CORREO:THE ELECTRONIC NEWSLETTER OF THE CALIFORNIA MISSION STUDIES ASSOCIATIONAugust 2005 Vol. 3, No. 5 Edited by Robert M. Senkewicz (Please submit any items for inclusion to rsenkewicz@scu.edu) |
CONTENTS: CMSA AND AAFH SYMPOSIUM BENEFIT CONCERT FOR MISSION SAN MIGUEL EXHIBIT AT MISSION DOLORES ON THE OHLONE PEOPLE FIESTA AND LECTURE AT MISSION DOLORES FIESTA DEL RIO AT IMPERIAL BEACH INTERNATIONAL COLLOQUIUM ON NORTHEASTERN MEXICO AND TEXAS RECENTLY PUBLISHED EDNA KIMBRO, 1948-2005 **************************************** CMSA AND AAFH SYMPOSIUM CMSA and the Academy of American Franciscan History will co-sponsor a symposium on Steven Hackel‚s new book, "Children of Coyote, Missionaries of St. Francis" on Saturday, November 19 at 10 AM in the Library of the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley. More details to follow. **************************************** BENEFIT CONCERT FOR MISSION SAN MIGUEL John Warren of the New World Baroque Orchestra sends us this notice: "ONE ENCHANTED EVENING ENCORE" AT CHAPEL HILL The second in the series of annual benefit concerts to aid the in the reconstruction of earthquake damaged Mission San Miguel Arcángel will be held again at the beautiful Chapel Hill under a full moon in Shandon on Saturday, September 17th, beginning with a "getting to know you" social hour at 6:00 P.M. and the serving of hors d‚oeuvre appetizers, wine and other beverages prior to the starting of the program at around 7:00 P.M. This gala event, reminiscent of the old Chautauqua traveling, entertaining summer lecture and musical variety shows of the 19th and early 20th centuries, will again be hosted by Judge and Mrs. William Clark and will be sponsored by the Clark Family and the New World Baroque Orchestra, and will feature talented local artists, performing a wide variety of entertaining musical selections, from classical offerings to popular show tunes. Performers will include the gifted vocalists, James Brescia, Kristie Dart and Margaret Montgomery, as well as other talented musicians and singers including guitarist Marilyn Blodget, flutist Jeri Knott, vocalists Susan Bevin and Marjorie Hamon, musicians and singers from St. Rose Church in Paso Robles and Mission San Miguel as well as members of the New World Baroque Orchestra and the talented young recorder students of Nancy Koren-Barsman. A special highlight of the program will be a delightful rendition of "Poor Wandering One" sung by Kristie Dart and her two sisters, Katie Bravante and Stephanie Porter accompanied by the orchestra, from the colorful and well loved light opera "The Pirates of Penzance" by Gilbert and Sullivan. Admission is free to all but a free-will offering donation of $5.00 per person is suggested. Selections from local wineries, other beverages including fruit drinks and bottled water as well as delectable hor d‚oeuvre appetizers will be available during the pre-show social hour for purchase with all proceeds to benefit the Mission reconstruction program. The Chapel may be reached by traveling 17 mi. east of Paso Robles on Hwy. 46, turning left on McMillan Road just before reaching Shandon and following the signs about 1 π mi. to parking area. Shuttle buses will be available to take guests up to the Chapel. For more information, please call (805) 467-2131 or 239-3022, or visit: www.missionsanmiguel.org <http://www.missionsanmiguel.org> or www.newworldbaroque.org <http://www.newworldbaroque.org> . Don‚t miss this colorful musical event! Come and share a charming and enchanted musical evening under a full moon and the stars at Chapel Hill with your family and friends and help restore Mission San Miguel as a spiritual and historical center of our community life now and for generations to come. ******************************************* EXHIBIT AT MISSION DOLORES ON THE OHLONE PEOPLE The Exhibit, Ohlone Portraits: Our Faces, Our Families, Our Stories, which ran at the Crissy Field Center in November and December 2004, will be on loan to Mission Dolores from the Crissy Center (San Francisco Presidio) from April - October 2005. Put together by the park in collaboration with members of the Ohlone community, the exhibit features portraits of Ohlone people of the late 19th and early 20th-centuries made through the enlargement of period photographs. It aims to represent Ohlone populations from throughout the Bay Area. Its purpose is to take you beyond myth and legend, and includes images and commentary of Ohlone descendants who continue to keep their traditions, stories, and language alive in the Bay Area. ********************************************* FIESTA AND LECTURE AT MISSION DOLORES Andy Galvan writes that the fall lecture at Mission Dolores in San Francisco, scheduled for Saturday October 8, will coincide with the Parish Fiesta weekend, so the entire day promises to be lively and interesting. As always on these days, the Mission will be open in the morning, and a wide range of living history presenters and other speakers will be available on site. They will provide a variety of demonstrations and information on the area, from before the Mission was founded until the present day. The lecture is at 2 PM. The speakers will be ethnohistorian and archaeologist, Randy Milliken, and historian Larry Shoup, both of whom are very familiar to CMSA members. They will share their research into the history of the Ramaytush-speaking communities of Ohlone Indians that once lived on the San Francisco Peninsula. Beginning with the Yelamus of the Presidio, the Chutchuis of Mission Dolores, and nine other Ramaytush communities, they will discuss the Alcantara and Evencio families, descendants of the Ramaytush that lived in the area into the early 20th century. ******************************* FIESTA DEL RIO AT IMPERIAL BEACH The second annual Fiesta del Río will take place in Imperial Beach October 8, 2005. The Fiesta is a celebration of the peoples, cultures, history, and environment of the San Diego/Northern Baja region surrounding the Tijuana River Estuary. The Fiesta celebrates the heritage, pride, and cultures of the two countries, Mexico and the U.S., to which the estuary belongs. For more information, please contact Benita Gray: Phone:858-538-3027; FAX: 858-538-4929;email:gray850@aol.com ****************************************** INTERNATIONAL COLLOQUIUM ON NORTHEASTERN MEXICO AND TEXAS October 27th through the 29th, the 2nd International Colloquium on Northeastern Mexico and Texas will be held in San Antonio at the downtown campus of the University of Texas at San Antonio. The colloquium is cosponsored by the National Park Service, Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia, the University of Texas at San Antonio, Our Lady of the Lake University and the Alamo Area Council of Governments. The conference will include presentations on historic migration routes and development patterns focusing particularly on the El Camino Real de los Tejas and Spanish colonial missions of northeastern Mexico and Texas. Those interested in conference information should contact Patty Vendzules at (210) 534-8833 or by email at patty_vendzules@nps.gov. ***************************************************** RECENTLY PUBLISHED Michael Hardwick, "Changes in Landscape, The Beginnings of Horticulture in the California Missions." (Orange, CA: The Paragon Agency Publishers, 2005) $15.00. The book is available either through Michael Hardwick, at hardwic2@cox.net or through the publisher at www.SpecialBooks.com <http://www.SpecialBooks.com> . ******************************************************* EDNA KIMBRO, 1948-2005 It is with great sadness that we report the passing of art historian, architectural conservator, and CMSA founding member Edna Kimbro. After a long battle with cancer, she passed away at home in her sleep; she will be sorely missed as a friend and colleague. Contributions in her name may be made to the American Cancer Society, 209 Walnut Ave., Santa Cruz, CA 95060. This message scanned for viruses and SPAM at SCU (MGW2) |