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I'm sure that the majority of you on this list already know the story, but in case you don't and If you’ve ever wondered about the history of the upcoming non-profit Boquete Blues and Jazz Festival and what it’s like, you’re in luck! Kjersten Van Horn (who has been involved for a while), tells us all about it: The Boquete Jazz and Blues Festival, A Four Day Event You Don’t Want To Miss! Chuck Bolotin Vice President, Business Development The Site That Potential Expats Trust BestPlacesInTheWorldToRetire.com Chuck.Bolotin@BestPlacesInTheWorldToRetire.com Cell: U.S. (520) 940-0481 Skype: Chuck.Bolotin Download the free eBooks: One Year on the Road & Living in Mexico, and Panama- 62 Things You Need to Know. Download the free research studies: Expats in Mexico-- Expectations, Worries... and How It All Turned Out, and our research studies on Panama, Belize and Nicaragua: Expats: Expectations & Reality, Is It Cheaper to Live Abroad? and Expat Report: How is Healthcare Abroad? Visit us on Facebook, Youtube, and Pinterest

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10:30 in the BCP Theater Tuesday, December 26 – Glenn Davis is an author, lecturer, historian, and Boquete resident. Glenn has been a professor at Rice U. (history), Blinn College (journalism) and Texas A&M (international studies). He is the author of 4 books available on Amazon.com, three other books published in Japanese by leading Japanese publishers and hundreds of articles on Japan and Japan-American relations. Glenn also appeared regularly on Japanese TV and radio. He will speak on “My personal struggle with biculturalism, 40 years in Japan”. Tuesday, January 2 -- Jason Boss on cryptocurrency. In a world that is changing ever so much, today’s buzz word is cryptocurrency. When it comes to alternative forms of currency, unless you have a very experienced advisor, you will be burned. This talk will focus on what cryptocurrency is, what it can do for you, what coins are right for you, where you can begin, and how you can safely store your currency. All of this information will be provided by someone who has been in the crypto game since its start in 2008. This is the expert advice you want in this new school digital age. Tuesday, January 9 – Judi Smith is the owner of the International Clinic of Biological Regeneration (www.icbr.com). She practices Cell Therapy, an anti-aging treatment, developed by Dr. Paul Niehans. Judi has clinics in both Nassau and Mexico. There is free admission to this talk. Tuesday, January 16 – Panama, The Musical. Rob Brown, executive producer and co-writer of the first musical written about Panama since Panama Hattie will present “How to make a musical in 6,340 easy steps”. He will have two short videos and some rehearsal shots. Possibly one of the performers will attend to do a snippet from the show. The show will have its world premier on February 1 in the Ateneo Theater in Panama City before moving onto the international stage. The story takes place in the Canal Zone in 1927. Information on ticket sales and investment opportunities will be presented. Tuesday, January 23 – Dr. Ted Harrison, Boquete resident, will present a talk on the medical research study his team did in Boquete last spring. Tuesday, January 30 – Sandra and Lloyd Cripe on “Birding as a hobby.” Tuesday, February 6 – Yira De Alvarado will speak about her work with Nutre Hogar of Chiriqui. Phil McGuigan, head of Amigos de Boquete will introduce Yira. Nutre Hogar is a private organization created in 1988 by Monsignor Romulo Emiliani and a group of volunteers, in order to recover and prevent severe malnutrition of children of the most impoverished communities of our country. Nutre Hogar Chiriqui is a non-profit organization that treats 40 severely malnourished children who are transferred from Hospital Materno Infantil Jose Domingo De Obaldia. They attend to the children’s needs with medicine, dietary supplements, education, and MUCH LOVE. To give you an understanding of the scope of this Mission, they need $25,000.00 per month to maintain operations. The presentation will be filmed by TV Chiriqui. We will organize a bus trip to see this amazing facility. http://nutrehogar.org/ Tuesday, February 13 – Glenn Davis, author, lecturer, historian, and Boquete resident. Glenn has been a professor at Rice U. (history), Blinn College (journalism) and Texas A&M (international studies). He is the author of 4 books available on Amazon.com and three other books published in Japanese by leading Japanese publishers. Coming just two weeks before the Boquete Jazz and Blues Festival, Glen will speak on the latest book he is writing titled Blood on the Cotton, about the history of the blues in Texas. This presentation is an analysis of the origin of the blues, which started in Texas and Mississippi (most people think about only the latter). It focuses on the blues pioneers in Texas and how they influenced other forms of music, such as rock and roll. It also will show clips from the Internet on early blues performances. Tuesday, February 20 -- Come and learn basic survival command (questions and answers) in Spanish from U.S. Warden Hank Landis. Survival/command phrases will cover topics of: health, security, and personal needs. Tuesday, February 27 Tuesday, March 27 -- Ovaladia Hospital Folkdance Group from David.led by Dr. Efraim Rios. To suggest a speaker or topic for these meetings please email BCP Tuesday Meeting To become a vendor at the Tuesday market, Facility Manager

"The Clubhouse" in the BCP Hex Room is now open, and food and drinks - including popcorn - are available for purchase. ------------------------------ We don't charge admission, but we do ask for donations to support BCP and the Film Club program. 12/31 - New Year's Eve - No movie Upcoming films note: I just finished moving to a new rental casita - and have not yet selected films for January. I also am in the middle of configuring a new laptop as I work to get this notice out in a timely manner. I will review recommendations from members, as well as doing my usual research to select films, and send the January schedule out next week to those on our email list. (If you want to be added to - or removed from - our email list, reply to BoqueteFilmClub@gmail.com.) ---------------------------------- Sunday, December 24 @ 1:00pm - Joyeux Noël (USA - 1999) 1 hour, 54 minutes - Rated "PG" Ratings: 7.8 - IMDB, 74% - Rotten Tomatoes, 3/4 - Roger Ebert Wikipedia: Joyeux Noël ('Merry Christmas') is a 2005 epic war drama film based on the Christmas truce of December 1914, depicted through the eyes of French, British, and German soldiers. It was written and directed by Christian Carion. It was screened out of competition at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival. The film, which included one of the last appearances of Ian Richardson before his death, was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the 78th Academy Awards. It is a fictionalized account of an actual event that took place in December 1914 when Wilhelm, German Crown Prince, sent the lead singer of the Berlin Imperial Opera company on a solo visit to the front line. Singing by the tenor, Walter Kirchhoff, to the 120th and 124th Württemberg regiments led French soldiers in their trenches to stand up and applaud. Google: With the advent of World War I, Europe is thrown into a brutal and vicious chaos as men are forced to kill or be killed. While blood soaks the battlefield as Christmas approaches, the men in the trenches of the Western Front face a transformation, however fleeting, toward peace and goodwill. Against all odds, four unlikely individuals from opposing sides (Diane Kruger, Benno Fürmann, Guillaume Canet, Gary Lewis) bond during this bloodless respite to experience the hope and goodness in humanity. Link to trailer

ESOTERICA , an exhibit of original paintings currently at the library, will close at noon on December 28. The artist, Mike Potts, will be at the library on Wednesday, December 27 from 1:30 until 3:30 PM and will offer a 50 percent discount on any unsold paintings. This will be Mike’s last art show in Boquete as he is moving to Thailand in early January. Please drop by the exhibit and see if there are one or more paintings that would enhance your home decor. A portion of the sale proceeds go to support the library.

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Hi everyone, We are happy to announce that we have moved from Los Establos to the end of town next to Airbox Express in the old Banistmo Bank building, across from the Catholic Church and diagonal to the Revilla Pharmacy. We will be occupying the entire upstairs. If you don't know about Microserv, we are a team of highly motivated IT specialists that have been in the computer world a very long time. We have a wide array of desktops, laptops, IPhones, IPads, Androids, and TV's. We also have very cool Jump Routers that make your entire house surf from the US. Its the fastest VPN's on the market today. We have a little bit of everything. If your in need of reliable computer repair, let us know how we can help. We replace screens, repair pc's and mac's, and help with everything electronic. If you have a home and office network, we can do service calls as well. Hope to see you at our new location! The Microserv Team! 507-851-0293 "Customer Service First

Friday, December 22, 6:00-10:00 pm Bill McGraw Live Guitar, Harmonica, Vocals, Dance, Karaoke Tom Petty Tribute And Blues Review Neil Young, Green Day, Ante Bellum, Oasis, Eagles, Avicii, One Repuplic, CCR, Ryan and Bryan Adams, Van Morrison, Matchbox 20, Beatles, U2, Proclaimers, Tom Petty, The Blues….

We are now offering Hatha Yoga twice weekly at Valle Escondido. This style of yoga focuses on gentle movement, relaxation and meditation, with modifications to suit various physical capabilities. Appropriate for all levels of experience and all ages. Come begin or deepen your Yoga and Meditation practice on Tuesdays and Fridays 9:00 a.m. in the Bambu Room. Cost is $12 per session, or $55 for a 6-session package.

Welcome to the newsletter of Boquete Health and Hospice Is this email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. Looking Back on 2017 Early in 2017 the BHHF board met to define our vision and mission statement and goals for the year. Our vision and mission statement is: To inform and promote community health: and, to support people with needs by providing information, equipment and services. The goals were developed this year to reflect the expansion of our services to the Boquete and surrounding area. Our goal of providing health information to the community was addressed with a new and informative website, Being Prepared and Preventing Falls presentations, an informational video and the first Health Fair. This educational outreach increased the public awareness of our organization as well as provided vital health information. Our equipment loan program has grown. We now have an additional storage room for our equipment and now have room to store our 17 oxygen concentrators. At this time about 25% of our equipment is loaned out to Panamanians. We hope to expand our loan program even more to the Panamanian and expat community. Our home health care and hospice services continue to be an important part of our organization. We have expanded our respiratory support program. Numerous meals were delivered, home visitations made, rides given and home support care provided this past year. We continue to recruit volunteers to maintain our services and twenty-three individuals have signed up so far for the next training to take place in early 2018. BHHF was successful in expanding our programs and reaching out even more to the community. In return, we have received many generous donations which will enable us to continue growing and improving. Looking forward to 2018 the board will meet and create new goals for the coming year. Many thanks to our volunteers and to the community for supporting us. “A Gift for You!” Look for Boquete Health in 2018 at the BCP Tuesday Market. We have a gift for you! Donate $20 or more and receive your special insulated zippered tote bag. Happy New Year! Happy Shopping! Health Tips for the Holidays and Into the New Year! Please take 1 minute to view our descriptive video. Click on the link: https://youtu.be/EbYmYqBRs3Y To Make a Donation: BHHF functions with the donations provided by the community. If you are interested in supporting the work we do, please make a donation. To make a financial contribution by check or cash contact Laurie Collier, our treasurer, at lojocollier@yahoo.com to arrange a place and time to pick up your donation. For more information, visit our website: www.boquetehealth.org We also have a Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/boqueteheartshandsandhelp/?ref=bookmarks Please Like our page and Share the contents with your friends and families. To Contact Us Hospice/Health: 507.6781.9250 Blood Donor Program: 507.6590.2000 E-mail: boquetehospice@gmail.com E-mail: boquetehealth@gmail.com Confidentiality All patient information shared with any Boquete Health and Hospice volunteer is kept in the strictest confidence. Copyright © 2017 , All rights reserved. Our mailing address is: boquetehealth@gmail.com

Casa de Montaña Bed & Breakfast Creative Expressions Group is partnering with Dellah Joss to provide an exciting opportunity to be part of this watercolor color class where you will learn new techniques. The class is called “Creativity in Watercolor”. As a participant of this class, you will get your name placed in a raffle to win either an original piece of art by Dellah Joss or a free Breakfast for two people at Casa de Montaña. We will be serving appetizers and coffee/tea and cocktails will be available for purchase. This promises to be a magical afternoon! Please see the flyer for details. There are limited spaces available. So sign up now by emailing Manzar at: info@casademontana.com

Hi everyone, Vicki here. I’m calling for volunteers for the Green Room hospitality for the 2018 Boquete Jazz and Blues Festival next February. Also I will be needing some wonderful men to help me load in and out. I have the use of 2 trucks, but if you have one and would be willing to volunteer the use of, that would be incredibly awesome. Load in is generally the Wednesday prior to the Festival weekend, and load out is the Monday following. Please email me at vickiwhittle@me.com expressing interest. Thank you Vicki Whittle Green Room Co-ordinator BJBF 2018 (507) 6839 5988 vickiwhittle@me.com (+64) (0)21 954 998 skype : vixeniwi1

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See us at the BCP Tuesday Morning Market. Richar's art will be at my table on the back terrace under the "Xulonn" sign. I am continuing to collaborate with and promote Boquete's Peruvian born and incredibly talented artist, Richar Huiza. I recently gave him a professional-grade entry-level pyrography system so he could try artistic "woodburning." I also showed him pictures and YouTube videos of basic and advanced techniques, and some examples of works by the best pyrographers out there. I told him that those examples were for inspiration, and not to copy. I was literally astounded at how he took to this new medium, and within days he was creating professional quality pyrographic art to complement his exquisite acrylic bird paintings. Richar's most recent fine art piece is a 9" cedar plate with an acrylic painting on the front and a personalized message in pyrography on the back. I turn the cedro rojo (local red cedar) plates on my lathe, and Richar does the painting and pyrography. The one below was a commission for a Violet Saberwing hummingbird in acrylic on the front, and a custom message in pyrography on the back. Richar can create realistic images from your photo or image, and it only takes a couple of days if there is no backlog. . (Excuse the first two poor pictures - my camera pics disappeared and I had to use cellphone photos.) The below photo of a quetzal plate shows the color and beauty of Richar's acrylic paintings much better. Please visit my table on the back terrace (under the the "Xulonn" sign) at the Tuesday BCP Market to view and purchase Richar's art - or to place orders for custom work. (You can talk Richar on Tuesdays, because he will be at the market selling his other arts, crafts and jewelry.) ------------------------------------- Here is a 4" square pyrography piece that is also available for sale. Note the subtle use of color. ------------------------------------- And here is a custom 4" pyrograph of Charlie, made for his owners, very good friends who live here in Boquete. You can have one just like it of your pet for only $30. David van Harn My Artisan Woodturnings & Fine Art by Richar Huiza Boquete, Chiriqui, Panama Cell Phone: 6706-7236 e-mail: dvanharn@gmail.com

Fundacion Biblioteca de Boquete would first like to thank the community for its participation and support during the Book Sale (Vente de Libros) this past Saturday, and wishes to announce that the sale will be continued through Monday and Tuesday of this week, during regular library hours. We have many books in English and in Spanish, and many brand new children's books in Spanish which would make wonderful seasonal presents. Feliz Navidad to everyone, and we are deeply grateful for all the ongoing support, as well as the numerous volunteers from this community. Best wishes for a healthy, prosperous year in 2018! Fundación Biblioteca de Boquete 507-720-2879 www. BiblioBoquete..com admin@BiblioBoquete.com

ENROLLMENT OPEN SEASON FOR THE ALTO AL CRIMEN/HOSPITAL COOPERATIVO MEDICAL DISCOUNT PLAN. Beginning December 19 at the Tuesday Market we will once again have the Hospital Cooperativo discount medical plan open for renewals and for new enrollments. Hospital Cooperativo is the ONLY non-profit hospital in Panama. It offers a wide range of basic medical services and has nineteen affiliated doctors plus a number of psychologists and nutritionists. GOOD NEWS! Beginning in January 2018, a new doctor will be affiliated with the hospital. She is the daughter of Doctor Luis Wong, the hospital administrator. Dra. Wong is a radiologist and will be managing the X-ray and ultrasound imaging facilities. She speaks ENGLISH! Dra. Wong has been practicing medicine in Spain. The medical plan has no age limits, no waiting period and no pre-existing condition restrictions. Discounts apply to doctor consultations, hospital services, hospital room charges, operating room services, prescription drugs at the pharmacy and emergency room services. Discounts range from 25% to 30% for most services and 50% for emergency room services. And the discounts are off already very low prices because the hospital is non-profit. Because the Alto al Crimen emergency bilingual hotline will be closing down, fees for the plan will no longer include donations to AAC. The charge for the plan will be $120 per person. A separate contract and information sheet will be required for each person. Also, a clear, legible copy of each person's ID must be provided. Copies of Cedulas are preferred, but if you have a Pensionado Card or Passport, copies of them are also acceptable. We are in a transitional stage of offering this service and will need payment in cash only. All proceeds will go the the hospital. Alto al Crimen will have a table at the BCP Tuesday market on December 19 from about 9 AM until Noon. We plan to offer other enrollment or renewal opportunities until January 16. But please do not delay. If too many people wait until the last minute to enroll, there will not be enough time for everyone. The hospital's contract is in Spanish, but we will have English translation copies available for you to read. We'll also have a list of doctors and their specialties and a schedule of the discounts. Below is a copy of the information sheet we need to have for each enrollee. If you copy it and print the number of copies you will need, you can complete the forms and bring them with you. That will make your enrollment work faster and better. Be sure to complete the form in clearly legible block letters. Your address does not need to contain detailed information because it is not used for dispatching ambulances or other emergency services. We need this form for both new enrollments and for renewals. Bob Gregory on behalf of Alto al Crimen WORKSHEET FOR WALLET CARD [CARNET] INFORMATION NAME [NOMBRE] ______________________________________ As on passport or id. CEDULA NUMBER ___________________________________ or resident ID or passport number ' EMAIL ADDRESS ______________________________________ PHYSICAL ADDRESS (direccion) (Use community name or area such as: Alto Boquele, Boquete, Los Naranjos, etc.) ­____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ TELEPHONE NUMBER __________________________________ BLOOD TYPE & RH FACTOR (+ or - ) _______________ This confidential information will he used to complete your wallet Membership card and will be used to notify you when your card is available for to be picked up.

Happy Holidays from YiA Yoga! Join us on Saturday, December 23 at 10am and Sunday, December 24 at 10am for Christmas Karma Class benefiting local charities. We will be accepting monetary and non-perishable food in lieu of payment. YiA Yoga is located at the San Miguel Boutique Cabanas in Alto Boquete (just past Ivans). Only 5 minutes outside town. Plenty of parking available.