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Euzkaldunak Bazaar and Bingo Night
Please join the Boise Euzkaldunak this Saturday, November 2nd for their annual Euzkaldunak Bazaar and Bingo Night. This year’s Morzilla dinner is hosted by the Boiseko Gazteak and Txantxangorriak and is open to the public, reservations are not required. This will be a first come first served meal with two seatings; the first will be at 5:15pm and the second will be at 6:30pm. Cost of the meal is $25 for adults and $10 for children 10 and under. Beverages will be available for purchase in the dining room. More information is included in their monthly newsletter, here.
Dinner-Dance and Mus in Winnemucca
Don’t forget that Euskaldunak Danak Bat’s First Annual Fall Dinner/Dance is happening this Saturday at the Winnemucca Events Center. Festivities will begin with a Mus Workshop for people who would like to learn more about the game at 1pm at the Fairgrounds Exhibit Hall. The event is free for members and $10 for non-members. Saturday night will begin with cocktails at 5pm, dinner at 6pm and a public dance at 8pm. Cost of the dinner is $25 for adults and $10 for children. Presale tickets are available locally at the Mad Hatter, House of Style, or at Second Street Seasonals. All proceeds will go to the Frank Maestrejuan family. Sunday, the club will host its annual NABO Qualifying Mus Tournament also at the Convention Center. Registration begins at 8am with plat at 9am. You must be a member of the Basque club to participate, and cost to play is $55 per player which includes lunch. For more information, visit them on Facebook.
International Mus Tournament is a Wrap
As we reported last week, the International Mus Tournament took place last week, October 19-26th in Cusco Peru. The event gathered 14 teams from 12 countries, with last year’s winner, Euskadi with two teams as well as the hosting country Peru also with two teams. After a week of tournament play Argentina came out on top and second place went to Mexico. NABO was well represented by Tony Espinal and Nick Viscay who placed 8th. Next year’s International Tournament will now be held in Macachin Argentina, so Mus Groupies start your planning now! As we know, it’s not just about Mus and as you’ll be able to tell from the photos, they also visited a number of really interesting places, including Machu Picchu. Zorionak deneri!
Euskara Teachers to Meet in Boise
This weekend the NABO Basque teachers will gather in Boise for the annual Irakaslearen Topaketa November 1-3rd. The goal of the Topaketa is to give those teaching Basque in our NABO clubs an opportunity to share experiences and tools, as well as get to know each other. The meeting will take place at the Basque Museum and Kinku Zinkunegi from the Etxepare Basque Institute and Director of Euskara Munduan will also be in attendance. This weekend was also chosen to coincide with the Morzilla dinner. On behalf of everyone at NABO, we would like to express our appreciation to Edurne Arostegui, NABO Euskara Coordinator, for all of her hard work. This year, NABO is enjoying the largest enrollment in our Basque classes in some time. Eskerrik Asko/Mila esker too to all the teachers who are also making this possible. For more information on NABO Euskara, classes etc. click here.
San Martin Celebration in Reno
Please join Reno’s Zazpiak Bat Basque Club in celebrating San Martin on November 9th at the American Legion Hall. Doors open at 5:30pm so be sure to come in time for a cocktail before enjoying Riojan Potato-Chorizo Stew. Everyone is also asked to bring a dessert to share. Cost of the meal is $20 per plate, and beverages will also be available for purchase. Please RSVP by Wednesday, November 6th to ensure there is enough food for everybody. After dinner, stick around for some dancing. For more information, or to RSVP, click here.
