Ayacucho, Argentina. The 48th edition of the National Calf Festival and Branding Day will take place March 8-15 in the city of Ayacucho, province of Buenos Aires. The local Euskal Etxea will again guarantee the presence of the Basque community at the event with its queen candidate and its float. The candidate, Camila Ceverio, was presented at the club’s dinner on February 1st and will participate in the contest Gala that may result in her being crowned the Festival Queen.
The float, as in previous years, will represent a typical Basque scene; for the moment, the representatives of Euskal Odola want to keep it secret and surprise the public with its original idea. Nevertheless, they did tell EuskalKutlura.eus, that it is related to a very important activity, of national scope, that the Euskal Etxea will organize this year.
All of the activities will be carried out by the club’s new board elected on February 19th at its General Assembly. According to the club member’s wishes, Ignacio Echeverria will continue as club president, This is the new Board:
-President: Ignacio Echeverria
-Vice-president: Elena Galarraga
-Secretary: Rosa I. Bilbao
-Pro-secretary: Blanca Galarraga
-Treasurer: María Nilda Ilarregui
-Pro-treasurer: Maria C. Casado
-Directors: Elena Alberro, Silvia Farre, Roberto López, José Argel
-Alternates: Ana Galán, José Eizmendi, Raúl Jeraci
-Fiscal Administration: Ana Suarez
-Accountants: Roberto Bigot, Martín de Bajeneta