Saturday I went to Plaza San Fernando to see a group of four Swiss “mimes” who do street performances. They dress up in bright neon-green costumes that look kind of like the “HazMat” suits that are worn by people who clean up spills of dangerous chemicals and so forth. They had a fellow who played drums and the kind of co-ordinated their movements with his striking the drums. It turned out that the event also attracted some other people who seem to like to dress up in costumes and go out in public. The ghoulish “day of the dead” fellows were just strolling around and I snapped a picture of them. They stopped and we talked a bit and I had one of them take my picture with the other one. The other fellow, dressed up like Don Quixote, was just standing in one place and, as I watched him for a few minutes, a number of people walked up and posed for photos standing next to him.
Tonight, Sunday, the Swiss couple (my neighbors here at the trailer park) and I attended the performance of the Queretaro (State) Philharmonic Orchestra. It was quite a performance!—Dance, Music, and a history lesson all in one. The theme was the Mexican War of Independence, along with the Revolution. It was quite a spectacle, the best performance, I think, that I have seen so far.
Esta noche, el domingo, la pareja suiza (mis vecinos aquí en el parque de casas rodantes) y yo asistimos a la actuación de la Orquesta de Querétaro (Estado) Filarmónica. Fue todo un espectáculo!-Danza, Música, y una lección de historia, todo en uno. El tema fue la Guerra de la Independencia de México, junto con la Revolución. Fue todo un espectáculo, el mejor rendimiento, creo yo, que he visto hasta ahora.
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