60.

Meet Iminah Kani, a 24-year-old flamenco guitarist from Salt Spring Island. Last year, she won a scholarship from the Flamenco de la Isla Society. Read Iminah's full story by clicking the link below. Before the scholarship, Iminah was working part-time and struggling to afford lessons. Financially, the Flamenco de la Isla scholarship was a relief, she says. I’m so grateful. You saw how much I love doing this and you wanted to support me. It makes me more inspired to contin...ue doing it. With a donation of just $18.60, you can buy a single flamenco class for a student like Iminah who is struggling to afford it. If you donate to the scholarship fund before December 31, you will help them go to class next year. Can you help? We know this is a challenging time for everyone. Give if you can you will provide a student exactly the help they need to go to class.