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Gure Club’eko Berriak

Next Basque Club MeetingDate: Friday, July 26, 2013

Time: 7:00 pm

Place: Mary & Jean’s home449 Shamrock DriveMurray, Utah

Topics: Report on the summer picnic andthe Elko Basque Festival. We willalso get an update about thedancers and start planning for theCarmelite Fair in September.

Bring your favorite snack and plan to attend!

Upcoming EventsJuly 30 ............................... International Day of

FriendshipAugust 5 ............................ National Waffle DayAugust 10 .......................... National S’Mores

DayAugust 20 .......................... Lemonade DaySeptember 2 ..................... Labor DaySeptember 5 ..................... National Cheese

Pizza DaySeptmber 27 ..................... Club MeetingOctober 17 & 18 ................ UEA Break (No

Public School)October 30 ........................ National Candy Corn

DayOctober 31 ........................ HalloweenNovember 22 .................... Club MeetingNovember 28 .................... Thanksgiving

July 2013Club Website: www.utah-basque.com Twitter: @UTBasqueClub

Club Picnic was Great!The annual club picnic was held on June 23rd atUnion Park in Midvale. Thank you to AliseCendagorta for chairing the annual club picnic.Everyone had a great time!

Congratulations to Cristina Sangroniz and BradGreeno, who won the horseshoe competition atthe picnic.

Thank you to all who helped set up, organizeMass, cook and serve the barbecue, organize thegames and clean up. It could not happen withoutyou! Look for pictures on page 4.

Dancer Fundraiser a Success!The Basque Club of Utah Dancers, Utah’koTrskalariak, recently held a fundraising raffle at theclub picnic on June 23. The raffle was a greatsuccess! They made $1500 for their trip to NewYork!

The dancers would like to thank everyone forsupporting their raffle! And a special thanks toLarry Osoro for donating two of his paintings.

The winners were: Third prize – one of Larry’spaintings – went to Mary Larrinaga. Second Prize– the other painting – went to John Cendagorta.The first prize winner of the 16 GB iPad went toclub member, Douglas Black.

Thanks again for supporting our dancers! Have agreat time in New York!

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Dancers Update!The Basque Club of Utah dancers, Utah 'koTriskalariak, are having a very busy year! Theyrecently performed in Elko at the NABO Conventionand also in Rock Springs Wyoming at their annualInternational Days Celebration.

They were featured on the front page of the localnewspaper in Rock Springs - the "Rocket-Miner" onSunday, July 14th. They were the hit of the fair alongwith the music of Jean and Jean-Jules Flesher!

On August 17th, they will perform for the DenverBasque Club, on September 15th, they will performat the Carmelite Fair in Holladay and on October13th, they will be performing in New York.

Don’t forget the email address for the dancers isutahbasquedancers@gmail.com. Please contactCirbie or Alise if you have any questions.

Club Wins Blood Sausage ContestCongratulations to our club for winning first placein the blood sausage division at the sausagecook-off at the NABO Convention in Elko! Therewere 7 entries this year and ours was voted thebest. Below is a picture of Pantxo with the firstprize plaque.

Thank you to all who help keep this tradition aliveby making the sausage and to Pantxo Aguerre forhis family recipe!

Club Member wins Contest!Congratulations to Anthony Ithurralde, who won atrip to New York for the premier of The GreatGatsby! Anthony’s artwork was chosen by thedirector as one of the winners of a Warner Bros.sponsored contest.

To see a higher resolution picture of his artwork ,goto gatsbymovie.tumblr.com, click on “fan art”, scrolldown and you can see it on the right. Way to goAnthony!

Follow the Club on TwitterHave a Twitter Account? Be sure to follow theclub’s twitter account @UTBasqueClub. Thisaccount has the latest updates on the club and allthings Basque.

Don’t have an account? Use the web page.

www.twitter.com/utbasqueclub

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Special Thanks to:• Alise Cendagorta, who chaired the Club

Picnic.

• Everyone who helped at the Club Picnic.

Condolences to:• The family and friends of Rich Ulibarri, who

died of a heart attack.

Congratulations to:• Anthony Ithurralde, who won The Great

Gatsby Fan Art Challenge.

• Sean Archibeque, who recently graduatedfrom Stevens-Heneger College with aBachelor of Arts Degree in Graphic Arts.

• Javier Guerricabeitia, Peter Netelbeekand Bryan Osoro, for riding in the MSfundraiser on June 29.

NEWSNEWSNEWSNEWSNEWSCarmelite Fair on September 15Volunteers are needed for the Basque Booth atthe Carmelite Fair. The fair will take place onSeptember 15 from 11 to 5. We will be sellingChorizos again this year to raise money for themonastery and for the nuns who live there. Theaddress of the monastery is 5714 S HolladayBlvd, Salt Lake City, UT.

Our club dancers, Utah’ko Triskalariak will also beperforming at noon. More information may befound at their website, http://bit.ly/13XBULE

For a free shuttle bus, you may park your car forfree at the following 5 locations:

1. Shopping Center - on the N. E. corner at6200 South Van Winkle and Highland Dr.

2. Prophet Elias Greek Orthodox Churchafter 12pm, 5335 South Highland Dr.

3. Macys, corner of Murray-Holladay Rd., andHighland Dr.

4. Holladay Library, 2150 E. Murray HolladayRd.

5. Holladay Village mall on Holladay Blvd.,just south of the corner of Murray-HolladayRd.

The bus runs every 30 minutes from 11:00 am -5:00 pm.

This is an important fundraiser for the nuns andyour hard work and efforts are greatlyappreciated!

Please Notify Monique FlesherMonique Flesher has asked that she please benotified when something happens to any clubmember that needs acknowledgement of anykind. She would like to be notified of good andsad happenings.

Please contact Monique via email atmoniqueflesher@hotmail.com or call her at(801) 680-6697.

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