The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
New to this season’s Sunday Movie Series, Democrats Abroad, Lake Chapala chapter has added a short post-movie discussion period. The initial discussion proved to be quite successful and comments were heard from those participating including, “We enjoyed the moderated discussion as much as the movie itself.”
Big Band Jazz of Guadalajara, comprised of the students and graduates from the University of Guadalajara Music Department, will be the featured entertainers at Viva Las Vegas, a gala benefit for Niños Incapacitados.
The event celebrates the “glamour capital of the world” and takes place Thursday, March 12, with botanas served at 5:15 p.m. at the Hotel Real de Chapala in La Floresta. The buffet stations will be open at 6:15 p.m.
A live auction follows with opportunities to purchase a one-week stay in the Turks and Caicos Islands, an impressive water feature for the garden, great dinners and parties set in lakeside’s most gorgeous homes. A silent auction will have an impressive array of items at every price point.
After the auction, attendees can dance to the traditional sounds of jazz, swing, blues, funk, samba, all within the infectious big band sound.
Tickets are 450 pesos each and tables for ten are available from Linday Hendy at (376) 106-1281. Single tickets are available at Cugini Boutique, Mostly Chocolate, O’Rourke & Associates and Century 21.
The Birds of Paradise subdivision held its annual Staff Appreciation Day on February 25. This year, 47 staff and family members were in attendance, as well as 70-80 residents
Mary Ann Waite and Monica Malloy received the coveted Bing Awards during the annual Culinary Arts Society of Ajijic (CASA) annual Awards Banquet at El Jardin de Ninette Restaurant on February 23. The meeting honors all CASA members who have placed in any of the 2014 monthly competitions.
Members of the Chapala chapter of Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) hosted the 39th Annual Mexico Conference at the Real de Chapala in Ajijic from Friday, February 20 to Tuesday, February 24. Lynn Young, the president-general of the National Society of the DAR, and more than 60 delegates and members from Mexico and the United States, attended the conference.
Felicidades to Georgie McCarty and Stan Standring, who are finalizing plans to tie the knot in May. Stan surprised his future bride by formally popping the question during the Valentine’s Karoake night gathering at Mama’s Bar held on Friday, February 13. After slipping a sparkly engagement ring on her finger and handing over a lovely floral bouquet, he led Georgie to the mike to join him in a heart-felt rendition of the classic romantic ballad “When I Fall in Love.”
The Lake Chapala Duplicate Bridge Club is much more than simply a group of people getting together to play cards in the afternoon.
