An Interview with Santiago

Some time ago at Paquito D’Rivera’s, a famous musician, house I met a prodigy at a party. I decided to interview him.

                Well to start with his name was Santiago del Curto. He was 6 years old and he played the clarinet. He told me that his parents also played instruments. His mother played the cello and his father played the accordion. The first instrument he played was the piano. He started playing it 4 years old then stopped and began playing the recorder and about 4 months ago had an interest in the clarinet. He clarified to me that the recorder was a clarinet like object that had holes instead of keys. He also told me that he liked the clarinet because of the sound its nice shade of brown.  He learned to play the clarinet in a school that he moved to. He explained that even though they taught kids how to play instruments in his school they didn’t have a band. That day he played a song that Paquito D’Rivera wrote for him which is called “Blues for Santi.” He played with his mom, dad, Paquito, and a piano player. He made a few mistakes that were pretty little for learning how to play 4 months ago.

After that, other people sang, such as a couple of brothers that sang a song about words that were the same in Spanish, but meant different things in different countries. The song was hilarious because saying this word would get them punched in one country or hugged in another. It was a swell party.