{ FOR THE
OF MUSIC }
Club parties happen monthly with as
many as 70 people at Laurel Manor Recreation
Center. The club welcomes members
and their guests - any Villager who likes
to move to Latin beats. Many, like Carvajal,
grew up with Latin music. Some
might even be musicians - which Carvajal
is not.
" I cannot play the guitar or the piano
or the trumpet - none of those, " he said.
" When I went to Hawaii, I tried to play the
ukulele. They say it's an easy instrument, but
I say those people have something special - to
be able to play an instrument. "
Carvajal has made his peace with the fact that
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he'll likely never be skilled in that area. For him, it's
enough to be moved by a song's emotion, to feel
the music intimately and draw out the sounds
of individual instruments - the thrum of the
guitar, the bold rip of the trumpet and the sweet
clink of a piano's high note.
" I tell you, the day that I cannot enjoy music -
that's the end for me. "
Love