November 10th I was very fortunate to have the opportunity to perform on stage with my tumbadora teacher, Tomas Cruz, at the Percussive Arts Society International Convention. It was a little different to play to conga, or segunda, drum in the middle and the quinto to my left but I adapted. Also I'm glad Pearl was not upset with me for playing Tycoon Percussion on the International stage, but I was expecting to play and could not pass up the opportunity to play with Tomasito! I should have another video soon that captures the entire jam, this one cuts out because the video ran out. Hope to have more videos to come with one of the greatest congueros of this time!
Please check out the other videos in the Conga Video section
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