CHINO BASQUE CLUB ANNUAL PICNIC 2022 (captions provided for Tony Garro)
ONGI ETORRI
Chino Picnic, Saturday Night, Day 1
Scene cuts to the dance floor as Basque dancers from the Chino community dance to the music of Xirimir from the Basque Country.
This group is led by Patrik Larralde a Basque musician and overall creative artist.
The camera pans through the crowd, approaching the bar where most people are congregating.
We approach Alain Duhart and Jean Louis Arambel.
Who are these young ladies? Both look familiar.
We have now approached the band XIRIMIRI (pronounced Shee-ree-mee-ree) passing the guitar players, the accordionist and the main singer.
We zoom out to get a larger vantage point of the band.
Here we experience a few closeups of the different players.
A different song. As we move out further, we can imagine groups of people talking to each other, visiting, maybe gossiping.
More musical interactions with the band members.
Same song as we jump to another part of it. Hear the tambourine? It's called pandero in Basque.
Now we are at the bar where people toast to being Basque.
Members of the klika from Iholdy (pronounced Eee hold ee) sing a song about Xalbador the great poet and troubador.
This song is a tribute asking "Where have you gone? Where are you?"
This song is Basque, but I do not recognize it.
The Iholdy klika plays songs from their repertoire. They have their own makilari who twirls the baton and is joined by Dominic Camou who is the makilari for Bakersfield.
They are joined by other members who dance to their music.
A snare drummer has a go at his skills as he provides rhythmic variations to the music.
More klika playing and makilariak (plural) entertain the crowd and more dancers join the ranks.
Some dancers who are not familiar with the dances, make up their own steps on the spot.
Some of the selections the klika play are those songs you would hear if you went to the large festivals of Bayonne (Baiona) in the Northern Basque Country.
Dominic adjusts his grip to have better control of the baton.
A familiar tune to Bakersfield and Chino is next on the list.
We move in closer as the klika plays a waltz in a tighter formation.
We transition to music from Sunday night as we close the video for EUSKAL KAZETA - euskalkazeta.com
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