Oinkari New Kids 2013

For anyone interested in joining Oinkari Basque Dancers in fall of 2013, we welcome all interested Basques 14 years of age and older to join during 3 Sundays in September: the 15th, 22nd, or 29th.  If you can attend all 3, that would be ideal.  Practice begins promptly at noon in the main hall of the Basque Center (601 Grove, Boise), and lasts until about 4pm.  Please wear comfortable workout clothes and closed-toe, flexible shoes.  We will have leather Basque dance shoes for purchase, which are a required part of the costume.  No previous Basque dance experience is necessary.

After practice (at 4pm) on September 29th, we have a required New Kid Orientation for new dancers and parents,  where we will introduce the Oinkari Board of Directors, distribute the New Kid Packet, give an overview of Oinkari as an organization, answer questions about responsibilities, costuming, traveling, etc.

Qualifications:
---  Must be at least 14 years old or in the 9th grade by  9/1/13
---  Must be enthusiastic and interested in learning Basque traditional folk dances.
---  Must belong to (or join by 1/1/14) Euzkaldunak, Boise's Basque club.  If the dancer is under 18, at least one parent must belong to Euzkaldunak, which is $40/year for a new member.  Members must be of Basque heritage or married to a person of Basque heritage (Euzkaldunak policy.)  For membership information, email secretary@basquecenter.com

Costs:
Dancing with Oinkari Basque Dancers is free.  However, dancers are responsible for the cost of their own traditional dance costume (we have a seamstress that makes all the costumes).  Men's costumes cost about $100 and women's costumes cost about $350.

For more information, email info@oinkari.org, or check out our calendar.  See you in September!

San Inazio is this Weekend!

See below for the Boise Basque Festival Schedule of Events.  Oinkari perform at 1:45pm on the Basque block, but the entire weekend is jam-packet with fun Basque-related events!  Hope to see you there.

Oinkari men perform Lesaka Dantza at San Inazio 2012.  Photo by Leah Nash, NYT

Elko NV Jaietan July 5-7 Schedule of Events

Schedule of Events

Friday July 5th/Ostirala 5an Uztaila

6 p.m. – Kickoff/Txupinazua- Fronton
Enjoy the evening with your family and friends with a taste of what is to come during the weekend. There will be dancing by the Elko Ariñak dancers, Basque sport exhibition of weight lifting and wood chopping, and handball games. Stay for exceptional food, drink, bounce house and the North American Basque Organizations Txerriki contest, featuring homemade tripota, chorizo and sausage! And much, much more to start a Basque-filled weekend! Come early to purchase a commemorative wineglass or beer mug with an exclusive 50th Anniversary design!

Saturday July 6th/Laurnbata 6an Uztaila

7:00 a.m. – 5K Run/Walk – Eusko Etxtea – Elko Basque Clubhouse
$20 participation fee and you get a t-shirt
Registration is at 6:15 a.m. Race starts at 7:00 a.m. For more information contact Cody Krenka at 738-6479

8:00 a.m. – Golf Tournament – Ruby View Golf Course
$30 per person a $120 per team, DOES NOT INCLUDE GREENS FEES OR CART FEE
Registration is at 7:00 a.m. Shotgun start at 8:00 a.m. For more information contact Brad Martin at 777-7277
 

10:00 a.m. – Parade – Downtown Elko
Starting at the Crystal Theater on Commercial Street, continuing through Downtown Elko down Idaho Street, ending at the Elko County Fairgrounds.

1:00 p.m. - Games & Dancing – Elko County Fairgrounds
$10 Adults, $5 Children 12 & Under
Featuring the following dance groups: Elko Ariñak, Utah'ko Triskalariak, Reno Zazpiak Bat, Boise Oinkari, Gauden Bat from Chino, CA, Zazpiak-Bat from San Francisco, CA, Watch traditional Basque rural sports featuring weightlifting, wood chopping, weight carrying, bale toss, tug o war, and more!

9 p.m. – Dance - Eusko Etxea - Elko Basque Clubhouse
$12 Admission
Dance - featuring Boise's Amuma Says No; come enjoy a fun filled evening of dancing, catching up with old friends and making new ones

Sunday July 7th /Igandea 7an Uztaila

Eusko Etxea - Elko Basque Clubhouse
Please NO outside Food or Beverage

10:30 a.m. – Sheepherder’s Bread Contest – Auction to be held after Mass
11:00 a.m. - Catholic Mass
12:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. – Basque Picnic ($18 Adults & Seniors, $10 12 and Under)
Beef Tri-Tip, Lamb Stew, Basque Beans, Salad, Paella, French Bread, Dessert, Wine, and Coffee.
1:30 p.m. – Dance Performances & Basque Sport Exhibitions
4:00 p.m. – Jota and Irrintzi Contest

EuskalKultura is giving you another week to enter; the question is still “What does being Basque mean to you?”

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2013-06-10
raffle, news

EuskalKultura has extended the deadline for another week to enter the raffle to win the book Basques: Their Language throughout History. If you haven’t already, you have two more days to enter, until Sunday, to send us your answers to the question: What does being Basque mean to you? You can respond via email, or through our comments section or on Facebook and be entered in the raffle. IMPORTANT: Don’t forget to include your information at the end of your submission, or you may be disqualified since we won’t be able to contact you.

Donostia-San Sebastian.  If you would like a copy of Xamar's Basques: Their Language throughout History by Xamar (Vascos. Su lengua a través de la historia liburua, by Pamiela), published by Pamiela, you still can.  We have extended the deadline by a week so you can still enter the drawing until Sunday June 16 at 23:59.  In order to participate all you need to do is answer the questions “What does being Basque mean to you?” We know that it’s not an easy question and that there is more than one answer.  You can send us your response in the three following ways:

Email: send your response to info@euskalkultura.com with “being Basque” in the subject line.  Also include your name, address and phone.

Facebook: Write on EuskalKultura’s wall also leaving your information there.

If you want to see responses submitted so far, click here.

IMPORTANT: Remember that you need to include your email at the end of your submission otherwise you may be disqualified since we won’t be able to contact you.

If you have already entered and you forgot to include your contact information, send us an email to: info@euskalkultura.com.

Press Release from the Oregon Trail Center: Oinkari at Allinger Community Theatre this weekend in Montpelier, Idaho

Click Here to Buy Tickets On-Line!   OINKARI BASQUE DANCERS AT THE ALLINGER COMMUNITY THEATRE! SATURDAY, JUNE 8TH, 7:30 PM, ALL TICKETS $12.00 KICKS OFF SPECIAL SUMMER BASQUE EXHIBIT ENTITLED "HIDDEN IN PLAIN SIGHT" AT THE OREGON TRAIL CENTER   Saturday June 8th at 7:30 p.m. the Boise Oinkari Basque Dancers will officially open the summer exhibit at the National Oregon/California Trail Center in Montpelier Idaho. The dance group will perform in the Allinger Community Theater located at 320 N. 4th Street. Tickets for this special performance can be purchased at the Oregon Trail Center, Sunday through Thursday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday and Saturday 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. or by calling (208) 847-3800.

This special performance by the Basque Dancers and the "Hidden In Plain Sight" exhibit at the center has been made possible by a generous donation from the Idaho Humanities Council. "The IHC has made it possible to bring many great exhibits the Trail Center", stated director Becky Smith. 

This concert is made possible by the following season sponsors: Direct Communications, Rocky Mountain Power, Clover Creek Inn, Bear Lake Convention and Visitors Bureau, Zions Bank, Bear Lake Memorial Hospital, Monsanto and Agrium.


  For more information, call (208) 847-3800, visit www.oregontrailcenter.org, or stop by the National Oregon/California Trail Center in Montpelier, Idaho.

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Joseba Altube da Euskal Dantzarien Biltzarraren lehendakari berria

Dantzan.com

 

2013/05/06 12:32

Pasa den maiatzaren 4an, Euskal Dantzarien Biltzarrak lehendakari berria hautatu du. Joseba Altube barakaldotarrak hartu du Xabier Mendizabal donostiarraren lekukoa. Araba, Gipuzkoa, Iparralde, Bizkaia eta Nafarroako dantzarien biltzarreko ordezkaritzak bilduta egin da EDBren presidente berria hautatzeko batzarra eta Joseba Altuberen hautagaitzak aldeko lau bozka eta abstentzio bat jaso ditu. 

Joseba Altube Basterretxea barakaldoarra da, 50 urte ditu eta Laguntasuna elkartearen presidentea da azken 20 urteotan. Euskal Dantzarien Biltzarrean Ezkerraldea-Meatzaldeko Taldeen ordezkari gisa aritu izan da hainbat urtez. 1977. urtean hasi zen dantzan Barakaldoko Laguntasuna elkartean eta aurreskulari aritu zen 80 hamarkadan.

Dantzari eta dantza irakasle luzez jardun du, eta azken urteotan dantza jardueren antolatzaile dihardu buru-belarri. Barakaldoko Folklore Jardunaldiak antolatzen jardun zuen 1984 eta 2004 bitartean, Folklore eta Dantza Tradizionaleko begiraleen Dantzazale formazio ikastaroak antolatu ditu 2010 eta 2011an, eta 2011an Begiraleen Hizkuntz Prestakuntza mintegia antolatu du. Barakaldo 1900 eta 1950 bitartean kultura tradizionalen adierezpenen inguruko azterketa etnografikoa egin du. 

Google Translation to English below: ------------------------------------------------

Joseba Altube is the new president of the Dancers Congress

Last May 4th, Basque Dancers will select a new president of the Congress. Joseba Altube, of Barakaldo, has taken the baton from Xavier Mendizabal of San Sebastian. The delegation of dancers from Araba, Gipuzkoa, Iparralde, Bizkaia and Nafarroa, gathered in the meeting to select the new president of EDB and four votes and one abstention in favor of Joseba Altube has been received.

Joseba Altube Basterretxea, of Barakaldo, is the 50-year-old president of the Laguntasuna association for the last 20 years. Left-Basque Dancers Congress as a representative of the Mining Group has been active for several years. 1977. He started dancing in honor of Barakaldo Laguntasuna community in the 80's.

Dancer and dance teacher, has worked for a long period, and in recent years the organization has been involved in dance activities. Barakaldo Folklore Conference in 1984 and 2004 while he worked for, Folk and traditional dances observers Dantzazale has organized training courses for 2010 and 2011, and 2011 training seminar has been organized by Linguistic monitor. Between 1900 and 1950, the traditional culture of Barakaldo adierezpenen the ethnographic study.

In Memory of Clarine Anchustegui Villeneuve, Oinkari Basque Dancers co-founder

This obituary was originally printed in the Idaho Statesman on March 22, 2013.  Click here to view the original article.

 Clarine Anchustegui Villeneuve
1939 - 2013
Clarine Anchustegui Villeneuve, 73, passed away on Monday, March 18, 2013 of natural causes. Funeral services will be celebrated at 10am, Friday, March 22, 2013 at Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church, 19002 North 128th Avenue, Sun City West, Arizona. 

Clarine was born on September 8, 1939 in Boise, Idaho to Fermina and Gregorio Anchustegui and was the youngest of 5 children. She was a graduate of St. Teresa's Academy in 1957 and received a degree in secretarial science from Marylhurst College in Oregon.

Clarine married Eugene Villeneuve in 1965. They lived in Boise, Idaho where they raised their 2 sons, Jefrey and Gregory. Clarine was the administrator for the Idaho Bean Commission for 28 years, until they moved to Phoenix, Arizona in 1992. She was a longtime member of Euzkaldunak, Inc., serving on its board and as vice president, and was one of eight original Oinkari Dancers who went to Spain to start the troupe in 1960. Clarine was on the board of the Basque Museum, and was actively involved with the St. Joseph's School Board, the school's athletic board, Bishop Kelly High School Boosters and Bishop Kelly Foundation. She was the state secretary to the Idaho Council of Catholic Women, and co-chaired the state convention for the Idaho Council of Catholic Women. She served on the board and was vice president of the Idaho Epilepsy League. She was a member of the Assistance League of Boise and a member of the Boise Philharmonic Guild.

In Phoenix, Clarine worked in health care for fifteen years and was actively involved in the West Valley Symphony, American Association of University Women Northwest Valley Branch, Soroptimist International, West Valley Art Museum, the Northwest Valley Chamber of Commerce Diplomatic Committee and the Dysart Arts Academy.

Clarine was preceded in death by her husband, Gene Villeneuve, on May 24, 2011, and is survived by her two sons, Jefrey Villeneuve of St. Louis, Missouri and Gregory Villeneuve and his wife, Susan Villeneuve, of Laguna Beach, California; her grandchildren Caleb, Madeline, Austin and Alex of St. Louis, Missouri, and Nicole Worrell of Newport Beach, California; and numerous nieces and nephews who live in Idaho and Arizona.
 
Memorial donations can be made to: Oinkari Basque Dancers, c/o P.O. Box 1011, Boise, Idaho 83701.

Published in the Idaho Statesman on March 22, 2013

Read more here: http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/idahostatesman/obituary.aspx?n=clarine-anchustegui-villeneuve&pid=163764041#storylink=cpy