Come celebrate the 117th Annual Alba Schoolhouse 4th of July Barbecue at the little red schoolhouse on Alba Road in Ben Lomond from 11:30am to 3pm.

Schedule:

11:30 San Lorenzo Valley Orchestra with maestro Jon Christian
12:00 Flag raising, community sing
BBQ lunch 12:30 – 2pm
12:30 Alba School History Tour with Alba Historian Lucia MacLean
1:00 Auction with our own Tag Taggert

Activities: Raffle, Penny Pitch, Face Painting, Dessert and Drink Sales, and more!

BBQ lunch includes choice of hot dog or veggie-dog, with salad and beans for $6.  Kid’s meal (hot dog only) for $4.  Drinks, homemade ice cream and desserts are extra.

Your participation helps preserve and maintain this historic treasure.

Join us for an old fashioned social gathering in the redwoods. See what a one-room school was like!

Alba School is two miles up Alba Road from Hwy 9 in Ben Lomond, or 2 miles down Alba from Empire Grade.  Please carpool if possible, as parking is limited.

Understanding Mayan cosmovision at the intersection of politics, spirituality and the material world

Carlos Escalante

Intercultural Coordinator, Sustainable Development for Guatemala (DESGUA)

*Mayan fire ceremony to follow the presentation*

Sunday April 22, 10am – 1pm.

Alba Schoolhouse
12070 Alba Road, Ben Lomond, CA

Please carpool as parking is limited.

This event is free and open to the public. Donations requested.

Carlos Escalante is a Mayan spiritual guide and the Intercultural Coordinator of Sustainable Development for Guatemala (DESGUA), a bi-national non-profit organization based in Guatemala and the United States working towards economic and educational development for a sustainable Guatemala. He is a contributing author to the book “Cultural Policy Manual: Cultural Diversity, Collective Human Rights and Territorial Constructions in ‘Post’ War Times.” Mr. Escalante’s current work with DESGUA focuses on the holistic reintegration of unaccompanied immigrant minors returning to Guatemala. Through inter-generational circles, Escalante is also coordinating the Mayan Commission on Time and Space, which is reclaiming the use of the Mayan Cosmovision as a guide for human-earth relationships. He is also the lead actor in the Guatemalan independent film “Distancia”, winner of best full-length fiction film in the 2011 International Festival of the New American Cinema in Habana, Cuba. Escalante holds a Master’s in Sustainable Development Management from the Autonomous University of Madrid and a Bachelor’s Degree in Economics from the University of San Carlos in Guatemala.

Alba neighbors are encouraged to join us at 4pm Saturday June 25 to help sweep, rake, and otherwise tidy up the schoolhouse and grounds. Bring a broom or rake!

Special focus this year will be on excavating the picnic tables from years of accumulated forest “duff” (leaf debris). The duff is so thick that the bench seats are nearly at “ground’ level. We’re hoping that the application of a few garden rakes and shovels will remove the duff and restore the picnic tables to their proper comfortable seating height.  Many hands make short work!

This cleanup day starts at 4pm and transitions into our traditional end-of-the-month neighborhood potluck supper at 7pm.

Come celebrate the 116th Annual Alba Schoolhouse 4th of July Barbecue at the little red schoolhouse on Alba Road in Ben Lomond from 11:30am to 3pm.

Schedule:

11:30 San Lorenzo Valley Orchestra with maestro Jon Christian
12:00 Flag raising, community sing
BBQ lunch follows until 2pm
1:00 Alba School History Tour with Alba Historian Lucia MacLean
1:30 Auction with our own Tag Taggert

Activities: Raffle, Penny Pitch, Face Painting, Dessert and Drink Sales, and more!

BBQ lunch includes choice of hot dog or veggie-dog, with salad and beans for $6.  Kid’s meal (hot dog only) for $4.  Drinks, homemade ice cream and desserts are extra.

Your participation preserves and maintains this historic treasure.

Join us for an old fashioned social gathering in the redwoods. See what a one-room school was like!

Alba School is two miles up Alba Road from Hwy 9 in Ben Lomond, or 2 miles down Alba from Empire Grade.  Please carpool if possible, as parking is limited.