The event will begin at 11 am with a Chautauqua presentation by Larry Marken, courtesy of the New Mexico Humanities Council.  The presentation will be on William Sherley, also known as “Old Bill” Williams, who was one of the most colorful, adventuresome, and proficiently literate of the 19th Century western mountain men. During his 62 years, he preached, trapped, traded, scouted for military expeditions, guided wagon trains, served as an interpreter of Native American languages and wrote an Osage-English dictionary.

 

Larry Marken is retired from a diversified set of careers. He currently volunteers as a docent at El Rancho de Las Golondrinas Living History Museum, seasonally serves as a National Park Service volunteer in Hawaii and presents occasional mountain man displays at El Camino Real International Heritage Center.

At 2 pm there will be a special music presentation by Ceiba from El Paso, Texas.  Ceiba plays indigenous wind and percussion instruments from Mexico and other Southern American countries.  They include European, African, and Spanish colonial instruments as well as contemporary instruments like synthesizer and electric guitar to create a beautiful musical presentation.  Musicans wear clothing typical to the Spanish Colonial era and presentation includes description of instruments and introductions on the history of songs performed.

 

 

 

Zoo to You Van, animals courtesy of the City of Albuquerque’s Rio Grande Zoo;For more information, click here.