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Hartza: California Basque Dance Group

ZER | WHAT: A joint dance group that performed Nafarroa dances together at several Basque festivals and the N.A.B.O. Convention at Jaialdi 2010. It was an opportunity to learn some dances and meet new friends. Is 2011 viable?

The 2011 NABO convention will be held in Buffalo, WY on July 22 - 24th. In past Buffalo conventions, San Francisco has been the only California dance group and klika to make the trip. We are planning on attending, but I thought this would be a good opportunity to allow dancers from all over CA participate as Hartza without committing any one group to the expense of sending a full dance group. This would be a double benefit if we could also have klika members from Chino and Bakersfield join SF in WY.

Hartza has been invited to perform in Montreal September 16-18. The president of the Montreal Euskal Etxea was very impressed with the level of cooperation that Hartza showed and the quality of the performance we gave in Rocklin, and would love to have us dance at their 15th Anniversary celebration and the NABO meeting. They are willing to house the dancers if the dancers can pay their own way there (about $600 per person, roughly). I think this would be a great opportunity for our dancers, and show them that hard work gets its rewards.

What do you think? We have a good performance to start off with from 2010. I suggest we keep what we like best about that and add to it. We have plenty of time, as we didn't start practicing together until March last year. Email president@nabasque.eus

Coordinators:
Bakersfield: John Goyenetche
Chino: Jeanette Duhart
Los Banos: Ann Erreca
San Francisco: Valerie Arrechea

Hartza Performance: 25 Minutes

Aunitz urtez (30 seconds). Boys enter into a circle saying "Aunitz Urtez!" Then the go right into

Zortzi Jauzi (3:00) the Baztan version (the 8th is for we Basques who live in the Diaspora!) Exit as the girls enter...

Axuri Beltza (3:00). Girls come out to perform this variation (it is 40 years old now). Remain there in a circle as the boys enter to join them for...
(3:30). Girls transition where they are in the circle into the first part of Iribas, then transitions into ...

Iribas (Kokin version) (7:00)
Music: Kokin Iribas (mp3)
Video:  Part I   Part II    Part III    Boys dance to girls
Jota |   Arin arin

>transition to second part

Baztango zortzikoa (1:00). This dance is from the dancers moving through the streets of Arizkun in groups of four, to form the lines for ...

Sagar dantza (2:00). Lines face each other, then we spread out into a circle for ...

Tafallako ota (3:24) Group all together in an oval.

Group exit:  Josetxo music .  The group re-assembles in two lines (girls in one line and boys in left line).