The here and now... and what and why

Complacency is a trap. At least that’s what I was thinking when I up and left the comfort of a Yankee prep school gig, where I taught music, amongst other things, for 28 years. There was also that life long career as a composer, musician and artist.

First, it was a year in St. Thomas, USVI, working as a reporter and shooting photography and then, a year in San Agustin Etla, Oaxaca, Mexico.
Time passed.
More time passed and a year back in the Athens of America followed by a hasty return to Oaxaca where it is all happening.
A couple of years in San Sebastian Etla and now, just down the road in San Pablo Etla. Life is good.

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Oaxaca, Oaxaca, Mexico
Musician, photographer, videographer, reporter, ex-officio teacher, now attempting to be a world traveler

Saturday, July 10, 2010

Guelaguetza Roof cont.....

Fugetaboutit, it ain't gonna happen. I have been posting about this for some weeks now and lo and behold, from La Imparcial:

Se pudo constatar ayer, luego de un recorrido por la zona, que toda la maquinaria con la cual se estaba trabajando, así como los soldadores, albañiles y ayudantes ya no se encuentran, desaparecieron como por arte de magia, dejando abandonada parte de la estructura metálica.

Roughly translated:

It was possible to state yesterday, after a drive by the workzone, that all the machinery with which they were working, as well as the welders, bricklayers and assistants are no longer there, they disappeared as if by art of magic, leaving only the parts for the metallic structure.


Yeah, right, "by the art of magic". I am sure it was coincidential that it happened immediately after the election. The whole project had curious or what might be called a smelly, history.

So they left huge piles of dirt blocking the entrance and the stage forcing the bicentennial celebration of the Guelaguetza to be moved to the Benito Juarez stadium.

In my opinion, and what do I know, this is just a blatant "f*ck you" to the city. This is the key cultural event of the summer and anyone who knows anything knows that Oaxaca needs some income comin' in, tourist dollars. This is such a deep, painful and spiteful thing to do, I could spit nails. Nuf said....

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