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March 25, 2011

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La Patrona polo club "Live lobster house, bar and lounge" waits for you
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Every Friday Night
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Enjoy art, wine, music in downtown San Pancho

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Mar Plata Live Music
Live Music every Sunday through April
Jazz, Jazz Latino, Manouche, Bossa Nova,
Mexican, Cuban, Colombian and Argentinian Music

 

Panchito's Bar

Ladies Night EVERY Wednesday at Panchito's
2x1 margaritas for the ladies from 7:00PM-10:00PM
Flavors include: mango, strawberry, and jalapeno

 

Panchitos Brisket Night is Back!


Come enjoy some mesquite smoked BBQ brisket and all the fixins' this Saturday, March 26th at Panchito's Bar. $80 pesos per plate and worth every penny! Bar opens at 7:00pm.

Saturday's are also "All Request Music Night" so come in and request your favorite song and get your groove on.

See you at Panchito's!

                                                                                        March 25, 2011 

 

Hola to our 718 La Voz Newsletter readers in San Pancho and around the world.

 

The weather is warming up and more people are enjoying the beaches!  Welcome SPRING TIME! 


There are several events going on TONIGHEsculsdelmundologoT, don't miss you!.  Escuela del Mundo will benefit from two events being held in Sayulita.  See the article below!  

It is a sad day for many of those in San Pancho as we lost one of our own.  Gallo, Manuel Landa passed away last night. Tamara provided us with a tribute to Gallo in her article this week.

 

Last week we featured an article and photos of the Circo de Los Ninos event held at entreAmigos.   Jillian Mitcircojillianchell photographer has some amazing photos of the event and prepartion for the event on her webpage.  Please enjoy them.   

 

Just a reminder:  Artwalk continues every Friday - come out to see some great art and music by local businesses.     

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Even though we celebrated the first day of Spring on March 21st, we don't SPRING Forward for Daylight Saving Time this year in Mexico until Sunday April 3, 2011 at 2 a.m.   


Make sure and visit the Calendar often to find out about the different events going on in San Pancho!   

 

If you would like to write for us or submit photos, please contact me directly at [email protected] 

 

Thanks for reading this week! Thank you for continuing to promote our village.  Remember the more businesses and homes we get on the site the more press and visibility our village gets!  Contact me if you want to talk about advertising. 

 

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San Miguel de Allende Artist Reception Tonight at ARTEFAKTO

Article by Glades Huizar

 

Meet artist from San Miguel de Allende - Juan Carlos Cazares - at tonight's art reception in one of San Pancho's nhcr logoewest art and antique store/gallery ARTEFAKTO (located below Mar Plata on the beach road towards the jungle). Delicious appetizers and wine provided by Hotel Cielo Rojo's Bistro Organico.  ARTEFAKTO store and gallery is open to the public. Tonight's event starts at 7:30 pm.

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The Artist:

The work of Juan Carlos Cazares (human figure, caricature, surrealism) has won him awards and prestigious recognitions in the internacional art community (Spain, France, Hong Kong, Canada & US). With permanent exhbits in galleries in Queretaro and San Miguel de Allende.

 

The Store/Gallery:

At artefacto, collectors and lovers of one-of a kind decor can find items from the Guanajuato, San Luis Potosi, Guadalajara regions. Owner, Stephen Dabrowski, specializes in collecting relics such as old pots/ceramics, country tables, antique trunks (baules) and other home decor items/accessories that are not so readily available anymore.

 

For more information about tonight's open reception, contact [email protected] /artefakto-mx.com


San Pancho Community Garden Plant Sale on March 26th! 

The San Pancho Community Garden, AKA El Jardin de Guadalupe, will be having its first plant sale Saturday March 26th from 12 to 2:00pm at entreAmigos.

 

Plants are in planting bags and are ready for your garden. Cost: 25 pesos each.

 

We have SQUASH (3 varieties), ZUCCHINI (2 varieties), CUCUMBER (6 varieties), WATERMELON (2 varieties), CANTALOUPE (1 variety) (see here for more details)

 

The mission of El Jardin of Guadalupe is to inspire, educate and support San Pancho and its surrounding communities to grow efficient and beautiful food gardens. 

 

We operate everyday from 11:00am-2:00pm and are located behind EntreAmigos. Volunteers learn biodynamic French-intensive techniques pioneered by Alan Chadwick, who was a student of Rudolf Steiner. 

 

Feel free to stop by anytime for a visit, or to join us in our daily gardening activities.  To follow the activities in the garden, please subscribe to our blog 

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The 5 Most Common Birds in San Pancho

 

A few weeks ago I wrote about the 5 most wanted birds to look for in San Pancho. Today, I want to share with you the 5 bird species that you must know since they are everywhere and we all should be familiar with them.

 

1.    Great-tailed Grackle: a very common black "trash-bird" we can see at the playa. Males have an iridescent plumage (looks like blueish or purpleish) and a long keel-shaped tailed, yellow eyes and are very vocal making all kinds of  grackiehigh-pitched calls. Females are a little smaller. These grackles walk on ground or wade in water to forage. They Eat snails, insects, frogs, shrimp, small fish and birds, eggs and young of other birds, fruits, berries, seeds and grains. Strong direct flight.   

 

2.     Sinaloa Crow: this is similar to the Great-tailed Grackle mentioned above, also a "trash-bird" but notice that these crows have a different tail (not keeled), their plumCrowage is dull, Sinaloa Crows have a thicker bill and black eyes. Food is taken both on the ground and in trees. On the seashore it can be found turning over objects to find its food and it will take a wide range of invertebrates such as small shellfish, crabs, and insects. Fruits of many types are also taken and eggs and nestlings are also on the menu when opportunity arises. Often, this bird will nest in a thorny tree or a tall coconut palm.

 

3.     Great Kiskadee: one of my favorites and the one I was called after. They have a very common call we can hear in most places around the kiskadeetown, a melodic and repeated "keeskadee". Great Kiskadees belong to the flycatcher family, they feed on insects but is also common to see them feeding on fruits.  

 

4.     Golden-cheeked woodpecker: this is probably the must fun bird to watch (if not pecking on your wooden poles)woodpecker. These golden-faced woodpeckers with black and white streaks on their backs love to feed on fruits and pecking on wood. They feed on insects and fruits and are commonly seen on the palm-trees at the beach and the large fig-trees by the malecon.

 

5.     Yellow-winged Cacique: a very common bird on gardens and orchards. Caciques have very distinctive black and yellow colors and a conspicuous crest; they are known for having the caciquemost melodious calls, often mimicking other birds. Caciques or "Calandrias" as they are called in Spanish make the long bag-shaped nests that hand from large trees. They feed on fruits and insects.  


Luis Morales

Luis Morales is a Marine Biologist, Director and Founder of the San Pancho Birding Club, and Owner of Birding San Pancho. Luis has vast experience on leading nature tours both in land and aquatic habitats. He has lived in San Pancho for 3 years and has become not only a frequent and avid observer of the local birds and nature but also an educational resource for our community and an environmental activist to help in preserving and restoring natural habitats.

Our neighbors in Sayulita support San Pancho's Escuela del Mundo TONIGHT MARCH 25TH! 

 

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Tonight March 25th! in Sayulita  there is an evening of fun, laughs while at the same time helping important educational programs for our communities.

 

Families are invited to a Movie night at the beach front restaurant - Break Fast Cafe in Sayulita - at 6:30PM. Showing Disney's "TANGLED", owner , Octavia (and mom of a preschooler in Escuela del Mundo) is suggesting a Family Rate (of all sizes) of $150 pesos -- and she'll even throw in delicious popcorn for everyone! And, since the showing is also to support Escuela del Mundo, parents of this San Pancho Montessori school will be selling tamales, dessert and more. Come early to find the best seat in the house,, or the beach. Gracias Octavia and Rene!

 

If you need to warm up before the movie, our friend Jim Gallas is offering a Theater Games/Freedom in Movement class at Don Pedro's Palapa at 5:00 to 6:30pm. Imrov Theater Games will be followed by a Dance Jam! Sounds like a party ! This gathering is alcohol and drug free. Suggested donation for the workshop is 150 pesos - goes to support both Costa Verde School and Escuela del Mundo. Gracias Jim!

 

For more information about Escuela del Mundo and its Sponsorship Program - contact  [email protected] 

facebook "escuela del mundo nayarit"  Phone: 311-258-4441

Primavera Parade of the Ninos or The Spring Parade of the Children

Photos Elisabeth McCool  

 

Event Information by sanpanchoweather.com

The arrival of Spring on March 21 coincides with the birth date of Benito Ju�rez, the indigenous Zapotec and President of Mexico who is known as the "Father of the Americas". In San Pancho, the children from the kindergarten (with a little help from proud parents) were all decked out (as were the pickup truck floats) as they paraded down Avenida Tercer Mundo on Monday, the 21st and again on the following day. The second day's parade ended up at the kindergarten where everyone, kids and parents alike, enjoyed refreshments and sweets to celebrate the occasion.


Enjoy the photos provided by Elisabeth.  Additional photos can be viewed at SanPanchoWeather.com 

 

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San Pancho Community Association Forming

By Jordi Ferrara


About a a month ago a group of people began working on the idea of

creating an Association that would assist in the development of this great small town of San Pancho.  A couple of weeks ago on a Wednesday, the group met at the Hotel Costa Azul.  The group presented to the public what the group is doing and invited them to participate.

 

We had 32 people present of whom 60% were American or Canadian.

community association

We would like to  thank  the Costa Azul Resort for allowing us to hold our reunion at their facilities.

 

If your interested in joining the group or would like more information please contact

Jordi Ferrara. 

Notes from the Ranch  

   

It is a sad day in San Pancho for many of us "old-timers". Gallo, Manuel Landa, died last night. I just am back from the Mass at the Catholic church. How he would laugh at a Mass being held for him! He was a good Communist to the end. But I've realized in the last few years as family and friends have passed away that the ritual is for US, the living.

Gallo was born in Vera Cruz and moved to France in his early 20's. He taught music at a local school and in after school programs. He "retired" here in San Pancho with his wife and daughter, Isabelle, in 1999.

He showed his love through his music. And he could play! All stringed instruments were magic under his fingers. And he loved flutes of any sort. Remember his performances at the San Pancho Music Festival? He was the closing act for many years. I remember one year, probably 2005, that we were all in Trish and John's backyard, where the music festival began, and just as Gallo was to perform we lost power. Everyone rounded up candles and flashlights and we were treated to an acoustic set. It was magic. Anytime Gallo was on stage performing, there was magic in the air. He had a presence that drew people to him.

I think that after his 3 children, the most important thing for him was helping the poorest and most lost. We used to joke that he was the King of the Misfits. And it was true. He had a space in his heart for everyone.

When he had Gallo's restaurant, he was in his element. Greeting guests to his "home". Making sure that everything was perfect for every guest.

He wasn't a saint by any means. He pissed me off on a daily basis for the years we were together. I'd tear my hair out in frustration. But he was true to himself and what he believed. And his love for those close to him had no boundaries. I think he found some peace in the past few years with Veronica. galloShe is an angel. And he found a kindred spirit in Bill G.

Rest in peace, Pinche Cabr�n.

Things I am thankful for: this day, Enrique's never ending love, and life.

 

Blessings, Tamara

                                                                                                                                      

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Tamara Bode has been living in San Pancho for 15 years. She is the owner of Harmonia Holistica. She is a Massage Therapist, and also specializes in nutrition counseling and lifestyle coaching.  Contact

Tamara 

Collectivo San Pancho Art Exhibition   

April 1st & 2nd 

BY DOUGLAS FIR

COLLECTIVO SAN PANCHO will present a mixed media art exhibition to be held at Bodega #3 Friday, April 1 and Saturday, April 2 to at 6:00 p.m.  The Collective seeks to maintain the artistic momentum created by the Circo de los Ninos and the Capoeria Festival by presenting the work of different San Pancho artists and Collectivo San Pancho.    The show will include dance, painting, clothing, jewelry, sculpture, photography, and circus.  A partial list of the participants includes (check next weeks La Voz de San Panchofor complete listing):

 

- Adriana Campos (dance)

- Ariel Sainz (painting)

- Elsa Catherine (jewelry)

- Laura Sigon (jewelry)

- Douglas Fir (photography)

- Luz Herrera (clothing)

- C�ndor Choklovich (circus)

- Ramiro Gonz�lez (jewelry)

- Gaelle Posada (jewelry)

- Rodrigo Ballester (sculpture)

- Susana Gonz�lez (jewelry)

- Zapatitos M�gicos (handmade shoes)

- Tara Gimmer (photography)

- Jill Mitchell (photography)

- Cori Jacobs (painting)

- Sara (dance)

- Marciano Corona (painting)

- M�nica Ortiz (dance)

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