There were so many lace days in Spain in April, 40 that I listed on the LaceNews events calendar http://lacenews.net/lace-event-calendars/. The number peaked on April 22nd when in addition to the 10 I had listed, there were 14 additional ones that I just couldn't fit on the calendar! Each one attracts several hundred to several thousand lacemakers. The Arenys de Mar event appears to be the largest, attracting over 3000 lacemakers, and this year had 3 associated exhibitions. Carolina kindly took me to the museum there not long ago http://lacenews.net/2010/11/21/museums-museu-mares-de-la-punta-arenys-de-mar- spain/, which is very impressive. In contrast to England and America, most Spanish lace events (the main word used to describe these is 'Encuentro', but there are others in Catalan and Galician), are held on Sundays, and largely peak in March and April. Most are sponsored with the help of the local municipal authorities, and there seems to be a fairly consistent agenda - welcome, demonstrations, some kind of lunch, more demos, and a group dinner afterward. Although it can get much more complex. Lacemaking in Spain is truely impressive, and we need to pay much more attention to it. Look at this video http://tinyurl.com/87lzhr4, which shows professional lacemakers in Camariñas in Galicia. There is a huge 5 day annual event in Camariñas promting the use of the local lace in fashion. I'm adding lots of videos from this year's event to the April LaceNews YouTube Channel update. I'm hoping that here in New Mexico we can get more exposure for Spanish lacemaking in the US, afterall, official documents in New Mexico are all in English and Spanish. The Spanish first settled in the US only 40 miles from where I live, and the dialect they speak around here traces back to the conquistadors. Spanish lacemaking techniques also emigrated to Argentina, and videos on their events are starting to show up on YouTube. Laurie http://lacenews.net
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