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Association's
2005 Calendar of Events:
Domingo,
4 de diciembre - Tarde Social
Domingo
4 de diciembre 2005,
- una linda "Tarde Social" en casa de Maria Kunhardt,
donde aprovecharemos para conocer más acerca de nuestra música
y más. Click
aqui para detales.
Domingo
6 de noviembre - Tarde Social
Domingo
6 de noviembre el
presente año, - una linda "Tarde Social" en casa
de Mayra Díaz, donde aprovecharemos para conocer más
acerca de nuestra música y tendremos demostración
de cómo bailar nuestra música caribeña, por
lo que debemos animar a nuestros hijos a asistir. Click
aqui para detales.
Sabado,
29 de Octubre, 2005 - Fiesta
Comenzemos
desde ya nuestro primer aguinaldo navideño con fines de
recaudar
fondos para nuestra "cena de navidad" a Gloria's en
Dallas.
Para
Más: Click Aqui
Domingo, 9 de Octube
- Dominican "Tarde
Social"
Tuvimos
una excelente "Tarde Social" en la residencia de nuestra
Vice-Presidenta, Daisy Piantini, en la cual pudimos disfrutar
de la interpretación de varias piezas clásicas
con Violencello a cargo de Vilma Miranda (dominicana) y Contrabajo
a cargo de Scott Uhrig (americano). La Señora Vilma impartió
una breve descripción de los instrumentos presentados,
y asi mismo habló sobre los Compositores de las tres
piezas musicales con que nos deleitaron. Al final interpretó
una bella pieza musical dedicada a los niños "El
Patico Feo", que fue muy aplaudida por el público
presente. Al concluir, varios de los miembros presentes tuvieron
la oportunidad de hacerle preguntas acerca de sus inquietudes
respecto a lo enseñado. Mira el Reporte en total "Click
Aqui"
Our
Dominican Monthly "Tarde Social" was at the home of
our Vice President Daisy Piantini. We had a special musical
performance by Vilma Peguero and Scott Uhrig. See the flier,
Click Here! See also
our Reporte (Minutes) and
plans for 2005.
Saturday,
October 1, 2005 - Fiesta de otoño
Our
member, Lidia Morris organized a Salsa, Merengue, & Bachata
Dance in Arlington, TX with live music by the Caribbean Breeze.
We enjoyed dancing and meeting everyone there. Thanks Lidia.
Saturday/sábado
September 24th See Pictures,
Click
Here!
"Merengue
Under the Moonlight"
"Merengue
Bajo la Luz de la Luna"
en colaboración con
Latin Arts Association of Fort
Worth, Inc. (LAA)
Rose Marine Theater
Celebración
de la cultura de la República Dominicana con música
y comidas.
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We
celebrated the culture of the Dominican Republic at the center
as part of the Hispanic Heritage Month's Celebration.
Over 170 came to the dance and to enjoy Dominican food, buy a
chance to win Dominican products in a Raffle, and enjoy meeting
other Dominicans in the Dallas, Fort Worth area.
Thank
you to all the members who helped prepare and serve the food.
This was a great fund raiser for us. And a special thank you to
the Latino Arts Association of Fort Worth for inviting us to their
celebration.
September 4th, Domingo
- Dominican "Tarde
Social"
Dominican
Monthly "Tarde Social" was at the home of Hector Guzman
& Daisy Piantini this month. We enjoyed meeting new Dominincan's
in our area and added to our membership. We also planned our Ft.
Worth "Merengue Under the Moonlight" Dance. See above.
August
13 & 14, 2005 VIVA
DALLAS HISPANIC EXPO
Event Date/Fecha: Saturday/sabado, August 13
and
Sunday/domingo,
August
14, 2005
See
the photos / Para Ver Las Fotografias
August
6, 2005
Que/What:
Un juego de Beisball/ Baseball Game
Texas
Rangers y Baltimore Orioles.
Texas
Won! (Photos/Fotos)
Los
boletos que logremos vender seran con fines de ayudar a LEAP,
por lo que debemos insentivar a que la gran mayoria vaya y pueda
conocer de cerca a nuestros peloteros dominicanos.
English
- This was a fundraising event, the money collect will go
to LEAP and we got to know the Dominican Baseball players from
the Texas Rangers and the Baltimore Orioles.
JULY
1, 2005 - Friday "SALSA
EN FUEGO"
The
Dallas leg of "SALSA EN FUEGO: The Orquesta Tabaco y Ron Texas
Tour 2005, presented by
American Airlines", came to Dallas
Friday, July 1st.
This
event was in Dallas thanks to our member, Carmen Guzman's Tuplante
Productions' efforts.
Got to their website: http://www.tuplante.com
for more details.
JULY
15, 2005 Friday - "Mask
of Zorro" - Club Ché
A
new club in Dallas opened on Friday, July 15th. Club Ché
- Revoluntionary Restaurant
& Lounge's party benefited LULAC's National Scholarship
Fund. See their Website for more information: http://www.clubche.com
.
JUNE
5, 2005 - Sunday
Our
last Dominican "Tarde Social"
before the summer was at the home of Dulce & Bill Parker.
We had coffee & Dominican food, discussed our events and enjoyed
our Dominican Culture! See
Photos
MAY
28, 2005, Saturday
Our Association's Mother's Day Picnic
was at the Trinity Club, 5980 Elam Road, Dallas Mapsco 57U.
This is a private Sports Club and picnic area is owned by our member
Rhadames Solano. We had roasted pig, music, and dancing! See
pictures of
the Picnic and of the Trinity
Club
MAY 6 - 22, 2005
20th
Anniversary Performances of the Ballet Folklórico Ollimpaxqui.
This is the dance company that helped bring Sangre Mulata to Dallas
in 2001 and 2004 from the Dominican Republic. The performed at the
following:
May 6 - Dallas, TX at the Latino Culture Center
May 9 - Waco, TX at the McLennan Community College
May 13 - Grapevine, TX at the Palace Arts Center
May 14 - Fort Worth, TX at the Rose Marine Theater
May 22 - Dallas, TX at the Latino Culture Center
For more information, call (972) 788-0604, (214) 274-6733, Toll
Free 1-866-720-3655, email Mexballet@aol.com
MAY 1, 2005, Sunday
Our
Dominican "Tarde Social" was at the home of Ileana
and Marcos Lora. We got to know our new Board Members better
and planned our May Association's activity. (Great
coffee, food, and conversations!)
SATURDAY & SUNDAY, APRIL 23
& 24, 2005
Spring
Art and Craft Market Sale at the Dallas Culture Center's Bath House.
Dulce Parker showed her D'Caribbean Gift's beautiful handed crafted
jewelry, large collection of semiprecious stones of Larimar, Amber,
Black Coral, mahagony wood carving, arts and crafts from the Dominican
Republic. Admission was free. See
www.bathhousecultural.com
for more information and pictures.
Dulce Isalguez Parker is one of our Dominican Association cofounders.
APRIL 16, 2005
- Saturday
Saturday
was our last of 3 Garage Sales Benefiting LEAP.
(The Medical team that goes to the Dominican Republic to perform
cranial facial surgeries on children). Thank you for the contributions
and donations to support LEAP. We made some money for them and informed
the community about the great work they are doing. When children
from the Dominican Republic come to Dallas for operations, our Members
are called on to help with them and their families.
APRIL 14& 15, 2005
"LATINOLOGUES"
(Latin comic sensation EUGENIO DERBEZ (Derbez en Cuando, Derecho
al Derbez, Shrek 2 en Español), and award winning writer,
director and creator of LATINOLOGUES(tm), Rick Najera (MAD TV, In
Living Color) was performed for two nights.)
Thursday, April 14 & Friday, April 15
The Majestic Theatre
1925 Elm Street, Dallas
**
Performances were in English **
Visit http://www.martice.com
for more information.
APRIL 10 & 13, 2005
DALLAS
INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL
Sunday, April 10, 2 pm
MAJESTIC THEATER at 1925 Elm St, downtown Dallas
GLOBAL NETWORKING RECEPTION
Wednesday, April 13
6 pm - 8 pm
FUNASIA
Dulce and Bill Parker represented the Dominican Association and
met with leaders and professionals in business, education, global
marketing and communications. See more at http://www.dfwinternational.org
APRIL 9, 2005
- Saturday
Our member, Hector Guzman, Music Director/Conductor and the Irving
Symphony Orchestra presented: "Let's Tour the World" -
Latin American Fiesta! The focuses was onLatin American culture
and celebrating the PABLO NERUDA YEAR (Nobel Prize winning poet)
with the world famous flutist Viviana Guzman. (go
to www.viviana.org to see and hear Viviana!)
The
evening was full of Latin flavor music by Galindo, Rodrigo, Piazzola,
Dominican Merengue, & Moncayo. For more information see website
at www.irvingsymphony.com
MARCH 6, 2005
- Sunday
Our
Dominican "Tarde Social" from 3 to 5 PM was at the home
of Hector Guzman & Daisy Piantini. Plans were made for the spring
garage sale, election of new officers, and the rest of the year's
activities. Watch for announcements to come to you.
FEBRUARY 25, 2005
Over
40 Members and Friends game to our 27 de Febrero - Dominican Independence
Day celebrations on Friday, Feb.
25th, Flier /Esp.
See some
pictures of this event. Thank you to Ignacio Laguarda and
Roberto M. Sánchez of the Al Dia newspaper for covering our
event and featuring the story in the February 26th weekend addition.
See Español-Al
Dia
FEBRUARY 5, 2005 - Saturday
Dominican
Monthly "Tarde Social" was at the home of Luis & Cynthia
Rondon. Thanks for kicking off our 2005 by helping plan our coming
evetns and great food!
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