Las Fiestas Patrias night of celebration in Los Barriles was a great success.  Hundreds of locals turned out to celebrate Mexican Independence Day in our La Cancha.
The evening began with the Grand Opening of our new Banos de la Cancha, supported by Rotario de Los Barriles, Club Deportivo, the Van Wormer Family, Tonia and Chris Scurr, Bill and Gwen Klotz, Ken Phillips, Leonel Tamayo, and countless other donations of dinero and materials from the Los Barriles community, as well as from far away folks in Canada and the US.  
 
Attending Rotary members were Leigh–Anne Cameron, Ian Gibson, and Francis Olachea, who is also the Delegada de Los Barriles. The official ribbon cutting was done by Leigh-Anne Cameron, Francis Olachea, and the General Contractor for the project, Rigo Lucero Silva, and his amazing team of builders; Hugo Cruz, Moises Lucero, Raul Corral, Arturo Sandoval, and others….
 
The new bathrooms with a changing room in the women’s section brought smiles to everyone’s faces. The sense of community was palpable as proud parents and children paraded through the new facilities. Everyone in Los Barriles should be proud of how our little community came together to provide sanitary facilities for our children.
 
Once the ribbon was cut and the banos declared officially open, the fiesta really began with dancing and singing and celebrating independence the way only Mexico knows how. The Cancha overflowed with families come to enjoy a delicious dinner, traditional dancing, some singing groups, and a swinging mariachi band. And just when your face hurt and you thought you couldn’t smile any longer, the Royalty was presented, with the Coronation of Patricia for 2016.
(Photographs by Erick Cota)