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Thanks to everyone
who participated in this truly magical day, stay tuned for pix....Dia de los Muertos 2007 - Sunday, November 4th
- Around the Corner, at last!
 The latest skinny:
Daylight savings time
Performance time
Route
This event is open to the Belly Dance Community, Family, and Friends.
The Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) parade and performance will be
on Sunday, November 4th in Downtown San Jose. Join belly dancers and
drummers as we parade down the streets of Downtown San Jose, the parade
ends at a festival on SJSU campus and there will be a performance
opportunity! Amongst the invited guests are Chinese Lion Dancers, Stilt
Walkers, Aztec Dancers, Folklorico Dancers, Filipino Dancers and of
course us Belly Dancers (gathering under the name of A Belly Dance
Collective).
This is always an enjoyable event, a great way to make connections, have
some fun and celebrate the lives of loved ones who have passed. I hope
you will consider joining us. Details below... If there is anyone from
the belly dance and drumming community you think would like to
participate, please pass on this information. You will also be paid a
bit for your parade participation and performance, what would could be
better?
Invite flyer (pdf) or
(web)
Paint your skeleton face!
examples
Check out images from
past events:
images, Dia de los
Muertos 2006
images, Dia de los
Muertos 2005
images, Dia de los
Muertos 2004
General Timeline
Note: Don't forget about
Daylight Savings Time, fall BACK an hour!
08:00am to 10:00am - Face Painting and snacks at Patrice’s
10:00am - Light rail to Downtown San Jose
10:30am - Meet at San Jose Museum of Art
11:00am - Parade Begins
12:00pm - Opening Ceremony at SJSU
1:10pm – Performances begin, we get half an
hour*
2:00ishpm – Late Lunch at Tlaquepaque
 8:00-10:00am -Face Painting and Snacks at Patrice’s
On the
morning of the parade, I will host face
painting at my house. Please come and enjoy coffee, Mexican hot
chocolate, and pan dulce (sweet bread) while we paint our skeleton faces
and get ready. (A race is happening on the same day, detour details
below.) Costuming is open, but belly dance attire would be great. Let’s
plan to leave at 10:00am, take the light rail, which is only a few
blocks from my house and parade meeting place (bring some money for
fare).
http://www.vta.org/schedules/fares.html If you will meet us there,
there is free parking on San Fernando (close to the corner of Market)
and across the street from the library. Both locations are just blocks
from one another.
Patrice’s Joint
609 Minor Avenue (near Virginia)
San José, CA 95125
(408) 279-8524
Patrice-khajulah@excite.com
www.khajulah.com
Get directions
(Please be advised: There is a race going on that day and
Virginia Street is part of the route, a good detour if traveling from
the 280 up Bird Avenue is to: go through the underpass, take a left on
Hull, left on Delmas, across Virginia, left on Brown, left on
Minor.)
10:30am - Meet at San Jose Museum of Art, Parade Beginning
11:00am - Procession begins
The procession will start in front of the San Jose Museum of Art on the
corner of Market and San Fernando Streets, please be there no later than
10:30am. Procession will begin at 11:00am. Tickets for water will be
passed out before the procession starts, bring your ticket to the
volunteer booth for a bottle of water after the parade. Marigold flowers
will be passed out for you to leave at the altar at the end of the line
(the fragrance of the flowers leads the spirits home; sometimes paths of
the petals guide the spirits back home).
This is not
only a procession but, a performance. Smile, laugh, dance, sing, try to
coax on lookers to join the procession. When you reach the corner of 4th
and San Fernando, in front of the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library at
SJSU, we will travel slightly down 4th street to steps and an opening to
the Caret Plaza directly behind the library, this is where all the
festivities will happen.
Procession route is
short: begin Market and San Fernando
Walk down San Fernando to 4th, just 5 blocks, so don't be late!
San Jose Museum of Art
110 S. Market Street (at San Fernando)
San José, CA 95113
(408) 993-9597
www.sjmusart.org
Get directions
12:00 - Opening Ceremony at SJSU
The opening ceremonies start at 12:00, the
Aztec dancers open the ceremonies and dress the community altar. There will be a Children's Culture Camp where they can make miniature
altars, necklaces, paper flowers and more. Bring your kids/grand
kids and have a fun time.
1:10 - Performance Opportunity
After the
ceremonies, each group will have a little time to perform and entertain
the crowd, there will one stage for all cultural performances.
We have been given a
performance spot of 30 minutes. There will be a sound system for CDs and
a 20’ by 16’ stage set up. Our performance will be “freestyle” and to
live drummers.
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library
150 E. San Fernando Street
San José, CA 95112
(408) 808-2000
http://www.sjlibrary.org/about/locations/king/
Get directions
 Late
Lunch
at
Tlaquepaque
To end the festivities, please join us for lunch at a local Mexican
restaurant located just 5 or 6 blocks from my house. We will take the
light rail back to my place and drive (or walk?) there. Bring some extra
money for lunch, this is always a great way to end the day, the food is
great and they make some awesome drinks!
Tlaquepaque
721 Willow Street (at Delmas)
San Jose, CA 95125
(408) 287-9777
Get directions
Invite flyer (pdf) or
(web)
Paint your skeleton face!
examples
Check out images from
past events:
images, Dia de los
Muertos 2006
images, Dia de los
Muertos 2005
images, Dia de los
Muertos 2004
Some cool Dia de los Muertos sites:
History/Origins of:
http://www.public.iastate.edu/~rjsalvad/scmfaq/muertos.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Day_of_the_Dead
http://www3.niu.edu/newsplace/nndia.html
http://www.mexconnect.com/mex_/feature/daydeadindex.html
http://www.mexonline.com/daydead.htm
Events:
http://www.unitycouncil.org/ddlm/index.htm
http://www.dayofthedeadsf.org/
http://www.ladayofthedead.com/
Art and Other Cool Stuff:
http://www.dayofthedead.com/
http://diadelosmuertoselpaso.blogspot.com/
http://www.azcentral.com/ent/dead/
Got
more links? Pass 'em on...here.
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