Archive for the ‘celebration’ tag
Fourth of July in Selma is one Big Party
Selma residents open their homes as they host several block parties over the Fourth of July weekend. The city’s “official” celebration took place on July 3 at Selma High School’s Staley Stadium, where live music preceded a 35-minute fireworks show just after sunset. For the official get-together, many Selmans have an annual routine. For example, several families set up camp at Jackson Elementary School, just [...]
Lots of praise and thanks at UC Merced’s Graduations
First lady of the United States Michelle Obama and the First lady of the United Farm Workers Dolores Huerta were the keynote speakers at the University of California, Merced’s Commencement Celebration and Latino Graduation Ceremony, respectively, last Saturday. Huerta, a key player in the founding of the United Farm Workers Union, congratulated about 50 students [...]
The 10-Gallon Sombrero is full of sentiment at FCC’s Cinco de Mayo Celebration
Toni Martínez is not anti-anything, really. The 20-year-old architectural drafting student with family in Oaxaca, México, may just be a little flustered over the bended meaning of Cinco de Mayo in the U.S.. “It’s not a big holiday at all in México. It’s more common here than in México,” Martínez said at the Fresno City College’s Annual Cinco [...]
My Cinco de Mayo experience: From Dinuba, Clovis and Fresno
To see more photos of each of these events, visit the galleries. Go to Adentro/Inside then Galleries. Sure Cinco de Mayo is a commercialized, highly-publicized event in the United States, much more so than in México, for the conglomerates to make some bucks. But it’s still a lot of fun. Dinuba’s Cinco de Mayo Parade may only [...]
Selma’s Raisin Festival-slash-Cinco de Mayo is picturesque
Check out the photo gallery of this event too. Go to galleries, Raisin Festival or Cinco de Mayo – Selma. Cinco de Mayo was celebrated the best way it could in Selma. Lincoln Park is the site of Selma’s Raisin Festival which culminated last Sunday (May 3) with the Cinco de Mayo Celebration. There’s at least [...]
La Danza
La Danza, a great tradition that takes place in my dad’s birthplace, La Ceja, Zacatecas, Mexico has been celebrated in Earlimart, California for many years now thanks to my unlce and many people who have helped him organize it. I was very proud to be able to share this with the readers of Vida en el [...]
