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The idea of creating a Mexican AmericanCultural Center (MACC) was conceived byartists, students and community activists in themid 1970s. It was their intention to have a placein Austin, Texas where La Raza could show-case its art, literature, and music in a major fa-cility close to downtown. During the 1980s, theAustin City Council finally passed a resolutiondesignating 600 River Street as the future homefor the cultural center. Some 6 years had nowpassed. In 1992, when the issue of financing the con-struction of the center was put to the voters, thevote was 53% to 47% . . . against the project. Itwas a huge disappointment for the Hispanic com-munity. The supporters of the project were forcedto regroup and figure out another strategy. 17years had now passed. In 1998, the activists who had refused to letthe project die managed to lobby successfullyand the Mexican American Cultural Centerwas approved for 10 million dollar bond pack-age. But the economy was moving downwardand there were further delays to come. 23 yearshad now passed. On November 19th, 2005, the City of Austinfinally broke ground on the Mexican Ameri-can Cultural Center with a ceremony andcrowd of about 200 people. While some of thecommunity activists who were part of the initialeffort did not live to see their dream fulfilled,the Mexican American Cultural Center nowmoves another step closer to becoming a real-ity. It has taken 30 years to get this far.

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Canales AcceptsNew Position in Eagle Pass, Tx

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Linda EscobarTops in the Field of

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Native Houstonian CarolAlvarado was returned to hercity council seat in District “I”on November 8th with 79.52%of the vote. Alvarado received8,386 votes while her oppo-nent, John Parras received2,160 votes. Alvarado, who has been ac-tive in politics and communityaffairs since she was a collegestudent was first elected to theHouston City Council in2001. In January of 2004,Mayor Bill White appointedher as Mayor Pro-tem.

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talking about a woman whohas been a trendsetter in themusic business for more than40 years. Ever since her first hit, LosFrijolitos Pintos in 1965, whichsold over a million copies,Linda Escobar has beenbuilding a fan base that ex-tends all over the UnitedStates, Europe and Japan.Yes, Japan! Among the songsthat have helped catapultEscobar to the top are:Dejenme Vivir Mi Vida, Ya NoMe Vuelvo a Casar, Papa, YaNo Llegas Borracho and Cartaa Santa Claus.

In 1987, Linda Escobar wasnamed Female Vocalist of theYear at the West Texas Mu-sic Awards in Lubbock andwas recently inducted into theTejano Roots Hall of Fame.Check out Linda Escobar’smusic at Hacienda Records.You can also visit LindaEscobar website atwww.linda.escobar.com

Alvarado earned herbachelors degree from theUniversity of Houston inpolitical science and hasworked in Washington, D.C.for Congressman GeneGreen.

opportunities to an area of thestate that is seeing a tremen-dous economic boom. In addition to a bachelors de-gree from the University ofTexas at Austin, Canalesholds a Master of Arts in urbanstudies from Trinity Univer-sity and a Masters of PublicAdministration from the JohnF. Kennedy School of Gov-ernment at Harvard Univer-sity.

Barbara RoblesLands at ASU

In South Texas mention thename Linda Escobar and im-mediately people know you are

Dr. Barbara Robles hasaccepted a position as anAssocaite Professor in theSchool of Social Work at Ari-zona State University. Rob-les, who hold a Ph.D. in eco-nomics from the University ofMaryland, taught previously inthe Lyndon B. JohnsonSchool of Public Affairs atthe University of Texas atAustin since 1998. Dr. Robles, who is originallyfrom Dilley, Texas, is the au-thor of Women in the U.S.: AnEconomic Profile, and hasnew book coming out, titledThe Color of Wealth: The Storyof the U.S. Racial Wealth Di-vide.

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EDITORIALBOARD

Martha CoteraDionisio Salazar

Rodrigo RodriguezYleana Santos

Why we are publishingLa Voz de Dove Springs?

Por Qué EstamosPublicando La Vozde Dove Springs? I came to Austin, last year, to attend the Uni-

versity of Texas and earn another graduate de-gree. I had sold one of newspapers in Uvalde,Texas (La Voz de Uvalde County) and told myself I was going to take a break from active jour-nalism in order to concentrate on my studies. After Daniel Rocha was shot in the back by amember of the Austin Police Department inJune, I attended several of the public hearingsthat were held around the city. At the June 16,public hearing at the Dove Springs RecreationCenter, approximately 400 people showed upincluding many media outlets. As the hearing got under way, so did the shout-ing, the insults, the taunting and the berating ofpublic officials. Even the Catholic priest, Fa-ther Jayme Mathias, who was facilitating thehearing was yelled at by the crowd. The electedofficials who had dared to show up, (one StateSenator did not) just sat there and took the ver-bal blows one after another. The media outletsof course had a field day and broadcast the mostemotive moments. But what was becoming increasingly clear tome as I sat there taking notes, was that somepeople had come this hearing looking for thefacts and some had come looking for the truth. Ihave learned over the years as a journalist thatthe truth and the facts are not always the samething . . . . and they are not always found in thesame room. I also observed at this and the other hearingsthat the audiences were operating at times withmisinformation, disinformation or no informa-tion. (Some were even quoting the Austin Ameri-can Statesman.) The bottom line was that peoplewere operating in the dark. It was at this pointthat I decided that maybe there was a need for apublication that focused solely on the DoveSprings -78744 zip code. And so this is where La Voz de Dove Springscame from . . . from a need to provide betterinformation about a part of the city that usuallymakes the “newspaper” only when somethingnegative takes place. La Voz de Dove Springs is about shining thelight on the good people and good stories thatabound in this part of the city. It is also a publi-cation that is not afraid to tell a story and back itup with solid research. In this regard, we areproud to say that in the close to twenty yearsthat we have been publishing newspapers aroundthe state of Texas, some people might not likewhat we have say, but to date, no one has evercalled us a liar. We look forward to bringing ourparticular style of journalism to Austin, Texasand to the Dove Springs neighborhood.

Vine a Austin el año pasado paraasistir a la universidad. Vendí uno demis periódicos en Uvalde, Texas conel propósito de concentrar en misestudios. Después de que la policía de Austinbalació al joven Daniel Rocha en junio,empeze asistir a las audencias públicaspara escuchar las discuciones. El 16 dejunio se llevo a cabo una audenicapública en Centro de Recreo de Dove Springs donde se presento casi400 personas incluyendo miembros de las medias de comunicaciones. En cuantó empezo la audencia, también empezaron los insultos,gritaderos, y provocaciones a los oficiales sentados en la mesa en frente.Hasta al Padre Jayme, quien estaba facilitando la junta, le gritaron. Losfuncionarios elegidos que se atrevieron presentarse nada más se quedaronsentados absorbando los abusos verbales una tras de la otra. Y por supuesto, las medias de comunicación estaban capturando toda la emociónpara pasalo en la televisión. Pero lo que estaba demasiado claro, fue que algunos vinieron a laaudenica buscando los hechos sobre lo que paso con Daniel Rocha yotros vinieron buscando la verdad. Lo que si he aprendido en los años deperiodista es que la verdad y los hechos no son siempre las mismas cosas. . . y que muchas vezes ni se puede encontrar los dos en el mismo cuarto. También lo que observe en esta y otras audencias fue que la genteestaba trabajando en veces sin información, o con información no basadaen algo solido, o más triste, con información plantada adrede paraconfundir el asunto.(Unos hasta se estaban basandose en el periódicoAustin American Statesman). En fin, la gente en estas juntas estabanoperandose en lo oscuridad. Y fue en este momento cuando decidi que talvez era necesario establecer un periódico con un enfoque solamente en elcodigo postal de Dove Springs - 78744 Y pues aquí estamos con La Voz de Dove Springs. Como lo veo yo,existe una gran necesidad para una media de comunicación que va hablarde lo positivo en la vecindad de Dove Springs y no en lo negativo. Haymucha gente buena en Dove Springs y muchos que trabajan hasta dostrabajos. La Voz de Dove Springs va tratar de dar luz a las historias ypersonas que estan haciendo algo bueno en la comunidad. Pero tambiénles voy a decir que nosotros no tenemos miedo de nadie. Y cuando esnecesario enfrentar a los politicos, policias o cualquier otro grupo, lovamos hace de pie y preparados. En los viente años que tenemos publicando periódicos en el estado deTexas, hay personas que no les ha gustado lo que tenemos que decir. Perohasta la fecha nadie nos ha dicho mentirosos por algo que hemos publicado.Esperarmos traer a Austin, Texas y a la vecindad de Dove Springs enparticular, nuestro estilo de periodismo.

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Contests/Prizes/Quizzes In each issue of La Voz de DoveSprings there will be a series ofcontests and games. These con-tests are designed to measure theimpact of the publication and de-velop a readership profile. Theprize for each contest is differentand readers are encouraged to fol-low the directions. Some of thequestions are in English and someare in Spanish. Good luck!

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En cada ejemplar de La Voz deDove Springs habra un a seria deconcursos y juegos, El propósitode estos concursos es medir elimpacto de la publicación yestablecer un prefil de los lectores.Los premios de cada concurso sondiferentes. Algunas de laspreguntas estan en inglés y otrasen español. Buena suerte!

Answer the followingquestions and send yourresponses to La VozContest P.O. Box 19457Austin, Texas 78744

1. Who is Myrna Cabello?

2. Which story in this issue of La Voz de Dove Springswas the most interesting to you?

3. Name the 3 of the 4 individuals in the People in the Newssectionof this publication.

4. Why were tamales a popular food item to take into war?

5. How many pages does this issue of La Voz de DoveSprings contain?

6. Which story in this issue of the newspaper did you not like?

7. Who is Rigo Charo?

8. Who is Linda Escobar?

9. What event took place at the River City Youth Foundation inNovember of 2005?

10. Have you ever been to the Video Super which is advertisingon the back page of this publication?

Contest Submission FormTo enter the La Voz de Dove Springs 10 Question Contest fill out this formand sent it to Readership Contest - La Voz P.O. Box 19457 Austin, Texas78744. Send your answers to the questions above along with this originalpage or a photo copy of it. The winner will be announced in the January,2006 issue of La Voz de Dove Springs. Muchas gracias!

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It is just about Christmas time and for kids that means presentsfrom aunts, uncles, grandparents and parents. But for some parents itmeans working overtime, getting a quick part-time job or borrowingmoney. For some it also means trying to cash in the jar of pennies,nickles and dimes. Forget the quarters. Those were used to washerand dryer at the laundromat. I believe too many people take Christmas for granted. I believe thattoo many people do not appreciate the meaning of Christmas. I learnedthe hard way to change my attitude about Christmas. My mom is ahard working single mother trying to support four kids. For many yearswe hardly celebrated anything. We just couldn’t afford to. But then my mom met a man and they got married. He is now mystepfather. What I am trying to say is that it is important to appreciatewhat you have when you have it. Because it can leave you in a flash!As I have become older I am starting to understand more things. I amalso starting to appreciate more and more my mom and everythingshe does for us. This Christmas I hope to give my mom a Christmaspresent. It won’t be a very expensive present but just something toshow her that I am thinking about her. I would would like to suggest toall those reading this story that they give their parents a Christmaspresent to show that giving is sometimes more important than get-ting.

The Real Meaning of Christmasby

Miguel Martinez7th Grade Mendez Middle School

And the Winners are:

by Thomas Martinez and YeseniaI Promised . . . .

Student Writers fromMendez Middle School

I promised I wouldn’t cry but that was all one big lie.I couldn’t tell you that you were the cause of all the painbecause I thought if I held it all in and it would go away.But yet I still feel the pain.

The winners of theLa Voz Readership Contest

for October, 2005 were:Ruby Maldonado from Dove Springs, who

won $25.00 and Cesar Benitez, also ofDove Springs, who also won $25.00

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Mendez Middle School Page¡Conozca Las Maestras!

Get to Know the Teachers!

Living in Dove Springs is like living in the clouds for me. It’sa place where you know everyone every time you walk aroundthe neighborhood. Some of the people you see look very angry.Sometimes it feels like they are going to talk trash about you.But when you start talking to them you find out that they are notreally angry, they just look angry. When begin to get to knowthem you find out that they are really nice people. This is whatI like about Dove Springs. Dove Springs is a beautiful andgreat place to be a kid. There are lots of people with whom youcan make friends if you just try.

What DoveSprings

Means to Meby Elsa Torres

7th GradeMendez Middle School

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GRADE LEVEL: 6,7,8HIGH SCHOOL: Plano Sr. HighSchool, Plano, TexasCOLLEGE: B.S., St. John’s University,1994,MAJOR: Elementary EducationGRADUATE SCHOOL: St. Johns Uni-versity, M.S. Ed., 1997LAST BOOK READ: Harry PotterFAVORITE SONG: I Will Survive byGloria GaynorFAVORITE COLOR: Blue and YellowFAVORITE FOOD: Italian and Mexi-canPLACE STILL HAVEN’T VISITED:AlaskaMEMORABLE QUOTE: “Treat peopleas if they were what they ought to beand you help can help them to becomewhat they are capable of being.”GoetheA CHALLENGE IN MY LIFE: Mymother always talked about me goingto college from when I was a little girl.I actually thought that college was whateveryone did right after high school. Itwasn’t until I reached high school thatI realized it was not mandatory - that itwas a choice. To anyone wanting togo to college - find a way. Even if youcan only go part time - do it!STUDENTS TODAY: Children are thesame everywhere, however, now theyare much more technology savvy, asare teachers.IF I HAD TO DO IT OVER: I loveteaching and I’d do it all over again!

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GRADE LEVEL: 8HIGH SCHOOL: 7 high schools on 4 continents andone year on a trainCOLLEGE: B.A., University of Texas at Austin, 1995MAJOR: English/Women’s StudiesLAST BOOK READ: Falling AngelsFAVORITE WRITER: Jane AustenFAVORITE COLOR: Pink/PurpleFAVORITE FOOD: Steak or chocolatesPLACE STILL HAVEN’T VISITED: Xian, China - TheTomb of the EmperorPERSONAL HERO: Nelson MandelaMEMORABLE QUOTE: “Experience is the name ev-eryone gives to their mistakes.” Oscar Wilde 1854-1900A CHALLENGE IN MY LIFE: My father didn’t believethat girls should go to college and that I, specifically,wasn’t smart enough anyway. My mother convinced himthat the best way for me to find a husband was to go tocollege. When I hadn’t found a husband after one year,he refused to pay for school any longer. It took me al-most 20 years to finish my degree. During this time, I got married and my husband en-couraged and supported my desire to get a collegeeducation. He helped me believe I that I was smartenough to finish school and be what ever it was I wantedto be. I tell everyone, do whatever you have to do to go tocollege. Borrow the money, work two jobs, work threejobs if you have to! Scout the internet for scholarshipand grant money. Don’t ever give up on yourself. Moneyspent on education is never wasted!STUDENTS TODAY: I have been teaching for 8 andhalf years. I think teachers fell less and less respectedevery year and are becoming more and more stressedbecause of all the pressure they feel.IF I HAD TO DO IT OVER: I would spend less timewaiting for my life to “begin” and realize earlier that italready had.

Suzann Vera Terry Hiner

Each year MendezMiddle School Stu-dents participate in anessay contest for RedRibbon Week. Thetopic is always relatedto prevention of druguse. Winners of cashprizes for this year’scontest were:

1st Prize $25.00 La Toya Ethridge, 8th Grade2nd Prize $15.00 Chris Davis, 6th Grade3rd Prize $ Jasmine Curtis, 7th Grade

Honorable Mention (all prizes were $5.00)Jasmine Lee 8th GradeMarquis Mims 7th GradeJennifer Briones 6th Grade

Congratulations to all these students. Many ex-cellent essays were submitted, and we thank ev-eryone who participated.

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ABOVE: Johnaton Salazar and friends at the Fall Festival. Someonewon a cake.

ABOVE: Luis Vega and friends pose for the camera the annual Dove SpringsRecreation Fall Festival.

ABOVE: From left to right, Sabrina Duran-Ates, Fred Blackman, DebbieDuran and Xavier Duran-Ates at the Dove Springs Fall Festival.

ABOVE: Mike Castaneda, Director of the Dove Springs Recreation Center isexplaining the rules of one of the games during the Dove Spring Fall Festival.

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Viejitos Car Club Holds First Annual Toy Drive

River City Youth FoundationThanksgiving Activities

The staff, students and volunteers at the River City YouthFoundation celebrated Thanksgiving at the center onNovember 21, 2005. Mona Gonzalez and her staffhelped to prepare the traditional Thanksgiving meal withall the trimmings and parents were of course the invitedguests. Before sitting down for the meal outside on pic-nic tables, everyone formed a large circle for a prayerand then each person stated publicly what they werethankful for.

Todo los participantes del River City Youth Founda-tion celebraron el dia de dar gracias con una cena en lasmesas de afuera. Antes de compartir el pavo, losparticipantes tomaron un minuto para resar y declararpublicamente algo por la cual daban gracias.

To contact the Viejitos Car Club please callRigo Charo, the president of the club at 228-9262.

The Viejitos Car Club held its First Annual ToyDrive on November 19th, 2005 at Guerrero’sCarpet Cleaners on 2313 South 1st Street inAustin, Texas.

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Instead of our monthly Latino Cultural Quiz we are going to present a short history of tamales. The monthly Latino Cultural Quiz will return inJanaury, 2006. Que pasan un Feliz Navidad.

A Latino Cultural Quiz

The tamale is recorded as early as 5000 BC,possibly 7000 BC in Pre-Columbian history.Initially, women were taken along in battle asarmy cooks to make the masa for the tortillasand the meats, stews, drinks, etc. As the warringtribes of the Aztec, Mayan, and Incan culturesgrew, the demand of readying the nixtamal(corn) itself became so overwhelming aprocess, a need arose to have a more portablesustaining foodstuff. This requirementdemanded the creativity of the women…..hencethe tamale was born.

The tamales could be made ahead andpacked, to be warmed as needed. They weresteamed, grilled on the comal (grill) over thefire, or put directly on top of the coals to warm,or they were eaten cold. We have no record ofwhich culture actually created the tamale butbelieve that one started and the others soonfollowed.

The tamale caught on very fast and eventuallygrew in variety and diversity unknown in today’sculture. There were plain tamales, tamales withred, green, yellow and black chile, tamales withchocolate, fish tamales, frog, tadpole,mushroom, rabbit, gopher, turkey, bee, egg,squash blossom, honey, ox, seed and nuttamales. There were white and red fruit tamales,white tamales, yellow tamales, dried meattamales, roasted meat, stewed meat, bean andrice tamales. There were sweet sugar,pineapple, raisin, cinnamon, berry, banana andpumpkin tamales. There were hard and softcheese tamales, roasted quail tamales, ant,

potato, goat, wild boar, lamb and tomatotamales.

The sizes, colors and shapes varied almostas much as the fillings. They were steamed,oven-roasted, fire-roasted, toasted, grilled,barbecued, fried and boiled. The wrappingswere cornhusks, banana leaves, fabric,avocado leaves, soft tree bark, and otheredible, non-toxic leaves. The most commonlyused were corn husks, banana and avocadoleaves.

Over the millennia, the varieties wereminimized to the most common now being redand greed child, chicken, pork, beef, sweet,chile, cheese, and of late, vegetables. Alsochanged was the every day occurrence ofmaking the tamales. With the preparation beingso labor and time intensive, tamales becameholiday fare, made for special occasions. Thistradition remained for thousands of years, withthe women of the family working together tomake the sauces and meats, preparing the

masa, and finally assembling and wrapping thetamales before steaming them in large potson the stove. The process takes all day, thepreparation often starting one of two days inadvance. It is virtually unheard of to make afew tamales. In most cases, when they aremade, hundreds are made at a time. Everyone,young, old, family and friends, is invited totamale feasts where they are enjoyed, savoredand loved by all.

Over the years making tamales has come tobe known as a tamalada. Here friends newand old together and turn the labor intensiveevent into a party. Dicen que en las tamaladases cuando sale la pura verdad en las platicas.

The different regional names for tamales are:

Nicaragua Nacatamal

Guatemala Paches and Chuchitos

Bolivia and Ecuador Humita

Columbia Bollo

Cuba, Mexico, Southand Central America Tamal

Michoacan, Mexico Corunda

Veracruz, Mexico Zacahull

Venezuela Hallaca

The History of the Tamale

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En PalabrasHay Poder

No one can ever argue in thename of education, that it isbetter to know less than it isto know more. Being bilin-gual or trilingual or multilin-gual is about being educatedin the 21st century. We lookforward to bringing our read-ers various word lists in eachissue of La Voz de DoveSprings

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Nadie puede averiguar en elnombre de la educación quees mejor saber menos quesaber más. Siendo bilingüe ortrilingüe es parte de sereducado en el siglo 21.Esperamos traer cada mes anuestros lectores de La Vozde Dove Springs una lista depalabras en español con susequivalentes en ingles.

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La Voz de Dove Springs - November/December, 2005

The Center for Mexican American Studies

of the College of Liberal Arts

at the University of Texas at Austininvites you to

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A Photographic Exhibition by Jesse Herrera

Opening Reception

Unique images of recent celebrations held during the festivities in honor of Our Lady ofGuadalupe in rural Mexico. An altar representing Guadalupe will also be unveiled at thisevent. Musical entertainment and refreshments will be provided. The exhibition runs fromDecember 8, 2005 through January 2006.

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A roundtable discussion on the cultural, political, as well as the religious significance of LaVirgen de Guadalupe for the Mexican-origin community in the United States. Now that Latinosmake up the largest minority in the nation, it is of importance to establish at the University anin our community at-large, intellectual dialogue about Our Lady of Guadalupe who is a keyfigure in Mexican American heritage.

Panelists: Cristina Cabello de Martinez, Lecturer, CMAS & Department of Spanish &Portuguese, UT Austin; Anne M. Martínez, Assistant Professor, Department of History, UTAustin; & Jesse Herrera, Photojournalist & Photography Instructor, Austin Museum of Art -Laguna Gloria Art School

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Greetings from Representative EddieRodriguez and his staff.

Wishing you a Happy Holiday Seasonand a prosperous New Year!

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La Voz de Dove Springs isalways looking for writers.We pay .10 a word for sto-ries accepted for publica-tion. For more informationplease contact AlfredoSantos c/s at (512) 912-1077 or by email atd.santos@sbcglobal.net

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Little Joe y La Familia and RubenRamos and the Mexican Revolutionwill be playing at H and H Ballroomin Austin, Texas on Christmas Day.For tickets and more informationplease call (512) 282-1143

H and H Ballroom4402 Brandt Road. Austin, Texas Telephone: (512) 282-1143

December CalendarFriday

December 9thFriday

December 16thFriday

December 30thSunday

December 25thSaturday

December 31st

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Ruben Ramosand theMexican

Revolution

New Year’s EveDance with

Alfonso Ramos

Party Favors,Food and more

H and H Ballroom isopen weekdays for yourHappy Hour. We alsorent for weddings,Quinceañeras, etc.

The FantasyPoker League

Poker Nights EveryTuesday and

Thursday

Bands subject to changeFree Food BuffetPre-sale tickets:La Tejanita &

Turntable Records

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