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Mountain Home Euskal Lagunak Mus Tournament
Please join the Euskal Lagunak Basque Club in Mountain Home, Idaho this Saturday, March 4th. for its annual Mus Tournament, beginning 8am with registration. Cost to participate includes $15 for NABO dues, $10 for lunch, and club membership dues, $30 or $55 for individuals or families respectively. The tournament will take place at the Recreation Center (795 S. 5th). For more information, visit them on Facebook.
Udaleku Intent to Participate Posponed Until Friday
Due to website difficulties, the Udaleku 2023 Intent to Participate will now open on Friday, March 3rd at 6pm PST. If you have children between the ages of 10-15 who may be interested in attending, we highly suggest you be at your computer at the ready, as camp fills within minutes. The application process has two steps, first you fill out the intent to participate, on March 3rd, one application per family, and then if your child is within the designated number of participants, you will then receive the full application along with payment instructions. Tuition for this year’s camp is $480 per participant with a 10% sibling discount. Don’t forget that the Aita Martxel Tillous Fund is also available for families who may have difficulty in paying for camp. For more information, and the link for the Intent to Participate, click here.
Recent Dance Events in Boise
Dancers and dance aficcionados had a wonderful opportunity to learn more about dance and Basque culture at the hands of dance experts Dr Oier Araolaza and Josu Garate from Eibar, Gipuzkoa. The events were hosted by Oinkari and the Basque Museum.On Thursday the Basque Museum hosted the first event on Thursday evening: Basque Dance, A Danced Story in which Oier and Josu collaborated with Oinkari to present an embodied presentation of the progression of Basque dance forms over the centuries, stressing the social context of each.You can view the Zoom video here. Friday was an opportunity for Oinkari to work on improvisational skills with the solteko genre, i.e, jota and porrusalda. On Saturday morning, Oinkari hosted dancers and instructors from idaho, Nevada, and Oregon for a two-part workshop on Soka Dantza and Ezpata Dantza. The common thread that was woven through the weekend was the form and social significance of the soka dantza.
3/2/2023
