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SAIL-FEST CONCERT

Last night was the Sail-fest Concert and a great concert it was.  We’re told that four of the best musicians playing locally are asked to participate and to  bring along friends.  So not only did we here from the lady who plays at La Puerta, Patricia, Jose Luis Cabo, Zihua Juanito, and Steve & Allan,who expanded to a full size band with 2 more guitars, drums and a sax and from Mexico City Dos Hermanos with a lovely lady.  Then to top it all off a charming group of school children dancers.  My sincere apologies to any one whose name I have wrong, or left out, or misspelled no slight intended but with out a program I’m just relying on my ageing memory.

The Senor and I with our Canadian friends from our apartment building
The Senor and I with our Canadian friends from our apartment building

Our group of friends has learned to arrive early to get a good seat and get food ordered before the festivities begin and the waiters at El Pueblito get swamped.  It was a good crowd.  The evening got off to a great start with Patricia who has a beautiful soulful voice performing songs in both Spanish and English. Between performers raffle tickets were drawn and I was lucky again and won a great t-shirt and a Canadian ball cap, which amused everyone at our table as the Senor and I were the only non Canadians.  I don’t normally wear a ball cap, but I will proudly be sporting my new red hat at the Chilli fest today.

Raffel winnings
Raffel winnings

The children’s performance was the one of the highlights of the evening. I got a quick picture of the boys mugging for the camera prior to going on stage, but once on stage it was all

Boys mugging for the camera
Boys mugging for the camera

business while they performed several indigenous dances, One spectacular dance with possibly an Aztec theme, involved 10-year-old dancers, a lighted torch and long peacock feathers head dresses waving wildly as they danced.  Very beautiful but  something that wouldn’t be seen back home.

Aztec themed dance
Aztec themed dance

Following the children’s performance they wandered

Children dancing
Children dancing

through the crowd arms loaded with beaded bracelets they made to earn funds for their craft programs.  I bought one for my youngest granddaughter and one for her cousin. 20 pesos well spent!Zihua Juanito is a handsome and charming performer who brought a long his cousin on drums and got people up to dance. Senor Cabo brought up one of what I understand to be one of the employes of El Pueblito to sing with him. Great voices. The group from Mexico City was lively and more people danced.

 

The Steve/Allan Show expanded
The Steve/Allan Show expanded

The evening concluded with the Steve Allan show with Nelson on Sax, Ralph on guitar and singing as was Leo and I believe it was Don on the drums. and everybody danced. Great end to a great evening.  It was such a nice night we walked back to our apartment. Signing off KO

SAIL-FEST AUCTION

We always look forward to Sail-fest, when the cruisers  come to town and the bay is full of sailboats of all sizes and shapes. These people are always interesting to visit with with, hearing of their adventures sailing up and down the pacific coast and some have sailed world wide.

During the week of Sail-fest there are daily activities to fund raise for the “Por Los Ninos” fund which helps to educate some of the areas poorest children  Lat night was the auction which is always a fun event. While waiting for the auction to begin I hear the clown horn of

Galvanized tub ice cream man
Galvanized tub ice cream man

the ice cream man and it was the one I like in the galvanized tub, this time I got my vanilla ice cream which is a glorious shade of gold.  Most excellent!  There were many interesting items to bid on and the name of the game became win,win,win. The bidding was lively.  There were some good bargains and also some generous bidders knowing it was for a good cause. The Senor loves to bid, sometimes he actually wants an item other times it’s just to bid someone up. I get nervous that he will win something we have no earthly use for, but last night we did OK and won the bid on an all inclusive 1 night stay at the Pacifica resort in Ixtapa, all inclusive means food and beverages.  Sure hope they have lobster!

Cute VW painting with carona beer cap hub caps
Cute VW painting with carona beer cap hub caps

I’m always wanting the paintings, but there are people there with my same great taste in art but with far deeper pockets than I. During the breaks they did raffles, and I really like the way they do them.  Your tickets are  good for all events, if they call out your ticket and you aren’t there your name goes back in the pot and that item goes to the next person.  I bought 15 tickets and was the recipient of a great prize a bottle of Tequila and a set of leather coasters and another set of more disposable type coasters and I still have 14 more chances to win.  I think I will have a Margarita party with our friends and neighbors on the roof top some evening.

My raffle winnings
My raffle winnings

We had really worked up an appetite at the auction so we headed out to Casa Elvira and shared Red Snapper. It was almost 10 PM, which at home would be a strange time for dinner, but the evenings here are so nice it’s really a great time to sit in a lovely outdoor restaurant. The Senor was planning to finish off dinner with a banana split, but the fish was to big and he was full.  We decided some evening we would return for just the banana split. Casa Elvira is about the only restaurant that has ice cream.  Most of the ice cream shops don’t have seating, or the seats are in the sun. Just another great evening in Zihuatanejo. Signing off KO