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On The Red Carpet

2012 benefit for RISE

On February 11th 2012, hundreds of people will be walking down the red carpet at the Puerto Vallarta American School to once again support the Refugio Infantil Santa Esperanza (RISE) at the annual RISE for Hope event.

Guests will enjoy the entertainment of Mistress of Ceremonies and favorite Canadian chanteuse, Kim Kuzma, as well as some special guests. They will also be treated to the cuisine of 40 of Vallarta’s best restaurants. Following dining, they will watch as some of the children and chefs descend the red carpet, and witness an amazing live auction. Fireworks will close the evening.

This annual event raises essential funds to continue the work of sheltering children at the Refugio. These children are housed, fed, taken to school, given medical attention as necessary, laundry… everything. They come from a variety of situations including abandonment, neglect and abuse. Over the course of a year as many as 65 children may be in residence at one time. Some have lived at RISE for most of their young lives.

VIP Patron tables are $900 pesos or $75 US/CAD per person, and are available at No Way Jose! in Old Town or by contacting the Canadian Children’s Shelter of Hope Foundation’s (CCSHF) Satellite office at (322) 222-8968. VIP’s will enjoy early entry from the Red Carpet and front stage seating with food and wine service at your table by a private waiter.

General admission tickets are $550 pesos or $45 US/CAD per person, and are available at Daiquiri Dick’s on the south side of Vallarta, or by calling the CCSHF office at the number above.

All of the featured restaurants participating in the RISE for Hope 2012 event are included in the 2012 Children of the Refugio Cookbook, which will be available over the course of the evening.

The 60 page publication is bilingual and features the restaurants’ recipes as well as photos of the food and portraits of the children. The cookbook has just been nominated to be part of the Gourmand Awards in Paris, which is held during the largest cookbook show in the world. 100% of proceeds from the sale of this publication go directly to Refugio Infantil Santa Esperanza (R.I.S.E.) and the Vallarta Botanical Gardens, as all costs have been underwritten and talents donated.

Featured restaurants include: Café Bahia, Pan y Que?, Hot Fridas, Arte Culinario, Coco’s Kitchen, The Culinary Projects, Barcelona Tapas, Daiquiri Dick’s, Vitea, La Cigale, Trio, Trattoria Michel, River Café, Bubba Gump, Kaiser Maximilian, Thierry’s Prime Steakhouse, El Barracuda, Taste at Casa Cupula, O Restaurant, Ginger Garden, No Way Jose!, Café des Artistes, The Coffee Cup, Garbo’s Piano Bar and more.

Items in the auctions and raffles include: 2 round trip tickets on any Alaska Airlines routes, a four night stay at Villa Real del Mar in La Cruz, a private dinner on the beach for 12 at Club Lido, golf packages at Vista Golf and Paradise Village, private chef dinner at the Botanical Gardens including tour, an architectural/interior design package from Xcarllet Interiors, electronic items and so much more.

Do not miss this special evening of savoring the gourmet tastes of Vallarta, glamorous entertainment, bidding and children. Mark your calendars now for this spectacular event to benefit R.I.S.E. You’ll enjoy plenty of delicious food from Puerto Vallarta’s most popular restaurants, beer and wine, live entertainment, live and silent auctions, and much more!

PUERTO VALLARTA ENTERTAINMENT and EVENTS January 8 to 15, 2012

the Puerto Vallarta DAILY CALENDAR
January 8 to 15, 2012
Updated January 13, 2 pm

The Puerto Vallarta Daily Schedule of Events is continually updated. Last-minute additions and corrections are frequent. Click on most listings for more information about individual events.

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Bucerias Oyster Festival

2011 – April 11

Google translation from Siempre Libres:

where the sponsors provided the live music, ceviche, beer, pork, oysters and fried fish for more than a thousand people crammed in the early hours, an event organized by the association of divers.

The administrative officer of the association of divers in Bucerias, now has 27 divers, fishermen and oyster, Modesto Avalos Barraza said that for eight years has organized the free event for the entire audience along with others and had a great atmosphere.
Modesto said that the sale is supported by sponsors in the area of ​​Bucerias, as merchants, restaurateurs and others, as well as the current mayor, who put the live music of the band seemed the Future, without missing the financial support of many people that with a grain of sand next to all that was necessary.

Avalos stressed saying that since last year, this event is decked out with a contest to choose Miss that represents, as Queen of the oyster festival for a year, in which particular pate several young girls of the town and the region, which are encouraged with financial support in order to encourage the catwalk.

For his part, Ramon Camba Alba, oyster group treasurer reported that the group does not receive specific funding oyster human being, then they and members of the association, cooperative of 50 to 100 pesos for each month, to support activities and the costs of all divers who compose it.

For the sale of the festival, each diver is committed to giving away 50 oyster shells, but in times of closure for the oyster, divers are engaged in fishing, construction or other lawful activities that allow them to bring bread to their families because they do not have any support from municipal, state or federal, although it is to receive the help of a breakwater to be many more oysters.

Meanwhile, David Elizondo Buzzos seafood restaurant in Bucerias, said that the association of the divers are about 40 years and each year continues for generations that are coming and the festival gives identity to the town of Bucerias and divers dedicated to local economic activity that unites them in the last days of the holiday season, to live with all those involved in the festival, including suburbs, institutions, hotels and sponsors.

Finally, it is expected that the appropriate authorities to respond and support this group of people living on the sea, where large developments appear to have destroyed several banks of oyster and fishing is no longer the same as before and therefore , divers have to find ways to support the family.