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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Santo Domingo

Santo Domingo
The view from Corazon del Pueblo

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

Sunday, July 29, 2012

Guelaguetza 2012 - It continues


The second desfile or parade of delegations from the various regions went off without a hitch yesterday afternoon.  In fact, it was even better than the previous week, which, if I recall, was absolutely fantastic.  So that tells you all you need to know.  It was so much fun.  Where were you?
Once again I got there nice and early, two hours before the start.  The place was empty, but within a few minutes people started arriving and soon enough there was music and dance and photographic opportunities galore. 
This time I was concentrating on learning how to better identify the groups.  The outfits or trajes are all so distinctive, I should have learned this years ago, but... it ain't easy.  I mean, it ain't like each group is carrying a big sign saying where they are from....  oh, they do... oops.
Slowly, I began to associate groups with regions better.  I plan on working on it.  It was very nice to be able to get group portraits.  The dancers from Santiago Jocoltepec.
 The dancers from Santa María Tlahuitoltepec
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 The dancers from Santo Tomás Ocotepec.
Much more to come, but it will take a few days to go through photos and video and tomorrow there are two local guelaguetzas about 50 k. apart that I plan on seeing, one in the morning and one in the afternoon. 

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