January 5th the Resort had a Murder Mystery Dinner Theatre that we attended. It was fun and a great time getting better acquainted with neighbors and friends. While trying to figure out who was the murdered, we had a good time interacting with everyone at out table of twelve. However, only one table figured the correct person as murderer!!
The following week we took a day to go into Phoenix to see the Heard Museum of southwest history of the Indians.
Our first tour guide was very thorough in explaining the tribes in the early southwest and how they progressed to modern day.
She explained how our government provided boarding schools over the country that they had to attend. In addition to being sent away from their families and their way of life, this picture shows how they were forced to make changes that the government required to adapt to a way of life much different from what they knew.
They were not even permitted to speak their own language without being punished. They were treated much like servants.
The guide also explained the Indian art which really was their way of passing on their own history and stories. They had no dictionary or written language.
The dolls were toys made and given to the children as gifts. But they also served the purpose of a teaching tool. Thus history passed on through the generations.
The guide also explained the purpose of the styles of clothing and what the designs meant, continuing the portrayal of history.
Artists creating western Indian art today do a very good job of depicting history through out their work done in any median. The museum only accepts art that stays true to this history. It was all very interesting and more a history before their battles with the settlers traveling west. It was a day well spent!!
We left the museum to travel on west a little in the city of Phoenix to stop for lunch. This is the transit that runs from downtown Mesa to Phoenix and on to Scottsdale. We were fortunate enough to be going through as the transit was running in the opposite direction from us. I almost missed getting a picture of it!!
On Saturday of that same week we drove to Carefree, a small community north of Scottsdale, to attend an outdoor Art Show.
The scenery on the drive was interesting as well as the art and people at the show!!
The art was very good and the artists interesting to talk with!!
What amazed us was that people were buying!! It must have been the location of the show, as it is upscale community.
This was the inside of a mall at Carefree where there was an interesting Consignment Shop that will begin having a monthly auction on the lower floor. It would be interesting to see what kind of prices they bring. That same week here at our Resort we also had outside entertainment come in. Rich Natole, an impressionist, was the performer following a couple playing a variety of guitar jazz.
The musicians were very good and choreograph their own music!! We thought it was exceptional and we could have listened to them all evening. They were much more impressive than the impressionist!!
We have one and sometimes two programs of entertainment weekly for the next couple of months. We are looking forward to much of it. But we do have problems getting clear pictures of the entertainers because our seats are so far back in the auditorium. We are not sure if it is the distance or if it is the camera itself. We are looking forward to trips to Vegas, Grand Canyon, Tuscon, and into the mountains by train. However, we are hoping that the snow is gone for the trips north from here. We have until March 30th to get it all done!! Stay with us.
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