Weekend Church Bazaar

Stevo and Jazz concentrating on their marble game.


Stevo Checking out the old rides.






Jazzy Playing a marble game at the bazaar.



Took the kids to a church bazaar on the northeast this past Saturday. The place had old school games and carnival rides that looked like they were made in the 1950's. Kids had a good time playing games and winning prizes. Nice way to spend an evening.

UTEP SPRING GAME

After a long scrimmage, this guy took the time to take a picture with Jazzy and Stevo.














We had a great time at the UTEP spring game this past weekend. We had never been to a spring game so we thought it would be a nice way to spend the day. The Blue team beat the orange team pretty easily. Trevor Vittatoe and Donald Buckram didn't play but the offense on both squads looked good. I was impressed with the walk-on qb Carson Meger. He is small for a qb but he has good touch on the ball and seems to have a knack for finding his receivers when he is in trouble. Defense looked ten times better than last year. Think this will be a good season. Hopefully a Bowl game is in our future.

Cool Boston Marathon video

Running in the Boston Marathon is definitely on my bucket list. Heck, just being able to run a qualifying time would be good enough for me. Guess I have to put down the remote and get off the couch if I'm going to get it done.

The Good Person of Szechwan Rehearsal Pics

Galilea Morales as Mrs. Shin feeding her imaginary chickens


Shen Teh- Cynthia Jimenez- surrounded by the villagers






The Water Seller portrayed by David Zambrano

Heading To San Angelo For Regionals This Thursday

My One-act play made it to the Regional Championships again this year and will compete on Friday April 23. This is the 5th time we have made it to Regionals and this has by far been the toughest year to get there. I wasn't too happy with the play choice at the beginning. I had a hard time cutting The Good Woman of Szechwan script and almost gave up a couple of times. The cast was huge and getting them to practice all at the same time was a challenge like always. Lots of new kids in this cast as well as a few returning veterans. We faced stiff competition from Del Valle this year with their production of The House of Bernada Alba. The female who played Bernarda was very good. She won best actress at zone and gave us a run for our money. Ysleta did a strange but entertaining Steve Martin play called WASP. I was impressed with Chapin's production of I Never Saw Another Butterfly at Area. I liked some of the directing choices and stage pictures in the show. The acting was also very strong. Burges was very good and ran away with most of the acting awards at Area. I respect their director for always putting together solid shows. Our show has had its ups and downs throughout the run. We lost one of or lead actors after the Canutillo workshop and had to scramble to reshuffle parts and characters. Most of my kids are involved in a thousand different activities so rehearsal time was hard to put together. I am impressed with the lead of my show and her dedication to the role. She has blossomed as the character and has become a leader among the other cast members. David has been great as well. I have had him in my shows since his freshman year and he pushes me to stay on top of things to make sure we advance. We perform second on Friday and will try to make it out of Regionals for the first time in school history. I am not really stressing or pushing the cast very hard this year because I don't necessarily thin that is the best approach. I guess i am trying to do something different to see if we get a better result. Know matter what happens I am proud of my cast and crew and of my co-director and buddy Mr. B.

District 2-4A Track and Field Meet

The District track meet was held at Canutillo High School last week. Del Valle dominated all divisions winning five of the six team titles. The Riverside Freshman boys did well overall, placing second in the team division. The boys won the 4X100 relay and the 4X200 relay. Watched a great 400 meter race between Mike Davis from Parkland High School and Leo Arroyo from Mt. View. Both guys battled it out with Arroyo edging Davis at the finish line. I really enjoyed coaching track this year and look forward to seeing our young team develop and grow. We only had three athletes make it to the Regional meet but think we have a good foundation for the future.