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Sunny is a great dancer that I met at the weekly hustle dance parties held at DanceSport every Monday. It is always fun to dance with her because she has lots of expression and creativity when dancing. Given the fact that she is such a great dance performer, I was not surprised to find out that she is also a singer. Several times she has given me fliers to come to see her sing at various concerts she gave, but I could not make it because of scheduling issues. This time, my friend Mihoko told me about Sunny's concert with a Brazilian theme. Given the fact that I just came back from Brazil a week ago, I decided to make an effort and leave work early to make it to her 7PM show today at the Triad Theatre. The show was called "Sunny In Brazil".

It was great to finally hear Sunny sing. She has a great voice and her performance on stage reminded me of her sensuous dance style. She performed the classic Brazilian songs like "Brazil", "Girl From Ipanema", "Dingi" and many others. She was accompanied by a great pianist and great guitarist. But those instruments unfortunately are not enough to make the music sounds like a real Brazilian samba. And trust me, I've heard a lot of live brazilian music during my stay there. You need percussion! And there was a conga player on the stage, but unfortunatly he only provided the visual presense. He played so softly that no one could hear him. So that being said, I could not really hear the real Brazilian rhythms, but the melodies were pleasant to listen to and have memories of Brazil flow through my mind as Sunny was mentioning Ipanema and Sugar Loaf.

Not only Sunny has been to Brazil, she has also been to Paris.