Ontario, Oregon Basque Club
holds 66th Annual Benefit Dance this Saturday
Dan Gabiola and
Lamb
Ontario, Oregon
Basque Club was founded in 1947 and since the beginning has held an
annual dance to raise money for local charities. This is accomplished
in large part by the live lamb auction. In 1998 the dance moved to the Four
Rivers Cultural Center and a dinner was added to the event. In recent years,
proceeds from the dance and dinner have benefitted the senior citizens
center, The Boys and Girls Club of the Western Treasure Valley and the
Malheur and Payette County fairgrounds among others. In addition to the
dinner and auction, the event will include a performance by Beti Alai, the
club's dance group, a raffle, and a
public dance. Read more on the
club's
Facebook page and why not give them a "like" while you're at it?
Center for Basque Studies Offers
Books in PDF Format and New Book on Pelota
Center for Basque Studies
The Center for Basque Studies
will now be making old books available online in pdf format for free.
The first title in this series is
Essays in Honor of Jon
Bilbao that was printed in 1977 at
the Desert Research Institute. This book includes contributions by
authors such as: Joseph Castelli, Richard Lane, Frank Araujo, Richard
Etulain, Stanley Payne, Robert Trask and William Douglass to name a few.
This will now be a regular offering on the Center’s website so stay tuned.
The Center is also proud to announce the publication
of Basque Pelota: A Ritual, an Aesthetic by Basque
researcher Olatz González Abrisketa of the University of the Basque Country.
The book shows that the game of pelota, “the Basque game par excellence” is
indeed more than “just” a game, but provides many telling insights into
Basque culture. The Center is extremely proud to publish the English version
of this book, translated by its own Mariann Vaczi, and they are sure that
Basques (and anyone) will find it very enjoyable reading. Buy it online at
our website,
Basque Pelota or browse its contents on Amazon at
Basque Pelota . Eskerrik asko!
Basque Government Grants
The deadline for Basque clubs
to apply for Basque Government grants is February 28, 2013. For
information regarding the application itself go to: 2013 Grant Application.
Today we also received word on modifications to this year’s grant due to the
economic crisis that the Basque Country is now experiencing. For
details on these please see:
2013
Grant Modifications.
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