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Hola socios:
Esta semana tendremos un BOLECTRONICO bastante
corte
como la mayoria de la gente no me envio nada
para
publicar. Pero, adelante.
I. BASQUE WORKSHOP THIS WEEKEND. The
Basque Culture
workshop and luncheon will be at Marian Thom's
home
this coming Saturday!
Here are the directions. if you need a physical
map,
go to http://www.yahoo.com and click on maps,
click on
driving directions, enter Marian's address from
below
and yours in the "from" field.
1. Take exit 176 (175th Street exit off
I-5). head
west toward Puget Sound on 175th.
2. When you cross Aurora and reach Shorewood
High,
take a right on to Fremont Ave N.
3. Turn LEFT onto N 185TH ST.
4. N 185TH ST becomes N RICHMOND BEACH RD.
4. Turn SLIGHT RIGHT onto NW INNIS ARDEN DR.
5. NW INNIS ARDEN DR becomes 13TH AVE NW.
6. 13TH AVE NW becomes NW 177TH ST.
7. Turn LEFT onto 14TH AVE NW.
8. Turn LEFT onto NW 175TH ST.
9. Turn RIGHT onto 13TH AVE NW.
Marian's address is 17123 13th NW, Shoreline, 98177.
Please be there by 10 a.m. sharp.
II. NATIONAL SPANISH EXAM. If you
want to
participate in this exciting contest in which
your
students could earn scholarship money, contact
Oriana
by Dec. 1. ocadman@kalama.com
III. OTHER UPCOMING EVENTS
A. Dec. 4 Tertulia Navideña hosted
by Jay and Paloma
at Jay's SEATTLE house, 521 11th Avenue East,
Seattle.
B. Sometime in March: "What Every
Spanish Teacher
Needs to Know about the Portuguese Language and
Luso-Brazilian Culture." A seminar by UW
Portuguese
prof Elwin Wirkala followed by a meal at Seattle's
new
Brazilian restaurant.
C. Sometime in February: East-of-the-Mountains
AATSP
Idea Share and Cultural Event. ANY WILLING
HOSTS OUT
THERE? Contact Eastern Vice President Sonja
Hokanson
at shokan@mail.wsu.edu.
D. Southwestern Idea Share and gathering:
January.
Contact Oriana Cadman at ocadman@kalama.com.
Good
job, Oriana, with the southwestern recruiting!
E. May: Spanish Film at Seattle International
Film
Festival. Date TBA May 1.
IV. PUERTO RICO EN AGOSTO. The annual
AATSP
conference, complete with Job Fair and many useful
sessions, will be held in San Juan in August.
Contact
lsandste@bentley.unco.edu for more information.
V. COASTAL KITCHEN, where we had our COCINA
GALLEGA
event last year at which Professor Baird read
from
Rosalía de Castro and Elwin Wirkala shared
some
Galician-Portuguese poems, is currently serving
ARGENTINE FOOD: Patagonia is the theme!
VI. THINKING ABOUT TEACHING ENGLISH IN SPAIN?
Eduardo Tobar of the Spanish Embassy
etobar@ospi.wednet.edu has Post-to-Post exchanges
available. Socia Anne Waite of Lake Stevens
High
School has exchanged with Consuela Campos of
Barcelona. It's fun and it's growth-oriented!
Hasta la proxima. Nos vemos en casa de Marian.
Jay