The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
On Saturday, August 2, maestros Jose Luis Cortez, an award-winning ceramicist from Tonala, and Jose Manuel Robles, a painter from Tlaquepaque, spoke to the children at the Lake Chapala Society (LCS) Children’s Art Program about the importance of Mexican Folk Art and helped them with ideas for their artwork.
Libby Townsend’s second annual Tarahumara Rain Dance drew a crowd of 40 lakesiders intent upon conjuring up the good graces of Mother Nature and lending support to the Complejo Asistencial Clinica Santa Teresita located in Creel, Chihuahua.
A throng of Ajijic youngsters and their parents patiently lined up for a long wait at the foot of the Ajijic plaza bandstand last Sunday as a village couple and a band of helpers doled out close to 400 packets of free school supplies.
In a bombshell announcement coming at the tail end of the academic year, administrators of the lakeside’s Roosevelt School informed staff, students and parents that the institution was shutting the doors, ceasing operations for the 2013-2014 term.
A Mexican Garden Party in support of the Niños de Chapala y Ajijic (NCA) scholarship program will be held Friday, August 2, from 2 to 5 p.m., hosted by NCA President Sharon Ford and fund-raising chairman Dave Paterson.
Libby Townsend will hold the second annual Tarahumara Rain Dance at her Ajijic (Seis Esquinas) home on Sunday, July 28 to raise funds for the Tarahumara (Raramiri), who live in the Copper Canyon in northern Mexico.
Ajijic town administrator Hector España will host a barbeque dinner and dance party at the village plaza on Saturday, August 10, 5 to 9 p.m., to build up a kitty to fund various improvement projects.