Las bandas callejeras…

The holiday street bands which appear near Christmas are still here?  Normally they go home after the holiday to get ready for Semana Santa (Easter); however, in the past five weeks they have been up and down our street.  Our local group seems to have three musicians, a trumpet, a trombone plus the occasional addition of a saxophone, and a 9-12 year old drummer banging very enthusiastically on his instrument. This week a larger group came through with the drummer banging a real big drum.  Dolores commented that they must be practicing somewhere and they did sound better.  We´ve speculated that they haven´t made enough pesos to return home, or with the influx of many new tourist coming into Puerto Vallarta it´s become profitable to remain.  However, if the thunderstorms (plus flashing lightning and thunder) in the area remain for a while that could provide the momentum for them to bid adios until Semana Santa.

Oop´s, the sunshine is back and here they come down the street…H´mm, it´s a different group in bad need of a tune-up.