05/24/08:
A quick update. Posted a video on my page of my interview for Portugal's RTP and Toronto's omnivision over here, and also a note that I was asked to perform during Vancouver's Portuguese Heritage Month, and have arranged a show at the Chapel Arts theatre on June 13, 2006. More info about the event >can be found here<.

09/04/07:
As I have posted on my myspace page awhile ago, this July 2007 I was sent along with seven other dancers of Portuguese Azorean descent by the Azorean government to go take part in a workshop (called Dance of the Senses - Memories in Movement) and perform at the Teatro Angrense on the island of Terceira. The first part was our solos, as displayed as a condensed version on the video page, the second part was a 10-minute group collaboration set to traditional Azorean music, as seen on this youtube video. I have posted a couple photo galleries of this trip <here> and <here>, Enjoy!

05/01/07:
Sorry it has been such a long time since the last update! To make it up, here are lots of updates combined in one! First of all there are three new galleries in the Picture Page, a Kara Miranda photoshoot, an End Café gallery, and an Old Pictures page. Two new videos added to Videos Page, my interview for a local T.V. station and a clip from the same show of the Carmen Amaya documentary. A pencil portrait was added to my Art Page, it is of my friend Celina I drew as a gift for her going away to Japan. New links have been added to the links page, notably Sandra La Espuelita's page: http://www.flamencodancer.eu/. Many dead links were found and will be cleaned up in my next update.

And last but not least, I have created an entirely new Book Review Page. A book review of the "The Flamenco Academy" by Sara Bird has been added. Also, I am anxiously awaiting to receive "The Gypsy Chronicles" from Alison Mackie in the mail. You can visit her site at:http://thegypsychronicles.com in the meantime.

08/20/06:
Added new pictures I took of Centro Flamenco's company's performance at Granville Island to the picture gallery, in addition to adding the flamenco and cow video to the videos page. Trust me it's funny! Next update will be soon, and it will include a book review of the fabulous "The Flamenco Academy" by Sara Bird.

04/21/06:
Finally, a new update! Well I will add new pictures/videos once my group La Triana performs again. One reason we are taking a bit of a break is because the café we regularly performed at sold:

First off, I added a link to "Sandra La Espuelita, Flamenco Dancer & Teacher based in London UK" at: http://www.flamencodancer.co.uk. She offers skirt making services as well, so I added the link to my costumes links (under FAQ).

Last but not least, I updated the Local Scene page to clear up why it's not updated! Cheers, ~Kara Miranda

11/09/05:
Just to update, I am really happy to get into the flamenco once again this year, after a year long flamenco break due to a demanding 8-month school schedule.

05/15/05:
Long time, no update! Well now school is over and I can finally update a couple things in here. I've just graduated from an intensive 8-month program in Digital Animation, you can check out my new art website at: http://karadesigns.ca | Kara Miranda Lawrence Designs

Thanks for a heads up from Antoinette Penton, I've added a print option to my Language of the Fans popup as there was no previous way of copying down the information. Also I added a new link to the Canadian Flamenco Links page. Check out Daniel Turner's website for custom construction of flamenco guitars. Also added eight other links to the Canadian Flamenco Links page, which is good news because this means that more flamenco aficionados are making websites and getting connected on the world wide web.

Oh and also a note, thanks to everyone who takes the time to sign my guestbook! :) (besides the countless spam I receive in it every day). I have received 145 entries since the guestbook feature first went online!

10/17/04:
Updated the flamenco links page with Es Flamenco and OLE!.

Just a note that I have recently moved to Vancouver and am currently going to school for Digital Animation after graduating from a Visual Arts program in Victoria. Therefore, I am not able to update this site with news about the flamenco happenings on the island, as well due to my incredibly busy schedule it is difficult to be that involved with the flamenco scene in Vancouver. Hopefully I will find more time in the future. It is hard to be without your flamenco fix!

06/13/04:
18 Pictures added to the '03 to '04 Miscellaneous Flamenco Pictures page. Also the Local Scene page is updated with new events and a list of past events.

05/25/04:
Just a small update, I have updated my About WebMistress pages, have included a link to my new Art Page in the Flamenco Art section, and added a couple of events on the Local Scene page, although that site is still under construction.

10/07/03:
School has been keeping me quite busy, but when I find free time the next big update will be the Local Scene page. Just a couple of updates--> First lots of new links on the Canadian Links page:
Al Mozaico Flamenco Dance Academy
Arte Flamenco
Holly Stewert: Flamenco Dance Classes
Hispanic Dance Theatre
Charo Juana Flamenco Dance
Kari Alba
L’Académie de Flamenco Gitan de Jaqueline Murillo
¿Qué Pasa?
Flamenco del Mar
Secondly added an article about John Galliano's flamenco/dance inspired fashion line on my Articles About Flamenco page. ¡Ciao!

08/10/03:
Variety is the spice of life, si? To keep things more interesting I have decided to switch around the main picture ever so often. When some friends visited kflamenco.com to test the counter and they weren't registering I came to the conclusion that it's broken and it's time for a new one. Just a few updates this time round: I have finished the Origin of the Word "Flamenco" page, the Useful Resource Links page, the Articles About Flamenco page and my dance video is back online at Kara Miranda's Tango page. Also I have volunteered for the job of updating Alma de Espana's website, so check there for all the up to date info on flamenco happenings in Victoria. Next update expect to see the completed Local Scene page!

07/11/03:
I am confused why after the major update there are maybe 3 visitors per day when before there was 40 per day? Well the good news is www.kflamenco.com has almost reached the 40,000 visitor mark! Kara's Art page is updated with my most recent art, the Fans page is completed and added printable versions to all the Flamenco Info pages. After a year of trying to find a guestbook without annoying adds I have finally found one:
Sign the Guestbook or View the Guestbook

07/07/03:
The Pictures site is completed with 145 images, not to mention 145 thumbnails and 156 new webpages (Phew!). Most of the Information About Flamenco is completed: more to come soon!

06/22/03:
Kara's Flamenco Page has been re-designed, with a new graphical layout and updated content. This update has taken longer than expected, so instead of waiting until everything is completely ready I'm uploading the pages over several installations. The next one should be in a couple weeks. So far the pages completed are Sitemap, Awards, Contact Info, FAQ, About Webmistress, Site Info, Recipes, Links, and Flamenco Art.

Update on Site Progress -> Hope everyone had great holidays, I'm back from my wonderful (but cold!) trip to LA and Los Vegas, and in my few days back I have been working hard on this site, making a new graphical layout in addition to newly revamped pages and a guestbook. Now all I have to do is handle the technical problems (wish me luck) then it will be up!

11/03/2002:
A new update! This layout of this website hasn't been changed in over two years so I think come Christmas break I'll find some free time to update this page with a new graphical/content design, but for now I can barely find any time for even small updates. Also my guestbook service has suddenly closed about a month ago, so I'll have to find a new service soon, preferably one without annoying ads.
The Victoria Local Flamenco Scene page is updated with events and the class schedule updated for the new year.

07/07/2002:
I have been very busy finishing off grade 12 these past few months, but now I am finally graduated and have found a few spare moments to update Kara's Flamenco Page. Sorry to people who have emailed me, I will try to respond as soon as possible.
The Victoria Local Flamenco Scene page is updated with new events and past events.
The Flamenco Links page has been updated with a link to the new Alma de España website, the flamenco group in Victoria, BC run by Veronica Maguire and Harry Owen.
Two new oil paintings added to the Kara Miranda Art page.

03/27/2002:
A new guestbook has been temporarily added until shaw.ca offers these services again.
~ To sign the new guestbook click here ~

03/26/2002:
Three new paintings added to Maria Miranda's Art page and email address updated:
Updated the Victoria Local Flamenco Scene page with a new Pena Flamenca event in May.

03/14/2002:
Kara's Flamenco Page has passed the 20,000 visitors mark!! : ) Thanks for all that have been supporting my page, I'm happy to hear from you and glad that many people have used my website as a flamenco research resource for school and their own personal interest and knowledge. It makes me very proud to know that I am helping people in some way and it gives me initiative to keep on adding to this website.
New addition added to the Articles About Flamenco page, a Spanish/Flamenco-inspired fashion shoot from Glamour magazine.
Updated the Victoria Local Flamenco Scene page with new events for the next few months.
New pencil drawing added to the Kara Miranda Flamenco Art page.

01/15/2002:
Wow almost 20,000 visitors to Kara's Flamenco page! So far, according to my counter, this site has had visitors from the UK, Australia, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Belgium, France, New Zealand, Finland, Brazil, Taiwan, Switzerland, Sweden, Mexico, Japan, Italy, South Africa, Israel and Turkey as well as throughout Canada and the US. I guess flamenco is a very worldwide topic! Now without further ado, here are the updates for the year 2002:

All the webpages have been updated a little bit for the new year. I was planning on a major redesign, but that does not seem realistic at this point. Instead I have fine-tuned the webpages for errors, also adding new content and updates as listed below.

New article, written by me, on the Articles About Flamenco page.
The Spain Photo Gallery and the My Trip to Spain page have been merged together as one, including a shorter write-up and flipbooks of all the images with comments about each one.
The Flamenco Pictures page has been updated with all the images being viewable through a pop-up flipbook, and a new picture was added.
The Kara Miranda Flamenco Art page has been updated with a few more art pieces.
The Kara's Fan Page has been updated with a photograph of some of the fans hanging up on my wall on a display in my room.
I have added a video of me performing a tangos piece on the Flamenco Multimedia page, and I'm planning to add more audio/video in the future.
The Flamenco Links page has been updated with a new category for "Canadian Flamenco Links" and the links in the "Other Great Links" section have been alphabetized.
Added new event in February to Victoria Local Flamenco Scene.
Updated the Info About the Webmistress page .
Also, you might notice that if you right-click on any of the pages, the sign "© Kara Miranda 1999-02. All rights reserved." appears. I have added this to discourage information/picture-piracy.

12/27/2001:
Kara's flamenco page is simultaneously in the process of getting moved to a new server, to shaw.ca from @home and being majorly redesigned for the New Year. For the time being this server does not offer a counter or a guestbook, but hopefully these features will be added soon.
My new email address is kflamenco@shaw.ca and the new web address is http://www.kflamenco.com/.

12/02/2001:
Miguelito from dcflamenco has made an animated gif from my Flamenco Fans page images, and it's so cute that I have to put it up. Thanks!
Added a whole new link section at the bottom of the Victoria Local Flamenco Scene page, because recently I've found a couple of good Canadian flamenco links, and I really want to support the flamenco scene in Canada.

12/01/2001:
I have not been able to update the website for awhile because we have been experiencing some computer problems, but now I believe they are fixed. I think that "Kara's Flamenco Page" is due for a new look, so during Christmas holidays I am planning to make a major redesign of this site with lots of new content added. In the meantime, here are a few updates:

Added some new events to the Victoria Local Flamenco Scene page, a December Peña Flamenca show on the 8th and two Alma de España performances this coming January. Also added a credit to Barbara Pendrick for one of the photos used on the page.

Added three new links to the Flamenco Links page: a link to the nuevo-flamenco guitarist Eric Hanson's website, a link to the Flamenco in Calgary website, and a link to the official Gallardos shoes website (it will soon be updating to include an online catalog).

Added a couple new links to the Flamenco Costumes page.

As of 09/30/2001:
Added a correction to the Victoria Local Flamenco Scene page, the October Peña Flamenca show is on the 12th not the 6th.

09/10/2001:
The Flamenco Pictures page is temporarily offline as I am taking measures to protect my images against image piracy.

09/01/2001:
Created a new page Articles About Flamenco, in which I will add a collection of interesting articles and pictures from magazines about flamenco. So far I have added Spanish Fire, an interesting article about flamenco in Jerez de la Frontera I found in my travel magazine, (I was very surprised to see my friend Yukiyo in one of the pictures!) and Feeling Flamenco, photographs of some interesting flamenco/Spanish-inspired designer clothes.

Created another new page Kara's Flamenco Page Sitemap to help people with the navigation around my website and check which pages are updated. Also included a search engine.

Added a November event to the Victoria Local Flamenco Scene page.

Did a routine check on my Flamenco Links page to make sure they were all up-to-date and added three new links:

Flamenco Arts Northwest, an organization to promote the flamenco arts in the Pacific Northwest (the Seattle area), Flamenco Buzz, a frequently updated page about the happenings in flamenco, Atlanta Flamenco Productions,a beautifully designed site about an Atlanta group of flamenco performers.

08/31/2001:
A new event in October added to the Victoria Local Flamenco Scene page plus information about flamenco classes for the new term (class schedule, class descriptions & levels, fee schedule and application form.)

08/13/2001:
Trying out a new layout for the Victoria Local Flamenco Scene page so the most recent events are listed at the top and also added bios for Harry Owen and Gerardo Alcalá. On the Flamenco Costumes page I added flamenco costume website links.

06/06/2001:
Updated the Local Scene page with a new event this Sunday featuring my mother's flamenco-inspired paintings, and I added a poster for the Peña Flamenca event this Saturday:

06/03/2001:
Put up some information about student rehearsal times for the July ¡Fiesta Flamenco! show in my Local Scene page.

05/27/2001:
Added a new drawing to my Flamenco Art page, it's something that I drew last October and I've been meaning to upload, but I never got around to it until now.

05/25/2001:
Added a June Peña Flamenco event on my Local Scene page.
Fixed errors on my pages, and I found this funny flamenco cartoon page that you can check out for a laugh here: http://www.angelfire.com/biz2/bette/flamenco1.html

05/24/2001:
Added three new links of Vancouver based flamenco artists on my Local Scene page.
Made my Flamenco Links page up-to-date, removing broken links, changing addresses, and I added a new link to a nicely designed flamenco site from Holland Flamenco.nl. Wish I could speak Dutch! :)

05/22/2001:
I again updated my Local Scene page with a new design, and events that will happen in the next few months. There are still more performances to be added. In the past performance at Hatley Castle I added a little bar of pictures taken from my video tape of the event.

05/11/2001:
Updated my Local Scene page with an event this Sunday at Hatley Castle, that I will be performing in . Expect more updates on that page about local flamenco events/classes happening in Victoria.

04/04/2001: una muy pocita update!
Just as I launch the new edition of Kara's Flamenco Page, so sad but I have to leave! I'll be gone for a few weeks while I'm on a band trip (down to L.A.) so I won't be able to answer emails or update until the end of the month. Here's my last little update until then, hasta luego!

In addition to fixing all these broken links, unloadable images, and spelling errors, I combined the two pages What's New and Planned Updates. Notice the little link under the title? Thanks for the help from miguelito!

04/01/2001:
This is the third major redesign and update to Kara's Flamenco Page!
I am really happy with the success of my site, Kara's Flamenco Page has reached over 10,000 visitors!! Thank you everyone for supporting my site, I never imagined it would get so much response! This update has taken about 3 days and countless hours to complete, yet there are still pages I have yet to complete. Here is a list of all the updates and additions I have made to my site since the last update:

Updated the layout of the main page, using some recent photographs of me. I have added some of them to the Flamenco Pictures page, so go check them out!

Added Frequently Asked Questions page, a Multimedia page, a Costumes page, a page about the Local Flamenco Scene, and a brand new Message Board!
Updated all of the pages designs, especially the Flamenco Pictures and the Flamenco Art page where I split them into subcategories. Also because the Spain page had so many pictures it took so long to load I updated it with a simpler design.
Finally finished the Spain Photo Gallery with pictures from my trip.
Beautiful new addition to Maria Miranda's Flamenco Art page.
I've won "The Premium Flamenco Website Award" from the German Flamenco Pages, go check it out on the Awards This Site Has Won page.
Added three new links to my Flamenco Links page, go check them out!
I got the domain name www.kflamenco.com, and a new email address kflamenco@home.com.

09/03/2000:
Updated my Links page adding a new link to the beautifully designed page Ensemble Español Spanish Dance Theatre, and deleted quite a few broken links
Optimized the España page by lowering the picture sizes dramatically increasing the download speed.

08/23/2000: little update
A few more pictures added to My Trip to Spain page, from my friend's photographs and links to more reviews of the Festival de Jerez.

As of 08/18/2000:
Finally I have joined the Flamenco Ring, I don't know why I haven't joined it earlier it's been up as one of my favourite sites. So I added a new drawing of a flamenco dancer in my Flamenco Art page and used that image on the Main page as a link to the Flamenco Ring.

08/16/2000: An update!
I have added totally changed the Spain page with a new layout, and I have added a page about My Trip to Spain, with some experiences and general impression of the flamenco festival/workshop in Jerez with pictures!
Finally updated the Flamenco Links page sorry for anyone that's been waiting to get their link up! Also added another link on the Canadian Search Engine page upon request.
Added two new drawings on the Flamenco Art page done on this Japanese doodle whiteboard program on the internet called Oekaki.
Updated my about the Webmistress site.

04/24/2000:
Two new links added to my Flamenco Links page. La Escuela de Baile, "a flamenco dance school located in London, England, giving classes from beginner to advanced The school is now 15 years old, and the school also produces intensive courses and workshops, in England as well as in Spain, using local teachers and guest stars from Spain, Manolo Marin, Angela Granados, Rafaela Carrasco, Javier de la Torre,Belen Maya to name but a few." and Los Zatanias flamenco, a site run by Estela who offers workshops of cante and accompaniment in Europe and abroad. You can email her at zata@nexo.es

03/30/2000:
Major additions to my Spanish Recipes page, go check out the new design! I used the tag from a sherry bottle (a wine unique to Southern Spain) as my back button and Spanish tiling as the background.
Laurena Marrone's site FlamencoJourneys.com is the feature site of the month on the Links page.
Updated my Future Updates page.

12/31/1999: Last day of this millennium!
Added three new links to Flamenco Links page. Carlinha's Place, a flamenco dancer from Brazil, Flamenco 2000 unfortunately a Spanish-only site :( featuring great flamenco artists of the century, and the Flamenco Arts Center in Chicago, IL, "a wonderful center that needs more publicity". So please go and visit it !

12/30/1999:
Organized Guestbook so now it's in three pages with 10 guestbook entries per page.

12/29/1999:
Well my internet connection has been down for a week, so here's all the updates at once since have been working on the page a lot offline.
Added pictures from four years ago to my Flamenco Pictures page.
Added new artist to my Flamenco Art page, my mom Maria Miranda, with an old coloured pencil drawing of a flamenco dancer and a sculpture in white clay.
Additional banners added to my How to Link to My Site page using standard size. Expect more in the future.

Partnered with my sister to make I<ora WebDesigns©.I<ora WebDesigns©
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12/22/1999:
Updated my bio and entire layout of my Info About the Webmistress page using a variety of personally adapted Art Nouveau pictures, which is one of my favourite art styles.

12/21/1999:
Totally new layout and pictures for my mainpage. Took me a whole lotta time to make. I like it, the only problem is that it might be slow loading for people with slower internet connections, if anyone has any problems then please email me. I might be making a low-graphic version of my site in the future:

12/20/1999:
New link added to the Flamenco Links Page, Victor Reny's site: Perso Flamenco & Classic, about flamenco and classic scores for guitar (Paco de Lucia) and mp3 flamenco of the month.
Fixed up link to sign the guestbook from my View Guestbook page. Some people have complained about problems signing it for awhile and I hope that fixes the problem. Oh, and while we're on the subject: Please continue signing my guestbook I would love to hear from you & to know who visits my site! :-)

12/08/1999:
New group picture on the Flamenco Pictures Page.
"Bata de Cola" flamenco drawing I did a while ago but never got around to scanning in is now on the Flamenco Art Page.

11/27/1999:
Added Flamenco Pictures Page. Got scanner back this week and was finally able to scan in some of the photographs from Alma de España's three-week performance at Summer in the Square. I couldn't find all the pics, so expect more in the future.

11/10/1999:
Fixed up my Flamenco Links Page.
New layout and smaller picture in About the Webmistress page.

As of 09/25/1999:
Added three new logos to my How to Link to My Site page.
Added Sneak Peak page for new main page layout I have underway. Go and check it out!

As of 09/20/1999:
Added What's New?, Planned Updates, How to Link to My Site, and Awards, webpages with purple fan border that I made.
Added Links to Canadian Search Engines webpage to support the Canadian search engines.
Added forty-five new links to my Flamenco Links webpage!
Tweaked out some small errors such as unloaded pictures and incorrect links.
Added these signs: "(c) Kara Miranda 1999. All rights reserved." to the bottom of all my pages to remind people not to steal any of the pictures, because I've had that happen before to my other website, and it doesn't make you feel very good after spending hours hand editing all the pictures.