10/28/2023
❤️🔥We gather to remember. Please join us for Día de Los Mu***os Salida, an evening of remembrance and appreciation with procession, music, activities and ofrenda for the community on Saturday, November 4. Gather with neighbors and friends as together, we remember our loved ones.
💀The 9th annual ceremony will meet at Alpine Park at 5:45pm then we will walk down F St at 6pm and pause on the bridge to remember. Followed by a gathering at A Church featuring music by Grupo musical Fuerza Cora Brasil Musical, sugar skull decorating, a display of colorful alebrijes, community ofrenda, potluck, stories, art, and more. Community is invited to bring a photocopy of your loved one for the community ofrenda. Community Potluck. Bring a special main dish or side that reminds you of your family or loved one. Please bring your own dinnerware! Tim Brown Photography will be offering special Dia de los Mu***os photo sessions. To sign up, see https://tim-brown-photography.square.site/s/appointments. Adrianna Roode of will be offering face paint from 4pm-5:45pm, then during the celebration at A Church. BrodeurArt will have Día de Mu***os art available.
❤️🔥SCHEDULE:
3:00pm Photo Sessions by reservation with Tim Brown
4:00pm Drop in for face painting by Glitterbug
5:30pm Drop off Potluck items at A Church (bring dinnerware)
5:45pm Meet at Alpine park for the procession
6:00pm Procession down F St, where we pause on the bridge for a short ceremony to remember
6:45pm Festivities at A Church after the procession with music, ofrenda, potluck, sugar skull decorating, alebrijes on display, and more.
8:00pm End
🧆POTLUCK: Bring a main dish or side to share. A favorite family recipe or something that reminds you of your loved one. Drop items at 5:30pm at A Church, or bring with you immediately after the procession. Label your dish at A Church. Please bring your own dinnerware! Some homemade chips and salsa, horchata by Las Camelinas, and albondigas by Cehones Fusion Catering but not enough for everyone so please bring your potluck main or side dish!
🕯OFRENDA: A community ofrenda (altar) will be set up if you would like to display a photo of your loved one. Ofrendas can contain many items such as photographs, cempasúchil (marigolds), pan de mu**to (bread of the dead), candles, salt, incense, favorite foods or drinks (representing four elements of nature such as fire, water, wind, earth); and calaveras (skulls) made of sugar, clay, Catrinas, little poems, or prints by José Posada.
❤️GET INVOLVED: Volunteers needed to help set up and clean up. To volunteer, please contact Andrea, Krista, or Tina. Decorating begins at 1pm; and cleanup is 8pm-8:30pm.
🦎ALEBRIJES WORKSHOPS: Also, join us at Box of Bubbles 3 Wednesday evenings prior to the procession (Oct 18, 25, and Nov 1) from 6-7:30pm for very special art workshops: Alebrijes. Ms.Tina will guide you as you learn about the Mexican folk art artist Pedro Linares who is credited for the fantastical, bright colored, paper mache animals "born from a dream." Learn about the art form, get inspired, then create your own. A mini for you to display at the celebration, and/or create something for the procession! Basic materials provided thanks to our sponsors. For more info, contact [email protected]
💀Día de los Mu***os is brought to you by Las Tres Amigas, Cultural bearer Andrea Padilla Mossman, and local artists Krista Jarvis and Tina Gramann who are humbled to be guests in this cultural space. Produced by Salida Creativity Lab, providing diverse cultural experiences for our community. Thank you to Salida Police Department, and our sponsors High Country Bank, HHSB Family Fund, Oveja Negra, Kaleidoscope Toys; and in-kind donors A Church, Box of Bubbles, Inc., Las Camelinas, and Céhones Fusion Catering.
