Email from Regina Chavez y Sanchez
I would like to share with you the email I received from Regina:
Hola queridos amigos,
I have just returned from a week at home in San Anto. My family and I drove from Denver to honor my husband's memory. We drove in three cars!!!! My Mom, Myrna Chavez, my brothers, Tony and Hondo, sister Kata, my daughter Amanda, her fiance, Britton and our children, Anissa, Joseph, James and Jacob. It felt like the old days when we worked in the fields! When we stopped to eat lunch by the side of a field at least three pickup trucks drove by slowly, checking us out. Britt joked that he was our "insurance", our token Gringo!
We drove through Kansas, Oklahoma and finally our first stop in Arlington, TX. My comadre, Martha Rodriguez, her wonderful husband, Robert Cruise and my hijada, Elizabeth, invited us ALL into their beautiful home. The power of the COMADRE lives!!!!!!!! We then proceeded on to San Anto after getting stuck in Austin traffic for two hours! My primo hermano, Christopher "Crazy Legs" Fonseca (http://www.comedypro.com/fonseca/troops.html) joined us in San Anto along with my nieces, Amy and Jessica.
Bihl Haus Arts (http://www.monticellopark.org/cgi-bin/resources.cgi?id=10&pid=19) the
“Trinidad Sanchez, Jr. Memorial Poetry Bash!”
on Friday, June 15th. The event, which will become an annual celebration of the expansive poetic legacy of Trinidad Sanchez, Jr.. The evening, began with a blessing by Ramon Vasquez y Sanchez, former director of Centro Cultural Aztlan. Contributing poets included Jesse Cardona, Darrell Pittman, Kenneth Trevino (who is working on the production of a play entitled "Jalapeno Blues" named after Trino's last book), Ramon Vasquez, Trey Moore, Xavier Garza, Frank "Pancho" Mendoza, Carl Lahser, Josie Mixon, Juan Manuel Perez (who wrote a chapbook called "Under the Influence of Trino"), Laura Robles, Roberto Garcia, Janie Alonzo, Andrea Greimel, Eduardo Garza and Maura Perez. At the end of the evening other poets joined. The poems focused on fathers in honor of Father’s Day due to Trino’s commitment to fathers and their children. Trinidad was a resident at the Primrose Senior Apartments where Bihl Haus Arts is located and was their first volunteer. We created an event that truly honored his memory and his tireless efforts to promote creative expression. The diversity of our group illustrated Trino's power to organize everyone to share the word.
We were blessed by the generosity and love of our friends, David Attaway and Donna Jarma who shared their home with us; Andrea Greimel and Adan Hernandez who had a picnic/pool party at their home; Kellen McIntyre and Eric Lane who made us the best-ever homemade pasta. We were able to visit with many friends and compadres during our stay.
I had a visit with UTSA staff to discuss Trino's archives and a book which will coming out later this year. Gracias to my dear friend, Jacque Kosek who took my Mom shopping during the meeting. My Mom is gradually getting her strength back and we were grateful she was able to join us, thanks for all of your prayers.
Finallly we headed back to Colorado through Roswell and Alburquerque, where we visited our relatives, Celso, Renee, Benetta and their children, C.J., Mireya, Eusebio, my new godson, Robert, RaeAnn and Brianna. We went to give thanks at the Santuario at Chimayo and drove home through Taos, Cimarron, Angel Fire, Eagle Nest, NM and of course, TRINIDAD, CO!!!!
The trip was wonderful and a sacred journey.
The next "Trino" event will be in San Francisco, where the chorale group, Chanticleer (www.chanticleer.org)
will perform, "Jalapeno Blues" written by composer, Gabriella Frank, ( http://www.schirmer.com/Default.aspx?TabId=2419&State_2872=2&composerId_2872=2388 ).
I am still working on the foundation and a newsletter......
If I forgot to mention anybody, my apologies. As I explanined at the reading, I have been in a self-imposed isolation. I miss Trino and am still working on this grief process. I just do the things I HAVE to do.
In peace and justice,
Con carino,
Regina Chávez y Sánchez
827 Park Avenue West #203
Denver, CO 80205
(303) 954-0954
Hola queridos amigos,
I have just returned from a week at home in San Anto. My family and I drove from Denver to honor my husband's memory. We drove in three cars!!!! My Mom, Myrna Chavez, my brothers, Tony and Hondo, sister Kata, my daughter Amanda, her fiance, Britton and our children, Anissa, Joseph, James and Jacob. It felt like the old days when we worked in the fields! When we stopped to eat lunch by the side of a field at least three pickup trucks drove by slowly, checking us out. Britt joked that he was our "insurance", our token Gringo!
We drove through Kansas, Oklahoma and finally our first stop in Arlington, TX. My comadre, Martha Rodriguez, her wonderful husband, Robert Cruise and my hijada, Elizabeth, invited us ALL into their beautiful home. The power of the COMADRE lives!!!!!!!! We then proceeded on to San Anto after getting stuck in Austin traffic for two hours! My primo hermano, Christopher "Crazy Legs" Fonseca (http://www.comedypro.com/fonseca/troops.html) joined us in San Anto along with my nieces, Amy and Jessica.
Bihl Haus Arts (http://www.monticellopark.org/cgi-bin/resources.cgi?id=10&pid=19) the
“Trinidad Sanchez, Jr. Memorial Poetry Bash!”
on Friday, June 15th. The event, which will become an annual celebration of the expansive poetic legacy of Trinidad Sanchez, Jr.. The evening, began with a blessing by Ramon Vasquez y Sanchez, former director of Centro Cultural Aztlan. Contributing poets included Jesse Cardona, Darrell Pittman, Kenneth Trevino (who is working on the production of a play entitled "Jalapeno Blues" named after Trino's last book), Ramon Vasquez, Trey Moore, Xavier Garza, Frank "Pancho" Mendoza, Carl Lahser, Josie Mixon, Juan Manuel Perez (who wrote a chapbook called "Under the Influence of Trino"), Laura Robles, Roberto Garcia, Janie Alonzo, Andrea Greimel, Eduardo Garza and Maura Perez. At the end of the evening other poets joined. The poems focused on fathers in honor of Father’s Day due to Trino’s commitment to fathers and their children. Trinidad was a resident at the Primrose Senior Apartments where Bihl Haus Arts is located and was their first volunteer. We created an event that truly honored his memory and his tireless efforts to promote creative expression. The diversity of our group illustrated Trino's power to organize everyone to share the word.
We were blessed by the generosity and love of our friends, David Attaway and Donna Jarma who shared their home with us; Andrea Greimel and Adan Hernandez who had a picnic/pool party at their home; Kellen McIntyre and Eric Lane who made us the best-ever homemade pasta. We were able to visit with many friends and compadres during our stay.
I had a visit with UTSA staff to discuss Trino's archives and a book which will coming out later this year. Gracias to my dear friend, Jacque Kosek who took my Mom shopping during the meeting. My Mom is gradually getting her strength back and we were grateful she was able to join us, thanks for all of your prayers.
Finallly we headed back to Colorado through Roswell and Alburquerque, where we visited our relatives, Celso, Renee, Benetta and their children, C.J., Mireya, Eusebio, my new godson, Robert, RaeAnn and Brianna. We went to give thanks at the Santuario at Chimayo and drove home through Taos, Cimarron, Angel Fire, Eagle Nest, NM and of course, TRINIDAD, CO!!!!
The trip was wonderful and a sacred journey.
The next "Trino" event will be in San Francisco, where the chorale group, Chanticleer (www.chanticleer.org)
will perform, "Jalapeno Blues" written by composer, Gabriella Frank, ( http://www.schirmer.com/Default.aspx?TabId=2419&State_2872=2&composerId_2872=2388 ).
I am still working on the foundation and a newsletter......
If I forgot to mention anybody, my apologies. As I explanined at the reading, I have been in a self-imposed isolation. I miss Trino and am still working on this grief process. I just do the things I HAVE to do.
In peace and justice,
Con carino,
Regina Chávez y Sánchez
827 Park Avenue West #203
Denver, CO 80205
(303) 954-0954
posted by PAC PR at 3:48 PM
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