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The annual Basque club dinner, whose goal is to join in the international celebration on March 8th, marked its 13th edition this year, and has become one of the “few of its kind that takes place in Villa Maria.”  On its behalf, its regular activities that the club provides will begin on Friday with a meeting for members and friends. 

Villa Maria, Argentina.  The Basque club activities for this year are many and varied reaching broad spectrum of the member’s interests, above all, those in the Villa Maria community in general.  In fact, one of the main goals of the club looking to its future, in the worlds of lehendakari Ismael Martinez de Alegria, “to reach more and more people with the values and the rich culture of the Basque Country, if they have Basque ancestors or not.” 

With this goal in mind, the club invites everyone to come this Friday the 13^th at 8pm to a members and friends get-together marking the beginning of the 2015 program of activities that will be presented.

-Basque dance group “Jai Alai:” Practices, txikis on Saturdays at 2pm; intermediates on Saturdays at 3pm; youth on Saturdays at 5pm and adults on Mondays at 8:30pm.
-“Denak Bat” Choir:  Mondays and Thursdays at 8pm
-Basque classes: Saturdays at 4pm
-Basque Pelota School: Saturdays at 10am (The fronton is also open on Mondays and Saturdays at 11am).
-Mus:  Tuesdays at 8pm
-Film Series: The last Thursday of the month at 9pm beginning in April.

Other club festivities also need to be added to the calendar beginning on April 12^th for the Aberri Eguna celebration.  This will be followed by the celebrations of San Fermin, tributes to Saint Ignatius of Loyola and the trip to Semana Nacional Vasca in Macachin, the club’s Basque Culture Week in November and the celebration of the International Day of Euskera in December.

For more information, contact the club’s secretary on Monday through Friday from 5-9pm, or by phone (+54 353 4534400) or email: cvascovm@gmail.com or in person at Lisandro de la Torre 33.

Women’s Day in Villa Maria

Following the tradition that began over ten years ago, the Euzko Etxea was again the site of a tribute to women as part of the International Women’s Day festivities.  There was a dinner on Friday the 6, in the Euskal Herria Room, that was organized by the club’s Women’s Commission.  It was attended by 140 people, and included protest speeches, raffles, Basque dancing and Cuban dances.  As part of the event there was also a clothing drive for school children (shoes, underwear and clothes) held by the Commission that will end on March 30. 

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