Revue Magazine 2010-11 (November)

DATEBOOK HIGHLIGHTS
How the
Grinch Stole
Christmas
This will be the Grinch’s
third year in his attempt
to steal Christmas, and this
time he’s going to try in November and again in
December. You know how he flies into the most
horrible rage when he hears the sounds of happy
people in Cualcuiertenango getting ready to celebrate
Christmas:
“No! No! No! They cannot be allowed to enjoy
themselves. They must be stopped.”
Get ready to come and see if he will succeed
or if, wonder of wonders, maybe Christmas will
steal HIM!
You know there’s a sad and sorry family of
grinches out there. They come in all different colors—not
just green. They are persons united only
by their insecurity and the pleasure they get trying
to infect others. The quality of “grinchiness”
knows no limitations of age, sex, color or preference
in popsicles. You can find them everywhere.
You recognize them by their cynicism, insensitivity,
selfishness and mean-spiritedness. The most
dangerous are the ones who don’t realize the effect
they have on others. Watch out! There’s probably
one quite close right now!
This year we have an international cast to emphasize
the international theme of the Grinch.
Some 25 dancers, lots of helpers, the host and hostess,
Max the dog, Masha the poodle and the narrator
are all Chapines. The Grinch is a panza verde!
The production manager is Paloma Pérez-
Templado from Spain; the artistic director is Mercedes
Blanco from Cuba; Bette van Lunteren, the
choreographer, is Dutch; Deborah DuFlon, in
charge of theatrical design and costumes, is U.S-
Guatemalan; Johnny Long, the producer is U.S.-
U.K.; and the one who distorted the portraits so
Whoville-like is Annette Weld, from England.
This just goes to show that without grinchiness,
everyone can get along just fine!
See DateBook for performance schedules.
Information tel: 7832-1884
Celebrating the
Sea Turtle
Weekend festival aims to
preserve a natural treasure
With a goal of protecting the endangered sea
turtle, an environmental group is planning
a weekend festival Nov. 26-28 with events
centered around the Monterrico-Hawaii Natural
Preserve on Guatemala’s Pacific coast.
Coinciding with peak turtle-nesting season,
the Festival de la Tortuga 2010 (Turtle Festival
2010) will feature turtle releases, nature tours,
concerts, arts and crafts, a horse show, sporting
events, fun activities for children and much more.
There will also be an exhibition of images
from the Guatemala Photo Club on Nov. 6-7,
from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. at El Sitio in La Antigua.
The events, as well as a long-term campaign
to protect sea turtles, are being organized by
the Fundación Eterna Primavera (Eternal Spring
Foundation).
Foundation Director Thomas Stutzer said
festival organizers hope villagers who have turtle
eggs will come to the Nov. 26-28 event and sell
them to the environmental group. Stutzer said
80 percent of sea turtle eggs are stolen from Guatemala’s
beaches and sold for consumption.
More information: www.festivaldelatortuga.info
or to book lodging for the festival see
www.visitmonterrico.com
Newly hatched turtle heads to sea (photo by carlos vega)
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