FORE! GOLFING IN THE RGV!
UPCOMING EVENTS!
This week features the welldesigned Tierra Del Sol Golf Course!
Check out this week’s listings of what’s happening in the RGV!
RECIPE CONNECTION!
Executive Chef Bettina Tolin shares a comforting beef stew recipe!
Welcome Home See details on page 8.
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VOLUME 2 • ISSUE 7 • November 30, 2016
Try her recipe on page 27.
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WINTER TEXAN
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A Tejano Christmas Carol Plays at Pharr Community Theater Special to Welcome Home RGV
The well-known Ebenezer Scrooge I
hope everyone had a fantastic Thanksgiving. We certainly did around the Collier house. We had Thanksgiving dinner this year, as opposed to our usual Thanksgiving lunch. My mother and I both wondered why on earth we hadn’t done dinner before. It made Thanksgiving day so much easier and much more relaxed and probably saved us 3,000 calories since we didn’t eat leftovers for dinner like we usually do! Either way, it was a wonderful holiday shared with those I love. Those who weren’t with us for this holiday will be here soon enough, as Christmas is right around the corner! Between now and Christmas, our office will be bustling as we wrap up 2016, prepare for the Winter Texan Expo, and try to sneak in some shopping time. I look forward to spending much of this month with you, too, celebrating the season and all you do for the less fortunate in our area. It never ceases to amaze me the generosity you have for our needy families and for nonprofit and social service organizations across the Valley. Please let us know about the good work and cheer you are spreading throughout the Valley this holiday season! • We’re just connecting the dots,
Kristi
becomes Ezequiel Codos from Pharr in this new adaptation from the famous Charles Dickens story, A Christmas Carol. Set in the Rio Grande Valley in the city of Pharr, Codos is the most powerful attorney in all the region and a big-time water broker and landowner. In fact, he’s so greedy that he sells large portions of water rights from the Rio Grande, causing a catastrophe in the future when the river goes dry and thousands are left very thirsty. In this hilarious dramatic story, Codos is visited by the ghost of the past, who is La Rielera (a woman soldier) from the Mexican Revolution era, and by the ghost of Christmas present, who is a Zoot Suiter from the 40s. “The play has cool music and sound
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effects and an authentic Rio Grande Valley flavor and setting,” said Daniel David Hernandez, stage manager for the production and a recent UTRGV graduate with a theater performance major. Professional actor and Pharr Community Theater co-founder Pedro Garcia plays Codos. “I have lots of fun playing this character and getting into his moods and emotions. I believe that everyone who sees the show, including kids, will have lots of fun, especially with our large cast of 18, including 7 great youngsters. If you are familiar with the original story, then you (more or less) know the turn around and joy of this tale,” said Garcia, who
The play (all English version) will also tour to three Winter Texan retirement parks: Tuesday, December 13 : Tip-O’-Texas RV Resort, 101 East Sioux Road, Pharr • 7:00 p.m. Admission $7 • Activity office 956-787-6461 Saturday, December 17 : Mission West RV Park, 511 East Loop 374, Palmview • 7:00 p.m. Admission $6 • Activity office 956-585-0624 Tuesday, December 20 : Victoria Palms Resort, 602 North Victoria Rd, Donna • 7:00 p.m. Admission $7 • Activity office 956-782-3263 The play will also be performed at The Boggus Ford Events Center on Monday, December 19, at 7:30 p.m.
is also directing and co-producing the production in English with some Spanish. Regular show times are December 1 through December 11 at the Elva and Keith Michal Performing Arts Center at 213 W Newcombe Ave. in Pharr--Thursdays through Saturdays at 7:30 p.m. and Sundays at 3:00 p.m. Tickets can be purchased starting one hour before each show at the theater: $10.00 for general admission, $7.00 for students, seniors and veterans. The play is free for children under five. For more details, call 956-600-9463. (Seating is limited to 55 per show on a first come, first served basis) *The Saturday, December 10, show will be offered as a pay-what-youcan-pay as part of the City of Pharr’s Annual Christmas Posada. Please arrive early to find a parking space for this particular show. •
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