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Gure Club eko Berriak Next Basque Club Meeting Date: Friday, April 5, 2013 Time: April 2013 Club Website: www.utah-basque.com Twitter: @UTBasqueClub 7:00 pm Dinner Dance a Success!

Place: Topics: Mary & Jean s home 449 Shamrock Drive Murray, Utah Report on the Dinner/Dance and the Odolki Jatea.

1 Gure Club eko Berriak Next Basque Club Meeting Date: Friday, April 5, 2013 Time: April 2013 Club Website: 7:00 pm Dinner Dance a Success! Our annual dinner dance was held on February 2. The dinner-dance was a great sucess and a great time was had by all. Place: Topics: Mary & Jean s home 449 Shamrock Drive Murray, Utah Report on the Dinner/Dance and the Odolki Jatea. We will also be looking for chairs for the summer picnic and the Living Traditions Festival. The club would like to thank everyone who helped make this event a success. We will find out how much money was raised at the club meeting on April 5. Again, thanks to everyone who assisted with this fundraiser. Bring your favorite snack and plan to attend! Upcoming Events April 1... April Fool s Day April 5... Club Meeting April 7... Mus Tournament May Club Meeting May Amaren Eguna (Mother s Day) May Living Traditions Festival May Memorial Day June Flag Day June Aitaren Eguna (Father s Day) June Club Picnic July 4... Independence Day July Club Meeting September 2... Labor Day Septmber Club Meeting SLC Screening of Basque Documentary Salt Lake City will hold a screening of the documentary Basques in the West featuring our club members, Jaime and Madalena Sangroniz. The screening will be held on April 12 at 7 pm at the Salt Lake Public Library. The cost is $10. The story line encompasses a brief history of the Basques and their immigration to the American West from Spain and France. The film brings to life the resolute determination of the Basque people to succeed in their adopted country and how they as a community supported one another. It is worth seeing again and again. At the Salt Lake City screening, we will be honoring the Sangroniz family for their participation in making this documentary such a success. For more info, you may contact Cirbie Sangroniz. More information is on their website 1

Club Dancers Cirbie Lee would like anyone interested in dancing to know that dance practice will start next Sunday at 5 pm. The dancers will be performing at the Living Traditions Festival in May.

Save this date so you don t miss it! We are looking for someone to chair this event. Look in the mail for a flyer with more information on the time and location of the picnic.

tournament. For the tournament to continue, we will need someone to chair this committee and volunteers to help with the organization and execution of the tournament.

The chair, Monique Flesher, reports that we have had very few applications sent in regarding cooking group membership Anyone who is interested and has not yet sent back the signed membership

2 Club Dancers Cirbie Lee would like anyone interested in dancing to know that dance practice will start next Sunday at 5 pm. The dancers will be performing at the Living Traditions Festival in May. If you have any questions about the dancers, please contact Cirbie at basquetrack@yahoo.com or (801) Club Picnic on June 23! The annual club picnic will be held on June 23. Save this date so you don t miss it! We are looking for someone to chair this event. Look in the mail for a flyer with more information on the time and location of the picnic. Looking for a Golf Scramble Chair Phil Archibeque, last year s chair of the golf scramble, has told the Basque Club of Utah executive committee that he will be stepping down as the chair of the golf tournament. For the tournament to continue, we will need someone to chair this committee and volunteers to help with the organization and execution of the tournament. Cooking Club We are still hoping to restart the Basque Club of Utah Cooking Club. The chair, Monique Flesher, reports that we have had very few applications sent in regarding cooking group membership Anyone who is interested and has not yet sent back the signed membership agreement, please send it in as soon as possible. If you need the application, please Monique at moniqueflesher@gmail.com. We would like to get our first dinner scheduled but wanted to make sure that we have included everyone that wants to be included. Living Traditions Festival The 28 th annual Salt Lake Arts Council Living Traditions Festival will take place on May The Basque Club of Utah will be selling Basque food to raise money for our club activities over the three day period. Many volunteers will be needed to make this a success. Please make sure to mark your calendars so that you remember to volunteer to work in the booth. Please contact Mary Gaztimbide and let her know when you can work. We will need volunteers to make the churro dough on Friday morning, to load up the trailer, set up downtown, work the booth, break down the booth on Sunday evening and clean up on Monday. Please help out if you can. In addition to the booth, our dancers, Utah ko Triskalariak, will be performing on Sunday. Please let Mary Gaztambide know if you would like to be the chair or serve on the committee. 2 More information here:

3 Special Thanks to: Everyone who helped at the Dinner Dance. Pantxo and Nancy Aguerre, for the use of their home to make the sausages. Jean Flesher and John Cendagorta who were in charge of the NABO luncheon and to all who served, helped in the kitchen and bartended and to Marc Gaztambide, who organized the breakfast. The delegates really enjoyed their stay here in Utah. Cristina Sangroniz and Catherine Barajas, who chaired the Odolki Jatea. Get Well to: Tony Barajas, who ruptured his Achilles tendon and had surgery. Condolences to: Mary and Jean Gaztambide and the Gaztambide families, on the death of Mary's niece Congratulations to: Robert Eric Urquidi (Son of Albert & Ellen Urquidi) who married Katherine Leigh Greenfield on November 17th, 2012 in Salt Lake City, Utah. Antonia Lee Sangroniz, who graduated from esthetician school and passed all her state tests. Bryan Osoro, who is engaged to Mary Beth Coffman. Good Luck to: Bryan Osoro, who is on his way to scale Mt. Everest. NEWS 3 Jack Stevenson Wins Award! Remember, Club Member Jack Stevenson. He s the kid who sold snow cones last summer to raise money for the Clinton Police Department for their K-9 unit. He raised enough money that he met his goal for the Clinton Police Department and also made a wonderful donation to the Orem Police Department to help them pay for their K-9 unit. Jack has been nominated for, and has won, the Youth Good Samaritan award for the Northern Utah Chapter of the American Red Cross and was recognized at their annual Heroes Recognition Event on March 27th. His parents are ridiculously proud and so grateful for the support from the Basque club! Read about the award here: Odolki Dinner The Odolki Jatea was a lot of fun! Thank you to Javier Guerricabetia, Larry Osoro, Jean Flesher, Dan Gaztambide and Pantxo Aguerre for cooking a great dinner! And thank you to everyone else who helped set up, serve and clean up. Thank you to those who helped make the sausages the week before and to Pantxo and Nancy Aguerre for the use of their home. See Pictures on Page 5 of this newsletter. Mus Tournament The club Mus tournament will be held on Sunday, April 7, at the home of Pantxo and Nancy Aguerre, 1924 E Claybourne Ave in Salt Lake CIty. Tourism Guide to Euskadi Our club received an from a small publishing company in the Basque Country. They have uploaded a tourism guide to the Basque Country for Android and iphone devices. They are looking for support and help in getting the people to download the app. Here is a link:

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6 NEXT club MEETING April 5! Genifer Graff 1162 East Spring Ridge Dr. Sandy UT Address Correction Requested

Gure Club eko Berriak

Gure Club eko Berriak Next Basque Club Meeting Date: Friday, June 10, 2016 Time: June 2016 Club Website: www.utah-basque.com Twitter & Instagram: @UTBasqueClub 7:00 pm Blood Sausage Dinner Held The Odolki