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Christmas concert pleases all

The Hermosillo family, (left to right): Mariana, Antonio, Lucia, Gabriela and Jorge, enraptured the audience at the ¡Viva La Música! Christmas concert on December 6.

Few members of the audience at the Auditorium in Ajijic last Friday could have anticipated the treat that awaited them at The Hermosillo Family and Friends’ Christmas Concert. Presented by ¡Viva La Música!, it featured operatic and Christmas music in a “Tribute to Harlan Snow,” who died in 2010 aged 82.


Canadian jazz great Basso warms up for lakeside show

Acclaimed horn player Guido Basso will appear as lead artist at the Jazz Greats shows.

It’s a rare day that lakeside audiences have the opportunity to be entertained by crack musicians such as Guido Basso, the Canadian jazz artist critics acclaim as a brilliant trumpeter and soulful genius on flugelhorn.

Fast-paced ‘Don Quixote’ receives merited standing ovation

Early in Act II Basil feigns suicide with Kitri’s agreement and Don Quixote reprimands the bartender Lorenzo for causing the situation. Foreground (L-R): Sancho Panza – Vladimir Shabalin, Lorenzo – Alexandr Samokhvalov, Basil – Konstantin Korotkov, Kitri – Olga Chelpanova, Don Quixote – Ivan Melekhin, watched by members of the corps de ballet.

Ballet aficionados have been enjoying “Don Quixote,” this year’s Russian State Ballet Mari El’s tour, at locations all over Mexico since September 29. The company’s month-long schedule comprised 20 performances at venues including Guadalajara, Mexico City, Queretaro, Acapulco and Ajijic. Returning to Russia on October 29 it has only a short turn-around before taking “The Nutcracker” to Germany in mid-November.

A night of romance comes to Atequiza Theater

The historic Teatro de Atequiza will host a gala concert of Mexican tunes from the region’s 1880-1920 Romantic era.

A gala concert entitled La Bella Epoca de Mexico Romantico will be staged Saturday, November 16, 7 p.m. at the stately and historic Teatro de Atequiza, located in the eponymous town that lies on the eastern boundary of Ixtlahuacan de los Membrillos.

The Naked Stage: Only the bare essentials

The Naked Stage concept exists around the world under various names including “Readers’ Theater” and “Bare Bones Theater.” Long-time Lakeside resident Jeritza McCarter founded one as an expat in Japan, which is still going. In 2009 she brought the idea to Lakeside where it has flourished and the entire community benefits as all profits go to the Red Cross.