¡VIVA! La Música takes to the road again ...

¡VIVA! sponsors bus trips to concerts of the Jalisco Philharmonic Orchestra (JPO) in the beautifully restored Degollado Theater in Guadalajara. Under the artistic direction of Maestro Héctor Guzmán, the JPO offers three concert seasons of five to seven weeks in the periods: January-March, June-July, and October-December.

Bus trips are generally scheduled for Friday evenings. The charter bus departs at 4:30 p.m. from Farmacia Guadalajara in Ajijic and stops for a no-host dinner at one of the finer restaurants in Guadalajara. After the concert, the bus arrives back in Ajijic around 11:30 p.m.

These bus trips are announced in the monthly member's newsletter, and are usually fully booked within a short time after they are announced. Seat reservations are made by email or by phone reservation. Payment is made at specified times at the Tickets, Etc. booth at the Lake Chapala Society (LCS) or by special arrangement with Marshall Krantz. From time to time charter bus trips are offered to musical events in other cities such as Colima, Aguascalientes and Guanajuato.

Bus trips to the JPO Summer Beethoven Series

Viva must buy your tickets from the Degollado this week (because the concerts are so popular!) If you wish to go to any of these concerts call Marshall Krantz at 766-2834 immediately to arrange payment for your seat.  If you have reserved and not paid, you must pay Marshall immediately to hold your seats.

• Sunday June 20, 10.30 dep. Bus full

• Friday June 25, 4.30 dep. Mozart clarinet concerto, Beethoven symphony No. 4, seats available

• Friday July 2, 4.30 dep. Beethoven symphony No. 6 and No. 8, seats available

• Friday July 9, 4.30 dep. Reineke flute concerto, Beethoven symphony No. 3, seats available

• Sunday July 18, 10.30 dep. Bus full

Tickets are 200 pesos for members and 300 pesos for non members. We will have dinner at a good restaurant in Guadalajara before the Friday evening concerts.

For Friday June 25 only Viva has decided to offer the choice of eating at either of Talento, Little India or Focaccia as they are close together. Please respond to this email indicating the restaurant of your choice!