Posted by judy Horan on February 15, 2016, 10:02 am, in reply to "Re: Dia de Amistad Fiesta"
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Felicidades Stephanie! Great event and much appreciated by those from the Mexican community that were there, so mission accomplished!!! We sat with old local friends who I used to enjoy the weekend dances with, in the Jardin years ago. We reminisced about how much fun it was gathering and dancing in the Jardin nearly every weekend. They seemed puzzled and sad about that tradition ending- or aspects of it getting moved to the Casino. I asked them if they knew what the event last night was about and they said "No, we came because we saw the bandstand getting set up." They appeared moved by the poem when it was read in Spanish- and inspired to share more of their own memories after. I know they'd love copies of Ron's poem in Spanish (and in English) if there is some way to make that happen? They kept asking me to translate the songs being sung in English to Spanish. Bravo! I look forward to much more sharing of our cultures and especially DANCING in the Jardin in the future! Judy H
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