LHHS Folklorico

District 10 Council member Kathy Stewart will host a Dia de los Muertos Festival Saturday, Oct. 26 in Lake Highlands North Park. The event is free and will include entertainment for all ages.

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Dia de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead, is traditionally celebrated around the first of November and focuses on honoring deceased friends and family members. Celebrants of the multi-day holiday gather to retell amusing stories of their loved ones, and they build altars, or ofrendas, containing the bereaved people’s favorite foods and beverages. The idea is to encourage visits by the dearly departed.

The festival will run Oct. 26 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and will include performances by the Lake Highlands High School Folklorico dance team. Cara Mia Theatre will present “Flores y Calaveraz” (Flowers and Skulls), a play about a Mexican-American girl and a calavera who teaches her the beauty of the Dia de los Muertos tradition.

Lake Highlands North Park is at 9940 White Rock Trail, outside the recreation center.

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    Blogger CAROL TOLER and her husband, Toby, are the parents of four LHHS graduates. She has an MBA from SMU and is the proud recipient of the Exchange Club of LH's Unsung Hero Award and Councilman McGough's Blake Anderson Public Service Award. She received LHHS PTA's Extended Service Award, FMJH PTA's Charger Award and a Life Membership from the LHFC PTA. She has moderated candidate debates for Dallas Mayor, Dallas City Council and RISD Trustee races and taught seminars on garnering publicity for nonprofits. She completed training with Dallas Truth, Racial Healing and Transformation and Inside RISD, and she's a sustaining member of LH Women's League. She has served on the boards of After8 to Educate, Dallas Free Press, Healing Hands Ministries and Camp Sweeney and chaired fundraisers for multiple Dallas nonprofits. Email ctoler@advocatemag.com.