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The celebration of Basque Week coincides with the 10th anniversary of the Colectividad Vasca de Chile Basque Club.  Events began last Tuesday with the inauguration of the “Immigrants” exhibit at the Spanish Stadium in Santiago.  The program continues tomorrow with the 4th Choral Gathering that includes the participation of eight choirs, and the showing of the film Amama on Saturday and Sunday.  The week will conclude on Sunday with a mass in honor of St. Ignatius of Loyola sung by the local choir.

Santiago, Chile.   The Basque Week, that is celebrating its 10th edition this year, is organized annually by the Colectividad Vasca de Chile Basque Club in Santiago (CVC) coinciding with its San Ignacio celebrations (July 31st), with the majority of the events taking place at the Spanish Stadium in Santiago, the club’s headquarters.

The 2017 program began last Tuesday with the inauguration of the exhibit entitled, “Immigrants” in the Greek Room at the Spanish Stadium.  Here is the rest of the program:

July 28

4th Choir Gathering.  at 7:30 in the Reyes Católicos Room with the following participants:

• Nueva Extremadura Group, Folklore, Spanish Stadium
• Choir from community of Rioja
• Choir from Madrid
• Juan del Encina Choir
• Beira do Mar from Lar Galego
• Corissimo from the Newland College
• Basque Choir from the Santiago Euzko Etxea
• Basque Choir from the Basque Community in Chile

July 28 & 29

Screening of the film Amama at 5pm

July 30

San Ignacio mass at 11:30am with the choir from the Basque Community of Chile