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The 2008 NABO Convention hosted by the Chino Basque Club included a special tribute to all those who have taken part in the Klika tradition. While each community has recognized its own, we have never come together as a larger Basque-American community to acknowledge the contribution of these performers.  It's time.

The objectives are:

1. To honor the Basque-American Klika performers both living and deceased, for their contribution in making the Klika tradition come alive here in America.

2. To look toward to the future of KLIKA IN AMERICA. This is a call to both young and old - to join/participate!  Sustaining this unique tradition will require more young people to pick up the drums and bugles and march along.

3. To have a good time with the music.

What is requested is that all play the same tunes for the Saturday night tribute and Sunday morning mass.  They include:

Waltz (Saturday night)
Oxan (march into mass)
Andropo (salute at the altar)
Magnificat I (consecration of the bread)
Magnificat II (consecration of the wine)
Magnificat (for the Benediction)
Atera (exit from mass

Previous and current players were honored, and it was an opportunity for their story to be told.  Not many know the origins of this Basque tradition. It is a very localized tradition in just a handful of towns in Baxenafarroa and Lapurdi--and now four towns here in America!

Bakersfield: Kern County Basque Club Klika

Chino: Chino Klika

San Francisco: San Francisco Klika