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Siempre Sol 2

by a backstage god

Solomon Rose is backat the New Santa Barbara Theater on Olas Altas to reprise his successful show from last season.

Siempre SolIt is called “Siempre Sol 2.”

The set is performed on the lines of a Las Vegas Night Club Venue, and in his own words it ”will be X-rated, and includes guest spots, the same as I did last season.” (Believe me, the only thing X-rated about the show will be coming from back-stage, because somehow during the conversation I got coerced into helping him – I did that once last season for his show Cage Folles and the script I was working to back-stage bore no resemblance to the one he and the rest of the cast were performing ‘out front.’ If it happens this time, both he and the audience are going to know about it – he’s prepared to take the chance, wotta trouper).

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World Wetlands Day » February 2, 10am to 1pm

Saturday, February 2, from 10 am to 1 pm, there will be workshops and presentations in the general area of the Presedencia. There will be workshops for children in the bandstand and a marathon in Boca.

2 February each year is World Wetlands Day. It marks the date of the signing of the Convention on Wetlands on 2 February 1971, in the Iranian city of Ramsar on the shores of the Caspian Sea. WWD was celebrated for the first time in 1997 and made an encouraging beginning. Each year, government agencies, non-governmental organizations, and groups of citizens at all levels of the community have taken advantage of the opportunity to undertake actions aimed at raising public awareness of wetland values and benefits in general and the Ramsar Convention in particular.

Charreada » Torneo La Candelaria » February 1,2,3

On February 1, 2,and 3, the third anniversary of the Association of Charros “Real Zarco,” there will be a Charra Fiesta to celebrate in honor of the Virgin of Candelaria.

The event is supported by the City of Puerto Vallarta the purpose of promoting and disseminating the charrería, as a national sport par excellence, as well as reviving one of the most important traditions of our region.

The tournament dedicated to Candelaria, will be held at the lienzo charro “Real del Zarco” in Ixtapa It involves 19 teams from Jalisco and Nayarit, with prizes for the first three places.

According to the schedule of “Torneo La Candelaria” on Friday, February 1, the event begins with two charreadas, at 3:00 and 6:30 pm, and on February 2, “Día de la Candelaria,” there will be three charreadas at 11 am, 3:30 and 6:30 pm in which the participating teams will do make best efforts to accumulate points and qualify.

On February 3, the last day of the tournament, there will be one more charreada at 11 am and the grand finale will be at 4 pm.

The 19 participating teams are: Real del Zarco, Regionales Unidos de la Costa, José María Rodríguez Pilas, de Ixtapa; La Perla, de Llano Grande; Los Alacranes, de Las Palmas; El Asadero, de El Pitillal; Charros del Pitillal; Charros de Vallarta; Javier Curley y San José del Valle, ambos de San José del Valle, Nayarit; La Noria, también de San José; La Quebrada, de El Valle, Nayarit; Charros del Porvenir, Nayarit; Hermanos Ocegueda, de la Puerta de la Lima, Nayarit; Valle de Amatatipac, de Tepic, Nayarit; Rancho el Armadillo, de Tepic; Hacienda la Zarca, de Ixtlán del Río, Nayarit, el equipo de Carlos Sánchez Llaguno de Guadalajara, Jalisco y Charros de Guadalajara.

CONTACT: Noel Mora, Presidente Equipo Charro Real del Zarco
TEL: 322 135 8005

8th Annual Los Mangos Library Benefit Auction » Feb 1

Los Mangos Library AuctionThe Los Mangos Library at Fco. Villa 1001 in Colonia Los Mangos is having its 8th annual auction of Art, Hotel lodging, Dinners, Excursions, Workshops, Beauty Services, etc. to benefit the Library. $60,000 pesos is the goal needed to provide library support for the following year.

The event begins at 6 pm on Friday, February 1, in the Carlos Munguia Fregoso Room with a cocktail party complete with the traditional tamales served on the holiday Candelaria, coincidently falling on the same date. There is no admissioin charge for this event but donations are more than welcome.

FOR MORE INFORMATION:
TEL: 322 224 99 66
EMAIL: blm@prodigy.net.mx

Encuentro Internacional Vallartense de Medicina » February 1-17

Encuentro Internacional Vallartense de Medicina

A Natural, Tradicional y Alternativa Medical Symposium sponsored by the City of Puerto Vallarta.

February 1 to 17
Parque Lázaro Cárdenas and at the elementary school next to the park, Olas Altas, Old Town, Puerto Vallarta

PARTIAL LIST OF ACTIVITIES:

  • 60 Booths selling Natural products
  • 16 Shamans and Curanderos available for consultation
  • 21 workshops, with 3 sessions each, in alternative medicine. 550 pesos per workshop. See link below for times and subjects. All workshops in Spanish.
  • Prehispanic ritual dance performances each morning and evening during the event.

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PROGRAM

Bravo cleansedA Shaman “cleanses” the Mayor of Puerto Vallarta, Javier Bravo Carbajal, at the start of this International event.

Without wanting to sound too political, because, well, that’s illegal for foreigners here in Mexico to do, and without admitting to any belief in the supernatural, because, well, I don’t, I think that all politicians could use this type of treatment. “Cleansing” at the beginning of any administration is pointless and, for the sake of the governed, should always be done at the end, if not periodically along the way.

(photo from Noticiaspv)