Well, the gringos were out in force today for the parade, trotters taking pictures, Ray marching along with the kids, Kevin & I also taking pics
of all my neices and nephews and 3 sailboats worth of families enjoying the spectacle too. It was not as joyous as usual as we lost one of our local
amigos in a motorcycle accident yesterday and the funeral was today too which affects the whole village. Tonight we will go to the fiesta with
fokloric dancing and music and eat to our hearts content at the wonderful booths...more pics tomorrow. Happy 20 de Noviembre a todos! Viva la
revolucion! P.S.: Unlike other places, here we celebrated it on it's proper day and the kids had an extra long weekend and go back to school
tomorrow. guess we arent' civilized YET
little revolutionaries
shari - 11-20-2007 at 06:31 PM
here are some of our young revolutionaries! viva pancho villa!
bajaandy - 11-20-2007 at 06:35 PM
Cool photos! Looks like the kids were having fun! Viva la revolucion!SiReNiTa - 11-20-2007 at 07:45 PM
hehe
for the first time in my life i got to watch the desfile from the out side instead of being in it hehe...pretty cool good thing i didn't dance with my
school tho...yuck!!!fishbuck - 11-20-2007 at 09:10 PM
The fun never stops in Asuncion!
Parade was fun
DianaT - 11-24-2007 at 10:59 AM
Crowds waited for the 8AM beginning of the parade.
Opps, that's me all by myself--- Jesus told us that would be 8AM Mexican time. Shari arrived after 8:30 and did not miss a thing.
Here they come
A scary motorcycle rider at the beginning.
Then came those mean looking rebels.
Each school did different drill routines ---
"Sure hope I don't forget my routine."
"Well, OK
I will smile."
Busted by the Chief of Police!
"OK, we are just two of the members of the Lobos Marinos bringing up the rear of the parade. Can't wait for our new uniforms we are getting partly
due to the Baja Nomads."
Now off to the baseball field for the competitions---well, it wasn't really a competition since there is only one school for each level.
[Edited on 11-26-2007 by jdtrotter]
The Competition
DianaT - 11-24-2007 at 11:09 AM
The youngest do perform a pyramid ---
What a pyramid
And quite a dance
This one was having so much fun, he could not be convinced to leave.
Teacher to the rescue---this is his watch my body go limp act.
"I am done with my part, and I am happy."
Now for the serious pyramids
Up
Up
Done
Girls are not to be outdone!
up
Done
"All I really care about right now is my soda"
It was a fun day---our last day in BA for a couple of weeks.
John and DianePaulina - 11-24-2007 at 11:43 AM
Great photos. Thank you!
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[Edited on 24-11-2007 by Paulina]Natalie Ann - 11-24-2007 at 12:55 PM
Excellent story in photos, Diane. And it ends perfectly with that lovely strawberry Fanta moustache!
Thanks to both Diane and Shari for taking us to the parade.
nenabajamigo - 11-24-2007 at 05:58 PM
It was interesting and fun here in Ejido Esteban Cantu. And the gringo dune-buggy parade was a big hit. Here's the link:
