Left to right: Mr Vazquez, Mrs. Vazquez, Cristie our Principal, and Daniel our Asst. Principal. Cristie was announcing that our school was deemed Exemplary on the TAKS test. It's a huge thing in Texas, if your from somewhere else don't worry about it. I'm sure there's money involved somewhere.
Families gathering.
Rosie (my walking buddy) asking Elizabeth (one of the coordinators of the event) what her duties are for the evening.
More families. We were packed to the gills by the time everyone got here.
I have no idea why this in in here and I can't get it out.My new wine bottle opener, it works quiet well, much better than the ones with arms. This bottle of wine was named in my honor.
Another mystery photo... the neighbor's new fence, I have privacy from the West, but that's not where I really need it.
Did we see this one already?
Some of the girls from Mrs. Vazquez 1st grade class. The two girls in the middle are Andrea Tinoco (my neighbor) and Deborah Montalvo (her mom is a fantastic cake decorator.)
Some of the blurry boys from the class.
Mr. and Mrs. Vazquez, yeah, they are married. She teaches 1st and he teaches 2nd.
1st grade dancing.
A cake, but not one of Mrs. M's.
They lined up for food.... clear out the door. We've decided we're going to have to have Pot Luck PTA meetings to get people to come.
Hey Girl! Get outta the way... you're holding up el progresso (and I'm not talking spaghetti sauce.)
No idea....
Mrs. V explaining the dance that Pre K was performing.
Everyone dancing....
more dancing...
Los Mariachis.
self explanatory.
too dark to see out here in the sun, you'll have to figure it out.
Folklorico dancer.
y mas.....
que es estos?
I know there's a feature on this camera for low light conditions.... I guess Lori was afraid to use it.
The dance of the old men, I wanted to join this Conga Line so bad, but was afraid they'd change the name to El Baile de Loca Mujere.
No se....
Down in front!
The littlest mariachi. He sang and played the violin. He had the whole Mexican yi yi yi down....
The Candle Head dance, you can barely tell it, but these guys have lit candles on their heads, (evidently they don't know the rules... no open flames, especially with all the frijoles we had this night) they danced around the whole song with the lit candles on their heads and then blew them out and invited the kids to come up and try. About this time was when my camera went to sleep.Es todo!
6 comments:
That just looks so amazing! Now tell me cinco de mayo isn´t it some sort of festival of the ancestors (dead) or something like that? Sorry, you hear it all the time on American tv shows but sometimes it doesn´t all sink in. It looks like a great multi culti event - so do all texans celebrate - or is it mainly just hispanics with a few "others"?
Cinco (five) de (of) Mayo (May), Fifth of May marks the day of Mexico's independence from Spain.
You are thinking of Dia de los Muertes, the day of the dead. Nov 1st. They celebrate all who have died young and old. They even have picnics in the grave yard.
Btw in Texas we will celebrate any cultural event that involves drinking lots of beer. Of course Texas is a huge mixing pot of many cultures but in the beginning there were a lot of German settlements mixed in with the Mexicans. Check out this website: http://www.lsjunction.com/facts/6flags.htm
Whoops, that should be Dia de los MuertOs.
Congrats on the Exemplary status. That is a big deal!
The only place that I have seen that celebrates as much as Texans is Louisiana. We lived there for 3 years and I had no idea what all the festivals were about....but they were fun! :)
Being half cajun, I love Louisiana festivities!
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