EVENTS & NEWS:
Below you can see a list of our latests and upcoming events. The Mexican Canadian Community Association Of Victoria is always looking for volunteers to help to organize our events. If you have an interes is helping us or do you think you can perform or participate in any way in our events please go to the Contact Us section below.
We try to keep our website as updated as possible but you can also check our Facebook page and twitter for other events and announcements.
Victoria Day Parade celebrating 150th city of Victoria anniversary
The Victoria Mexican Canadian Community Association is inviting the Latin community of Victoria to participate in the Victoria Day Parade 2012. Please contact Miguel Espinosa.
6th Annual Festival Mexicano - 2012
For the 6th year, the Mexican Canadian Community Association of Victoria will host Festival Mexicano. Festivities kick off on July 13th at the Victoria Event Centre with a Mexican dinner and dance at 6 p.m. Festivities continue throughout the weekend on the 14th and 15th in Centennial Square from noon to 5 p.m. The Mexican Canadian Community Association of Victoria organizes this annual celebration as a way of promoting great food, music and dance. The celebrations start on Friday night as part of the regular Salsa Palace. Then the Festival shifts to Centennial Square on Saturday and Sunday afternoons. All the activities in Centennial Square are free and the focus on children and families. Music, mariachi, dance, Salsa dance lessons and much more. Free admission. The weekend is packed full with professional Latin music and dance performances, traditional Mexican food, craft vendors, workshops, dance lessons, games and pinatas. The highlight will be the mariachi band. Admission is free for all Centennial Square programming.
Contact for more Information: (250) 213-9366 | Miguel Espinosa.
2011 Shoe delivery was a success!
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Thanks to Bill and Susan Lea the Mexican Canadian Community Association of Victoria and our members were able to help some kids from Cuzalapa and Tres Marias communities in Mexico. Thanks everyone for all the support.
Here is a portion of the email we received from Bill and Susan Lea:
From: Bill and Susan Lea
Date: Sun, Nov 20, 2011 at 1:40 PM
Subject: Fw: Shoe delivery was a success
To: MiguelEspinosa <miguel@victoriamexicancanadian.org>
Hola Miguel,
Last Thursday, six of us delivered 40 pairs of shoes to kids in the mountain villages of Cuititlan, Cuzalapa and Tres Marias.
At one school we were asked to return after we visited a nearby coffee cooperative. When we returned, the whole school of 45 students was gathered in the schoolyard to sing the Mexican national anthem in both Spanish and Nahuatl, their indigenous language!
We also stopped at a kindergarten before travelling to the remote pueblito of Tres Marias (population approximately 80), where we had lunch with the local teacher. (We brought the lunch, and she prepared it for us).
The shoes were truly appreciated by the children.
We will let the pictures speak for themselves!
