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04-16-2009, 02:13 AM
Day of the Child Celebration set for April's Last Weekend
<center><table border=0 align=center><tr><td><caption><font size=-1 face="Arial Narrow" color=#000000>The 4th Annual Día del Niño at El Camino Real International Heritage Center will feature living history, zoo animals, dance, music and more.</font></caption><img src=http://steppinoutnewmexico.com/images/Living_History_Demo.jpg border=1 align=center vspace=5 hspace=5 alt="The 4th Annual Día del Niño at El Camino Real International Heritage Center will feature living history, zoo animals, dance, music and more."></td></tr></table></center>
<table border=0 align=right><tr><td><caption><font size=-1 face="Arial Narrow" color=#000000>The event will begin at 11 am with a Chautauqua presentation by Larry Marken.</font></caption><img src=http://steppinoutnewmexico.com/images/Larry_Marken.jpg border=1 align=right vspace=5 hspace=5 alt="The event will begin at 11 am with a Chautauqua presentation by Larry Marken."></td></tr></table>Socorro NM: El Camino Real International Heritage Center will host its 4th Annual Día del Niño Celebration on Saturday, April 25th, 11 am – 4 pm honoring children and their families. This event will feature on-going activities during the day including living history, zoo animals, dance presentation, music performance and more. Admission for children ages 16 and under is free. Shuttle service from Socorro will be available (call 575-835-2097, courtesy City of Socorro).
The event will begin at 11 am with a Chautauqua presentation by Larry Marken, courtesy of the New Mexico Humanities Council. The presentation will be on William Sherley, also known as “Old Bill” Williams, who was one of the most colorful, adventuresome, and proficiently literate of the 19th Century western mountain men. During his 62 years, he preached, trapped, traded, scouted for military expeditions, guided wagon trains, served as an interpreter of Native American languages and wrote an Osage-English dictionary. Larry Marken is retired from a diversified set of careers. He currently volunteers as a docent at El Rancho de Las Golondrinas Living History Museum, seasonally serves as a National Park Service volunteer in Hawaii and presents occasional mountain man displays at El Camino Real International Heritage Center.
At 2 pm there will be a special music presentation by Ceiba from El Paso, Texas. Ceiba plays indigenous wind and percussion instruments from Mexico and other Southern American countries. They include European, African, and Spanish colonial instruments as well as contemporary instruments like synthesizer and electric guitar to create a beautiful musical presentation. Musicans wear clothing typical to the Spanish Colonial era and presentation includes description of instruments and introductions on the history of songs performed.
<center><table border=0 align=center><tr><td><caption><font size=-1 face="Arial Narrow" color=#000000>At 2 pm there will be a special music presentation by Ceiba from El Paso, Texas.</font></caption><img src=http://steppinoutnewmexico.com/images/MusicPerformance.jpg border=1 align=center vspace=5 hspace=5 alt="At 2 pm there will be a special music presentation by Ceiba from El Paso, Texas."></td></tr></table></center>
The event will conclude with a ballet folklorico dance performance by students from Alamogordo, New Mexico at 3 pm and piñata-breaking at 4 pm.
Also featured will be on-going activities throughout the day including: living history demonstrations of Spanish Colonial life, courtesy of La Sociedad de la Entrada; viewing of The Van of Enchantment featuring the exhibition Trails and Tails; Zoo to You Van, animals courtesy of the City of Albuquerque’s Rio Grande Zoo; blacksmithing demonstrations; and arts & craft activity.
Educational programs and activities are made possible by El Camino Real International Heritage Center Foundation and Museums of New Mexico Foundation.
El Camino Real International Heritage Center is a New Mexico State Monument operated by the Department of Cultural Affairs.
WHEN: Saturday, April 25, 2009 - 11 AM - 4 PM
WHERE: El Camino Real International Heritage Center, 300 East County Road 1598, San Antonio, NM 87832. Located on I-25 between Socorro and T or C, Exit 115.
COST: Event free with paid Monument admission. Free admission for ages 16 & under. Free admission for MNM and ECRIHC Foundation members. Single adult visit, $5.
FOR MORE INFORMATION: 575-854-3600, or visit www.elcaminoreal.org (http://www.elcaminoreal.org/)
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Opening its doors to the public in November 2005 as the sixth addition to NM State Monuments, El Camino Real International Heritage Center commemorates the oldest commuted trail in the United States. This trail, El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro, is one of the most important legacies of the Spanish settlers who arrived in New Mexico in 1598. This Royal Road to the Interior Land extended 1,500 miles between Mexico City and San Juan de los Caballeros, in the Española Valley north of Santa Fe. El Camino Real became a vital trade route linking Spain, Mexico, New Mexico and later the United States. As Interstate 25, the North-South trade route continues to foster the exchange of people, culture, ideas and products in the 21st Century.
The Center offers fascinating, informative state-of-the-art exhibits while taking a virtual tour along the trail from Mexico City to Santa Fe, New Mexico. Enjoy outdoor gardens, walking trails, self-guided audio tour, and gift shop.
INFORMATION TO PUBLIC:
School groups free. Children 16 and younger free. Sundays free for NM residents with ID. Wednesdays free for NM resident senior citizens (60+) with ID. Free for Museum of NM Foundation and ECRIHC Foundation members. Single visit, $5.00.
Open 6 days a week, 8:30 am – 5 pm. Closed Tuesdays. Closed Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year’s, and Easter.
EL CAMINO REAL INTERNATIONAL HERITAGE CENTER IS A NM STATE MONUMENT UNDER THE DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS.
<center><table border=0 align=center><tr><td><caption><font size=-1 face="Arial Narrow" color=#000000>The 4th Annual Día del Niño at El Camino Real International Heritage Center will feature living history, zoo animals, dance, music and more.</font></caption><img src=http://steppinoutnewmexico.com/images/Living_History_Demo.jpg border=1 align=center vspace=5 hspace=5 alt="The 4th Annual Día del Niño at El Camino Real International Heritage Center will feature living history, zoo animals, dance, music and more."></td></tr></table></center>
<table border=0 align=right><tr><td><caption><font size=-1 face="Arial Narrow" color=#000000>The event will begin at 11 am with a Chautauqua presentation by Larry Marken.</font></caption><img src=http://steppinoutnewmexico.com/images/Larry_Marken.jpg border=1 align=right vspace=5 hspace=5 alt="The event will begin at 11 am with a Chautauqua presentation by Larry Marken."></td></tr></table>Socorro NM: El Camino Real International Heritage Center will host its 4th Annual Día del Niño Celebration on Saturday, April 25th, 11 am – 4 pm honoring children and their families. This event will feature on-going activities during the day including living history, zoo animals, dance presentation, music performance and more. Admission for children ages 16 and under is free. Shuttle service from Socorro will be available (call 575-835-2097, courtesy City of Socorro).
The event will begin at 11 am with a Chautauqua presentation by Larry Marken, courtesy of the New Mexico Humanities Council. The presentation will be on William Sherley, also known as “Old Bill” Williams, who was one of the most colorful, adventuresome, and proficiently literate of the 19th Century western mountain men. During his 62 years, he preached, trapped, traded, scouted for military expeditions, guided wagon trains, served as an interpreter of Native American languages and wrote an Osage-English dictionary. Larry Marken is retired from a diversified set of careers. He currently volunteers as a docent at El Rancho de Las Golondrinas Living History Museum, seasonally serves as a National Park Service volunteer in Hawaii and presents occasional mountain man displays at El Camino Real International Heritage Center.
At 2 pm there will be a special music presentation by Ceiba from El Paso, Texas. Ceiba plays indigenous wind and percussion instruments from Mexico and other Southern American countries. They include European, African, and Spanish colonial instruments as well as contemporary instruments like synthesizer and electric guitar to create a beautiful musical presentation. Musicans wear clothing typical to the Spanish Colonial era and presentation includes description of instruments and introductions on the history of songs performed.
<center><table border=0 align=center><tr><td><caption><font size=-1 face="Arial Narrow" color=#000000>At 2 pm there will be a special music presentation by Ceiba from El Paso, Texas.</font></caption><img src=http://steppinoutnewmexico.com/images/MusicPerformance.jpg border=1 align=center vspace=5 hspace=5 alt="At 2 pm there will be a special music presentation by Ceiba from El Paso, Texas."></td></tr></table></center>
The event will conclude with a ballet folklorico dance performance by students from Alamogordo, New Mexico at 3 pm and piñata-breaking at 4 pm.
Also featured will be on-going activities throughout the day including: living history demonstrations of Spanish Colonial life, courtesy of La Sociedad de la Entrada; viewing of The Van of Enchantment featuring the exhibition Trails and Tails; Zoo to You Van, animals courtesy of the City of Albuquerque’s Rio Grande Zoo; blacksmithing demonstrations; and arts & craft activity.
Educational programs and activities are made possible by El Camino Real International Heritage Center Foundation and Museums of New Mexico Foundation.
El Camino Real International Heritage Center is a New Mexico State Monument operated by the Department of Cultural Affairs.
WHEN: Saturday, April 25, 2009 - 11 AM - 4 PM
WHERE: El Camino Real International Heritage Center, 300 East County Road 1598, San Antonio, NM 87832. Located on I-25 between Socorro and T or C, Exit 115.
COST: Event free with paid Monument admission. Free admission for ages 16 & under. Free admission for MNM and ECRIHC Foundation members. Single adult visit, $5.
FOR MORE INFORMATION: 575-854-3600, or visit www.elcaminoreal.org (http://www.elcaminoreal.org/)
<hr width=50% align=center weight=1 color=black bgcolor=black>
Opening its doors to the public in November 2005 as the sixth addition to NM State Monuments, El Camino Real International Heritage Center commemorates the oldest commuted trail in the United States. This trail, El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro, is one of the most important legacies of the Spanish settlers who arrived in New Mexico in 1598. This Royal Road to the Interior Land extended 1,500 miles between Mexico City and San Juan de los Caballeros, in the Española Valley north of Santa Fe. El Camino Real became a vital trade route linking Spain, Mexico, New Mexico and later the United States. As Interstate 25, the North-South trade route continues to foster the exchange of people, culture, ideas and products in the 21st Century.
The Center offers fascinating, informative state-of-the-art exhibits while taking a virtual tour along the trail from Mexico City to Santa Fe, New Mexico. Enjoy outdoor gardens, walking trails, self-guided audio tour, and gift shop.
INFORMATION TO PUBLIC:
School groups free. Children 16 and younger free. Sundays free for NM residents with ID. Wednesdays free for NM resident senior citizens (60+) with ID. Free for Museum of NM Foundation and ECRIHC Foundation members. Single visit, $5.00.
Open 6 days a week, 8:30 am – 5 pm. Closed Tuesdays. Closed Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year’s, and Easter.
EL CAMINO REAL INTERNATIONAL HERITAGE CENTER IS A NM STATE MONUMENT UNDER THE DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS.