La Clausura

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The Closure. Sounds very final. Really it was just a celebration of everything the diabetes group from the health center (next door to the Casita de Chocolate) has accomplished over the past year. This includes working on our garden project, but mostly it is a way for them to celebrate the consistent participation they have shown in attending classes and aerobics at the health center. They've been practicing every day for the past week, and Tuesday was the big day.

Part I: The Dance



It ain't a party if there ain't music. And if there's music, there'll be dancing. No way around it.

Part II: Rhymes



Each pair came up and delivered some rhymes. The closest thing I can think of for these in English would be limericks: touching on the taboo (in our case, all things to do with el amor) but with humorous intent.

Part III: A Play in Many Acts

The first scene features the courageous protagonist, Don Antonio, and also - in his stunning stage debut - Mike.

We find our hero bragging about the fact that he has tres mujeres, then ordering a drink or three. Mike obliges.

Let us skip ahead to Scene Ten. Don Antonio, having visited each of his mujeres in turn, and having assured each that he loves them and will return next time with money to give them, goes out and parties. Don Antonio's party style includes much consumption of alcohol. Again, Mike obliges.

(At the end of this scene, one of his mujeres shouts, "Go back to the street!" Again?! Don Antonio complains. "Back to the street!")

Scene The Final: Don Antonio makes another round of visits and then goes right back to partying and alcohol (Mike once more obliges). And then, the climax - you knew it was coming - all the women converge and the cat's out of the bag. "Yo soy la mujer!" "No, YO soy la mujer!" Followed by a high-speed chase in which one of the mujeres flails her machete about in a terrifyingly careless manner. Mike, being the smart cookie that he is, has long since fled.


And...scene.