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2012 Todos Santos Art Festival – Sweets

Posted on February 16, 2012 by howardekman| Leave a comment

One of the interesting aspects of the Todos Santos Art Festival are the vendor stalls setup next door to the Hotel California. They are mostly just sun shades and tent like structures but they stay for the entire festival and feature all sorts of crafts and foods, mostly sweets. Just for kicks, I took a few photos of the sweets. These were all prepared by Bill (Guillermo) who moved to Todos Santos from Ensenada about 7 years ago. Bill speaks enough English to hook in those innocent passerbys – but the gain is theirs because the candies are delicious, made with lots of sugar!

Sugar And Nuts - Dulces (Sweets) At The Todos Santos Art Festival

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Fernando Viciconte And The Minus 5 – 2012 Todos Santos Music Festival Finale

Posted on February 11, 2012 by howardekman| Leave a comment

From Fernando’s website (www.fernandoviciconte.com):

Fernando Viciconte combines incisively melodic songwriting, edgy, Crazy Horse-like rock and a passionate vocal twang that leaves no doubt he means every note that springs from his lips. Think of a south of the border-inflected Neil Young, or Tom Petty in his angst-ier days.

Fernando was another surprise for me personally. I was not familiar with his music at all and the loss was mine. Fernando hails from Argentina and is a rock-a-holic all the way. He currently resides in Portland and through his friendship with Peter Buck, has appeared on R.E.M. albums and other side projects with Peter.

This is the final photo from the music festival that I will be posting via blog entries. I will still be posting slideshows for each night when they are finally done.

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Fernando Viciconte And The Minus 5 - Todos Santos Music Festival Finale

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Dave Depper And The Minus 5 – Todos Santos Music Festival – January 21, 2012

Posted on February 10, 2012 by howardekman| Leave a comment

Dave Depper is an extremely versatile musician. He recreated Paul McCartney’s Ram album nearly solo, playing all instruments and singing all vocals except the female ones. Quite a feat! During the festival he mostly played keyboards but occasionally he picked up a guitar too.

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Dave Depper And The Minus 5, Todos Santos Music Festival Finale

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Todos Santos Art Festival Parade – Feb 5, 2012

Posted on February 8, 2012 by howardekman| 1 Comment

On Sunday, February 5, 2012, the Todos Santos Art Festival had its first ever parade, celebrating the 15th anniversary of the festival. Sadly I was not able to attend the parade and following festivities, but my friend and fellow photographer Vic Kirby did. Check out his great slideshow of photos at the link below:

Todos Santos Art Festival Parade

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Winter Todos Santos Baja Style

Posted on February 8, 2012 by howardekman| Leave a comment

It was a dark and stormy night. Well almost. It began clouding up in the early evening and soon no stars were visible. Sometime near 3 am it began raining with a bit of thunder and lightening. February rains in Todos Santos are not unheard of, just a bit rare the last 15 years. Winter rains are known as “equipatas” and used to arrive as if on a schedule. This pattern changed after 1996 but perhaps is returning.

We need the rain – it was a very dry summer in Todos Santos. Hopefully it will rain more today, Feb 8. Currently the skies are all grey clouds, with heavy dense clouds hanging over the ocean. The winds had been strong, maybe 20+ mph, but have since died down a bit. It’s not currently raining (8:52 am MST) but was earlier and looks like it will again. Temps are on the cool side with no sun out to warm us up. It’s a good day to hang inside, read a book and sip warm drinks.

We still have electricity, internet and water. Many years ago, every time it rained we would lose electricity. That’s progress for you!

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2012 Todos Santos Music Festival Finale – Minus 5

Posted on February 4, 2012 by howardekman| Leave a comment

Just a quick black and white shot from the Minus 5 set – that’s Dave Depper sitting in on keyboards. I still plan to put slideshows online but wanted to get these last photos posted in a more timely manner.