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Barrio de Analco Fall Festival

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BARRIO DE ANALCO FALL FESTIVAL

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 28TH, noon-4pm

(preceding the September 29th Feast Day of Archangels Michael, Gabriel, and Rafael)

In and around San Miguel Chapel, Barrio de Analco, Santa Fe Free parking: PERA Building and other state government parking lots

Free admission to all outdoor activities, thanks to generous Community Sponsors Displays and activities inside San Miguel Chapel: $2 for all-day pass; 12 and under no charge

Contact: Julianne Burton-Carvajal, Ph.D., Consulting Historian & Curator julianne@ucsc.edu; 505 570-7735

OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES AND DISPLAYS

Mule-packing demonstrations
Ron and Pat Rundstrom of Aparejo in Española: educational presentations and childrens’ activities

Location: Behind “The Oldest House”
Connections to Barrio de Analco: From the early 1600s to the late 1800s, travelers and traders relied on mules to transport their goods • Danza Azteca de Anáhuac of Taos, registered in Mexico with San Miguel del Archangel Capulli
Location: Mid-afternoon in front of San Miguel Chapel; inside the Chapel at the conclusion of the Festival

Connections: From the early 1600s, Nahua-speaking indios amigos from what is now central Mexico settled El Barrio de Analco (the district on the other side of the river), to be followed a century later by genízaros (captives from semi-nomadic North American tribes, raised to adulthood in Spanish-speaking households)

Trail-related Table Displays
National Park Service, Old Santa Fe Trail Association, and Old Spanish Trail Association, with a Route 66 display by collector and map-maker Willie Lambert

Location: Under portal on the Chapel’s south side, and in pocket-park behind adjacent Lamy Building, the rst academic building constructed for St. Michael’s College for Boys

Connections: Outgoing and incoming caravans passed through Barrio de Analco along the Camino de Pecos directly in front of San Miguel Chapel, and may have used the extensive grounds for packing and unpacking

Table Displays by Partners in Historic Preservation, including:
Historic Santa Fe Foundation, Old Santa Fe Association, Cornerstones Community Partnerships, and Mesa Prieta Petroglyph Project (MPPP) of Velarde

Connections: Preserving San Miguel Chapel; MPPP has documented scores of Spanish-era petroglyphs

Location: Under portal on the Chapel’s south side, and in pocket-park behind the adjacent Lamy Building

Walking Tour of El Barrio de Analco with historian Hilario Romero of Agua Fria 12:30-1pm; 1:30-2 pm; 3-3:30 pm (limited to 12 people per tour)
Location: Front courtyard of Chapel—meet at top of the stairway leading to Old Santa Fe Trail

BARRIO DE ANALCO FALL FESTIVAL

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 28TH, noon-4pm

(preceding the September 29th Feast Day of Archangels Michael, Gabriel, and Rafael)

In and around San Miguel Chapel, Barrio de Analco, Santa Fe Free parking: PERA Building and other state government parking lots

Free admission to all outdoor activities, thanks to generous Community Sponsors Displays and activities inside San Miguel Chapel: $2 for all-day pass; 12 and under no charge

Contact: Julianne Burton-Carvajal, Ph.D., Consulting Historian & Curator julianne@ucsc.edu; 505 570-7735

OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES AND DISPLAYS

Mule-packing demonstrations
Ron and Pat Rundstrom of Aparejo in Española: educational presentations and childrens’ activities

Location: Behind “The Oldest House”
Connections to Barrio de Analco: From the early 1600s to the late 1800s, travelers and traders relied on mules to transport their goods • Danza Azteca de Anáhuac of Taos, registered in Mexico with San Miguel del Archangel Capulli
Location: Mid-afternoon in front of San Miguel Chapel; inside the Chapel at the conclusion of the Festival

Connections: From the early 1600s, Nahua-speaking indios amigos from what is now central Mexico settled El Barrio de Analco (the district on the other side of the river), to be followed a century later by genízaros (captives from semi-nomadic North American tribes, raised to adulthood in Spanish-speaking households)

Trail-related Table Displays
National Park Service, Old Santa Fe Trail Association, and Old Spanish Trail Association, with a Route 66 display by collector and map-maker Willie Lambert

Location: Under portal on the Chapel’s south side, and in pocket-park behind adjacent Lamy Building, the rst academic building constructed for St. Michael’s College for Boys

Connections: Outgoing and incoming caravans passed through Barrio de Analco along the Camino de Pecos directly in front of San Miguel Chapel, and may have used the extensive grounds for packing and unpacking

Table Displays by Partners in Historic Preservation, including:
Historic Santa Fe Foundation, Old Santa Fe Association, Cornerstones Community Partnerships, and Mesa Prieta Petroglyph Project (MPPP) of Velarde

Connections: Preserving San Miguel Chapel; MPPP has documented scores of Spanish-era petroglyphs

Location: Under portal on the Chapel’s south side, and in pocket-park behind the adjacent Lamy Building

Walking Tour of El Barrio de Analco with historian Hilario Romero of Agua Fria 12:30-1pm; 1:30-2 pm; 3-3:30 pm (limited to 12 people per tour)
Location: Front courtyard of Chapel—meet at top of the stairway leading to Old Santa Fe Trail

BARRIO DE ANALCO FALL FESTIVAL

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 28TH, noon-4pm

(preceding the September 29th Feast Day of Archangels Michael, Gabriel, and Rafael)

In and around San Miguel Chapel, Barrio de Analco, Santa Fe Free parking: PERA Building and other state government parking lots

Free admission to all outdoor activities, thanks to generous Community Sponsors Displays and activities inside San Miguel Chapel: $2 for all-day pass; 12 and under no charge

Contact: Julianne Burton-Carvajal, Ph.D., Consulting Historian & Curator julianne@ucsc.edu; 505 570-7735

INDOOR ACTIVITIES & DISPLAYS

(all-day admission to Chapel $2; 12 and under no charge)
Display of Vintage Serapes by Collector Chris Ferguson, owner of Tres Estrellas Gallery in Taos

Connections: Tlaxcaltecans, credited with originating the famous Saltillo weaving tradition in northern New Spain, may have been among the original Meso-American settlers and builders of El Barrio de Analco

One-day-only Art Exhibition: Artists’ Views of San Miguel Chapel and Environs Across the Decades • Docent Chats (10-15 minutes, upon request) Check Docent’s name tag for themes:

“400 Years of Building History” or “Signi cance of 1798 Altarpiece” or “Mystery of the San José Bell”

• Previews of Videos-in-Progress
Preview of Reorganized and New Exhibitions

• Period Costumes worn by members of SOCIEDAD FOCLÓRICA
• 3:30pm: CLOSING CEREMONY with SPECIAL GUESTS and DANZA AZTECA DE ANAHUAC

BARRIO DE ANALCO FALL FESTIVAL

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 28TH, noon-4pm

(preceding the September 29th Feast Day of Archangels Michael, Gabriel, and Rafael)

In and around San Miguel Chapel, Barrio de Analco, Santa Fe Free parking: PERA Building and other state government parking lots

Free admission to all outdoor activities, thanks to generous Community Sponsors Displays and activities inside San Miguel Chapel: $2 for all-day pass; 12 and under no charge

Contact: Julianne Burton-Carvajal, Ph.D., Consulting Historian & Curator julianne@ucsc.edu; 505 570-7735

INDOOR ACTIVITIES & DISPLAYS

(all-day admission to Chapel $2; 12 and under no charge)
Display of Vintage Serapes by Collector Chris Ferguson, owner of Tres Estrellas Gallery in Taos

Connections: Tlaxcaltecans, credited with originating the famous Saltillo weaving tradition in northern New Spain, may have been among the original Meso-American settlers and builders of El Barrio de Analco

One-day-only Art Exhibition: Artists’ Views of San Miguel Chapel and Environs Across the Decades • Docent Chats (10-15 minutes, upon request) Check Docent’s name tag for themes:

“400 Years of Building History” or “Signi cance of 1798 Altarpiece” or “Mystery of the San José Bell”

• Previews of Videos-in-Progress
Preview of Reorganized and New Exhibitions

• Period Costumes worn by members of SOCIEDAD FOCLÓRICA
• 3:30pm: CLOSING CEREMONY with SPECIAL GUESTS and DANZA AZTECA DE ANAHUAC