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Queremos
darles las gracias
a
todos nuestros miembros por su apoyo y participación en el
año 2011. Hemos tenido un gran año de muchas
actividades y estamos planificandos más actividades para
seguir promoviendo la cultura Dominicana en nuestra comunidad.
¡Marque
su calendario! Nuestra próxima actividad, la
celebración del "27 de febrero", el Día
de la Independencia de la República Dominicana.
Necesitamos voluntarios que quieran ayudar organizar este evento
cultural.
Thank
you to all our members for their support and participation.
We had a great 2011 and are planning wonderful activities to
continue to promote the Dominican culture in our community.
Mark
your calendar for our next cultural activity in 2012, the "27
de febrero" celebration of the Independence of the Dominican
Republic. We need volunteers to help organize this cultural
event.
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Our
Cultural Activities in 2011:
Tardes
Sociales Dominicana
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Our
monthly social "get-together" is hosted by
member volunteers in their homes. We share cultural
traditions and welcome new families in town.
We love to learn more about you, your family and your
town. To sign up for hosting a Tarde Social this year,
please contact us at
Board@dominicanculturedfw.org
Thanks
to our members for hosting the Tarde Social in their homes:
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March-Ery
& Delmi Gaton
May-Dulce
and Bill Parker
June-Dra.
Luisa Rondon & Bienvenido Liriano
July-Alicia
Espinal & Eliecer Perz
August-Divina
Acosta Garcia
September-Mary
& Dave Spence
November-Giselda
Y Peter
Schreurs
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"February
- Our Cultural Heritage Month"
Feb.
19th - "Bachata" Concert at the Latino Cultural Center
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The
City of Dallas Office of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with
Making
Connections, Inc.
(a
cultural education organization), and our Association provided a
night of Dominican music with Mr. Puerto Plata & Joan Soriano
"El Duque de la Bachata" who came to Dallas and
performed our wonderful music. We had a great turn out of
more than 300 people.
"27
de febrero" Dominican Independance Celebración"
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Members met at the Restaurant Brazilian Brazilero in Richardson
for an evening of dinner and dancing.
Feb.
12 - Other Community Activities promoting the Dominican Culture
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Dominican Food Cooking Class - South Dallas Cultural Center -
Dulce Parker
- Mask Making Art Class - Latino Cultural Center
- Tamara
Antonetti
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May
22 - Family Annual Picnic at Lewisville Park -
Families
enjoyed games, music, and good food. A new Mesa
Directiva/Board of Directors for 2011 - 2013 was also
introduced:
Divina
Acosta Garcia - President
Alicia
Espinal - Vice President
Ery
Gaton - Secretary
Marcia
Vanterpool- Treasurer
Dulce
Parker - Membership
Mary
Spence - Culture/Education
Esteban
Santana - Newsletter
Vinicio Mota - Public
Relations
Tamara Antonetti & Luis Rondon-
Fund Raising
Sheryl
Santos-Hatchett & Isabel Santos – Social
Bill
Parker & Roland Herrera - Website
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Thanks
to all the Board Members 2009-2011; especially to Vinicio Mota,
Felix & Valerie Brito for their hard work.
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October
2 - Baseball Youth Team Fundraising Picnic at Trinity Park
& Club
Mary
and Dave Spence organized a fundraising event in support of a
Dominican Baseball Youth Team players from San Cristobal who were
invited to play in the Dallas Baseball Alliance International
championship. The team will try again to participate this
year. They needed help in covering some of the travel
expenses. A special thanks to Rhadames Solano for
donating the use of his park for this event. See
photos at: Base
Ball Link
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October
9 - Fiesta Latino Americana
Several
members volunteered to participate in the annual DFW
International Fiesta Latinoamericano festival in Dallas
representing our Association and promoted the Dominican
culture.
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September-October-
State Fair of Texas
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"Mundo
Latino Cultural Exhibition"
Several
Association members & their families stopped by the
D'Caribbean Gifts booth which was promoting the Dominican Culture
and Artesania. We also met many Dominican families new to
the DFW area who were invited to join our Association and
our Activities. See photos at: State
Fair Link
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Cena/Baile
de Noche Buena Dominicana
We
had a wonderful "Navidad Celebration".
Approximately 160 members and guests attended the event.
We were 'sold out', due to the space limitation. We are
sorry that we were not able to accommodate everyone.
Thank you to the Board and to all our member volunteers for
their hard work at the event; bringing and serving food,
music-DJ, cash bar helpers, and donations & raffled
items. We also thank the youth who helped so much.
The Ballet Folklorico gave their first performance that night;
they were great! Thanks to Mary and Dave Spence for
organizing this youth dancing group. A special thanks to
Marcia Vanterpool & Stephen Frimpong for inviting us to
their home and contributing so much to make our annual
Christmas Dinner/Dance a success.
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Gracias
- a todos nuestros miembros por apoyarnos y mantener su membresía
al-dia para nosotros poder seguir organizandos nuestras las
actividades:
Thank
you for all your participation and for keeping your memberships
current. Your support helps us continue to provide our
cultural activities in the DFW, Texas area. We invite all
or our past members to renew and participate in our
events.
Dulce
Isalguez Parker
Co-Founder & Membership Committee Chair
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