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| Both children and adults were excited about my nativity collection. All sold! |
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| It was a wonderful community party for families, here watching one of the Music School performers. With my photos & paintings all around them! |
Some of my art collection was sold in Nashville, but I shipped a lot here and after going through it for the pieces I could use in my house, everything else went in the Silent Auction, a first time experience for many here. The hundreds of people who came were nearly all Tico, wonderful local folks. Only 3 or 4 expat or gringo households showed up. Everything was purchased and some at bargain prices! It does my heart good to know how much of my art/photos are in Tico homes here in Atenas! And the Atenas Marching Band (free Music School) and Su Espacio have benefited pretty well from the sales. But, as David said, the best thing about it was how much fun people had being here and being together and discovering new things cheaply. He is thinking of beginning a monthly flea market as a similar social experience and opportunity for struggling people to bring in a few dollars. It is all about community at Su Espacio!
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| The Music School Choir sang along with lots of individual music acts, almost like a recital among my photos & art. |
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| The Music School Mom’s sold yummy Tico Food to help with fund-raising. Mi tamal y el café era muy delicioso! |
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| David (my Spanish teacher) and his wife Corinna were the cashiers. They operate Su Espacio Community Center. He is a Tico from Atenas and she is Italian! They have two beautiful children! |
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| And of course it was the Tico adults who bought the art, in spite of my other photos showing mostly kids! |
And now Atenas has been introduced to “Silent Auctions!” Before this weekend, an “auction” meant some men were selling their cows at the bull ring. And our cultures continue to blend! 🙂
“The best way to not feel hopeless is to get up and do something. Don’t wait for good things to happen to you. If you go out and make some good things happen, you will fill the world with hope, you will fill yourself with hope.”
― Barack Obama
“No one has ever become poor by giving.”
― Anne Frank, Diary of Anne Frank