Achievement - Yes we did!

Songs, rhymes, and traditions

Jarabe Tapatio dance - literacy comes to life!

Hello from Susana, our Assistant Director

Hello I'm Susana Correa, mother of Eduardo y Christopher Sandoval, and I'm 33 years old.

The idea for the Migrant Childrens' Folkloric Ballet surged to realization as a way to promote Mexican traditions to our children, as well as because they like to sing and dance.

From the first day of practice, we parents were included dancing together with the children. This was how we made an activity where everbody participated, that was fun and entertaining, and interactive with the homework from Renee. It is also a good time to exercise.

Link to Mendota Reporter Article

http://www.mendotareporter.com/fe_view_article_window.php?story_id=3063&page_id=72&heading=0

Thanks to Bonnie Morris for a such well-written piece, and Jim Dresbach for the beautiful photo. Come visit us again sometime!

Homework Assignment (Pre-Performance)

The children made invitations for friends and family, employing the "who, what, when, where, and why," that we usually talk about with stories. Ashley, Carrie, and Rosa made these colorful invites.

One last pre-performance post

All the parents and children in our group have been so busy between sewing, studying, dancing, and singing. I have several pictures to take and post of all the kids last 2 homework assignments, and some words on our on-going English classes. The Mendota Reporter published a lovely article about the group last Wednesday (unfortunately, I've thus been unsuccessful at posting a link to the article). We have a profesional photographer coming this afternoon; volunteering his time and talent for our group at the festival. Other invitations to come and dance were a possibility, and now are quickly becoming a reality. More stories from our adults and children will be published here in the blog very soon. In the meantime, we all remain grateful and excited for the perfomance for the community this evening.
~Renee