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NABO Bertsolari Saioa
The Basque Cultural Center invites everyone to join them for the NABO Bertsolari Saioa on Saturday, March 9th beginning at 4pm. The event will feature two bertoslaris from the Basque Country, Nerea Ibarzabal and Maialen Arzallus, along with our local bertsolaris Johnny Curutchet, Martin Goicoechea, Todor Azurtza along with one of the newly-formed Bertso Eskola students, Oier Pastor. Unfortunately, Jesus Goñi is not able to participate. Xabi Paya will again provide simultaneously English translations and Mikaela Goicoechea will be the subject giver. The performance will begin run from 4:00-5:30pm and will be followed by a special dinner with music provided by Mercdes Mendive. Dinner RSVPs are due by March 1st. For more information, or to RSVP, click here.
Fresno Mus Tournament
The Fresno Basque Club will hold its annual NABO Qualifying Mus Tournament this weekend, on Saturday February 24th. Registration will begin at 8am at the Santa Fe Basque Restaurant. Cost to participate is $20 + $10 jackpot, and lunch costs $30 for members and $35 for non-members. You must be a club member to play and club dues are also $35. For more information, please visit them on Facebook.
Winter NABO Meeting
The North American Basque Organizations held its winter meeting on Saturday, February 17th at the Basque Cultural Center in conjunction with the Center’s 42nd Anniversary celebration. The meeting was well attended, in person and via Zoom with 38 of the 41 NABO member clubs participating. Delegates were welcomed by Basque Cultural Center President, Jaime Narbaitz, and San Francisco Basque Club President, Joana Arrechea, both entities hosting the meeting. Meeting highlights included a presentation by Dr. Pedro Oiarzabal on the National Basque WWII Veterans Memorial project, a presentation by NABO’s three voting delegates to the 8th World Congress of Basque Collectivities, as well as a presentation by the Arborglyph Collaborative. The winter meeting also traditionally includes nominations for NABO’s Bizi Emankorra Award. This year, the Kern County Basque Club nominated five individuals for the award Steve Bass, Lourdes Iturriria, Marianne Laxague, Jenny Maitia Poncetta and Joxe Recondo. The Basque Cultural Center also nominated Mayi Petracek. All nominations were accepted unanimously, Zorionak deneri! The next NABO meeting will take place on Memorial Day weekend at the Kern County Basque Club as part of it’s 50th annual festival and NABO convention. More details will be provided as the date nears. On behalf of NABO, we would like to congratulate everyone that made this weekend such a great success! It was a truly a wonderful event, enjoyed by all. Mila esker bihotzez eta segi hola hola!
2/22/2024
