Reunion Fundraiser

Lulu and her family have been busy making and selling menudo, cookies and drinks at the park to raise money. This will help cover some of the initial costs of planning the reunion. She has created a DVD of the 1st ever reunion in Sweetwater and is selling them for $10.00. If you are interested in purchasing a copy please call her to order. I have her contact information in a previous post so please check her available hours before calling.

Thanks!

Chris

Midland Reunion Update

Lulu is asking anyone that videotaped DeLoera Reunion's #2 & #4 which were both

held in Sweetwater to please send her a copy. She wants to convert them to CD's to

make a slide presentation. Her cell # is 714-589-4893 (please call on weekends

Texas time would be after 6pm on Saturday and after 7pm Sunday) Lulu is planning

to have it at the Hilton in Midland, Tx. They require $1000 deposit in order for her to

reserve it for July 28, 2012. The reunion fee will be $50 for everyone over 10 years

old. They don't offer a childs plate for dinner so the extra will go to cover them.

I'll continue to provide updates as she passes them on to me

Proximo Sonido Update

They will be performing in downtown Dallas on August 21st at 2:00pm at the Tejano Music National Convention. If you would like more information and are interested in going please get the details from www.tejanoticket.com

Reunion Pictures

Just a reminder to anyone who attended the reunion - you can request 1 CD of the pictures that were taken that day by our photographer. Email me at deloerareunion2009@gmail.com and provide me a name and address where you want it sent. I had some issues getting the discs copied but am now starting to send them out to those of you who have already requested them. I am taking requests through Friday the 14th so please get those requests in.

Thanks,

Chris Thomas

Our Condolences

Vickie was at our DFR09 reunion a few weeks ago. She will be missed. Here is the obituary that was in the newspaper: Vickie Ann Rodriguez Vickie Ann Rodriguez went home to be with her heavenly father on Monday, July 20, 2009 after sustaining injuries from an automobile accident. She was born January 7, 1960 in Midland, TX to Victor and Margaret Gonzales. She attended school in California and graduated from Ontario High School in 1978. She moved to Midland, TX in 1993. She graduated from Midland College in 2001. She leaves to cherish her memory son, Oscar Rodriguez, Jr and wife Regina of Midland; son Gabriel Rodriguez and wife Adriana of Midland; daughter, Marisa Stoffel and husband Adam of Fort Irwin, CA; grandchildren: Malerie Rodriguez, Joseph Morales, Rayna Fuentes, Siarah Rodriguez, and Angel Rodriguez, all of Midland; parents Victor and Margaret Gonzales of Midland; three brothers, Victor Gonzales, Jr. of Moreno Valley, CA;Manuel Gonzales of Midland; Mario Gonzales of Midland; two sisters, Judy Santana of Midland; and Ruth Valles of Austin, TX; along with numerous nieces and nephews. She was a volunteer for Crisis Intervention Unit in 1996, and volunteered for various organizations throughout the years. She worked as a photo lab tech for Wal-Mart from 1994 through 2005. She loved to dance and could dance up a storm at any occasion. She was always fun and outgoing and the life of party. She will be greatly missed by everyone who was blessed to have her as part of their lives. A prayer services will be held Thurs, July 23, 2009 at 7:00 p.m. at Lewallen-Garcia-Pipkin Chapel. A Funeral Service is set for Friday, July 24, 2009 at 11:00 am at Lewallen-Garcia-Pipkin Chapel. Interment will follow at Resthaven Memorial Park. Pallbearers for the service will be Oscar Rodriguez, Jr., Gabriel Rodriguez, Victor Gonzales, Jr., Manuel Gonzales, Mario Gonzales, and Matthew Santana. Honorary pallbearer will be Micah Valles. Services are under the direction of Lewallen-Garcia-Pipkin Funeral Home. Family messages and condolences may be emailed to: pipkin@nts-online.net.

NEW REUNION DATES!!!

Lulu is in charge of this next reunion and has hit the ground running! The location was already decided for Midland and now we have a date... July 28th 2012. If you have a calendar that goes out that far mark it now! :) This blog's purpose is to keep the family informed and I will continue to give updates for the reunion as I get them. If you would like to donate your time then please leave your information in the comments section. Let's help them make this next reunion a great success!

Chris Thomas

Proximo Sonido

Good luck tonight at the Tejano Music Awards! Wish you all the best and I see that you've already been requested for the next reunion!

http://www.tejanomusicawards.com/

Order Picture CD

Hi everyone,

The photos are up and they look amazing. We just wanted to let everyone know that included in the fee is one copy of the CD of all photos per FAMILY in your choice of color cd or black/white cd.
The CD will be available on REQUEST BASIS only and the deadline for the request will be August 14, 2009. Please email your request to:

deloerareunion2009@gmail.com

For those of you that are interested in the CDs, but did NOT attend the reunion, You can purchase the CD for $10 (which includes shipping cost).

You are more than welcome to order through the photographer or wait for the free copy of your CD. Please remember that the photo quality of her prints will far surpass the quality of the prints that we can get off of the cd. The CD is a great keepsake but if you would like to get a couple of them framed I would suggest you continue your order through her site www.ariellaphotography.com

Ellie Castro & Christopher Thomas

Pictures!!!

www.ariellaphotography.com Follow the link to order pictures and you can see all of the photos that were taken by the photographer on Saturday!

Proximo Sonido Update

Just wanted to give everyone a quick update in case you were not at the reunion. This is the band that we had playing for us Saturday night. It's made up of mostly DeLoera descendants and just a few days ago they made it into the top 5 nominees for the Crossover Song of The Year (Liar) at the Tejano Music Awards. This year the awards are taking place on July 17th so check your local listings and watch the show to find out the results. Congratulations guys! The show on Saturday was great!

Free at last...free at last ha ha!

I'm just kidding, kind of. I want to thank all of you who came out and made this a very successful reunion. With your participation we were all able to have a great time! I want to especially thank the following people in no particular order: Mike and Ellie Castro, Jennifer Munoz, Elizabeth DeLoera, Mary Thomas, Able DeLoera, Albert DeLoera, Proximo Sonido, Gloria Mapston (hotel coordinator), J.G. Munoz (missed you!), Becky Benivamondez, Melba and Audrey Munoz, Eva Perry and Gus, Adrian and Jonathon Castro and I'm sure many many more that I can't think of at this moment. If you had a special memory from this past weekend I would love to see it in the comments! For those of you who were invested with us behind the scenes I really really appreciate your help. For those of you who came and enjoyed yourselves it was all worth it. Lulu has chosen Midland for our next reunion in 3 years and I wish her all the best. This will be her 4th so this is old hat for her! I will continue to update this website with family information as you guys pass it on to me and hopefully we can continue to keep up with each other on here and on our myspace page. The photographer that we hired will soon be linking all of the photos she took back to this website so be on the lookout or if you took one of her sheets you can go directly to her site. God Bless all of you!

Chris Thomas

Hey Everybody we're getting so close!!!

We're putting all of the finishing touches on everything and hope to bring you a very fun reunion. We've gotten Proximo Sonido confirmed and we were able to renegotiate a great contract with the hotel even with our reduced numbers. I love this place, they have been so helpful and are going above and beyond to help us make this an enjoyable experience. The one thing that could make it go sour real quick is if you bring any fireworks. The city of Fort Worth is very strict with their enforcement and so is this hotel. They have told us that they will be forced to escort anyone off of the premises that is caught lighting fireworks. There should be plenty of fun available without bringing these to the hotel so please make sure your kids leave them at home. We don't want anybody's reunion being cut off early. Thanks again for all of your help and participation throughout this entire past year. We'll see you all very soon.

Chris Thomas

ONLY 10 DAYS !!!

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Margarito's Branch:

5 Adults @ No Charge

150 Paid Family Members

51 Children Under 10

Antonio's Branch:

5 Adults @ No Charge

35 Paid Family Members

4 Children Under 10

Valeriana's Branch:

2 Adults @ No Charge

23 Paid Family Members

9 Children Under 10

Anastacia's Branch:

1 Adults @ No Charge

7 Paid Family Members

3 Children Under 10

Total Money: 215 paid x $50 = $10750 + $50 donation = $10800

*13 free adults

*67 free children under 10

Rooms Reserved 7/3/09 : 60 Rooms

Rooms Reserved 7/4/09 : 83 Rooms

***June 3, 2009 is the cutoff date for reserving a room -

PAY NO ATTENTION TO THIS!!! GET YOUR ROOMS QUICK!!! :)

UPDATE

Hi everyone,

This isn't the full update, everything is starting to happen faster than we can post to you. Many of you called us within the last few weeks wondering if we were still going to have the reunion since we did not meet our fund raising goals. We assured you that we would still have one but that there might be some changes which would need to be made. Here is a short list of where we are up to this point:

* We will be having the reunion in the same hotel - they have been very accommodating!

* We are managing to keep everything the same except you must now buy your own shirts

* Red, White, Blue, Green are the official family colors this year

* Please do not send any more money to Albert in Snyder - that account was closed

* Please do not put us in the position of turning anyone away at the door - we do not plan on collecting any money that day. The hotel has extended their deadline to us so if you know of anyone who has changed their mind and wants to come you will have to get the money to us next week in Dallas at the latest

Almost Time!!!

Thank you to everyone who came out to the hotel on Saturday morning and helped put the finishing touches on our reunion. It's been a hectic weekend but I will post a full update within the next few days so please be on the lookout and be ready to touch base with your family and give them all the news! We're all very excited and hope you are too!

Esther Barrera's Pictures *click on photo for information*

***REMINDER*** May 30th Deadline!!!

***UPDATE***

I know you have talent so let's show it off! Please get the information that's needed on this form to Audrey by the 30th of this month.

The DeLoera Family Reunion Talent Show will be held on Saturday, July 4, 2009.

We want to showcase the many talents of this family! All ages and talents are welcome! We are looking for a wide range of talents so be creative! 

Some suggestions for entries: 

                                                                                                                             

Musicians, dancers, singers, lip syncing skits, comedians, magicians, and gymnastics routines

 

If you are interested in performing in the DFR’09 Talent Show, please complete the form below and return it by May 30, 2009 by mail to DFR’09 Talent Show, 4603 S. County Rd. 1200, Midland, TX 79706 or by email to jammunoz@suddenlink.net

If you have any questions or need further information please contact Audrey Munoz by phone at (432)687-3085

 

  

We are looking forward to a great, fun-filled show!

DFR’09 Talent Show Entry Form

 

Stage Name: _____________________________________________________________________

Contact Person: ___________________________________________________________________

E-mail: _________________________________________ Phone: __________________________

Act Description: _____________________________________ Number of Performers: _________

Approximate length of Act: ________________________________

Requirements/Rules:

• Participants must complete this entry form and return it by May 30, 2009. Only those who have submitted an entry form will be able to participate.

• Due to time constraints, the number of performers allowed to compete will be limited and taken on a first

come, first serve basis.

•Any musical accompaniment must be provided by the participant on CD.  No cassette tapes.

• Each act should be limited to approximately 3 minutes.  

 

Judging:

 

• Each participant or group will judged based on performance quality, preparedness, creativity, entertainment value, and originality. 

• Awards will be handed out for Best Talent, Most Creative, and Most Entertaining.   

 

 

Suggestions for a successful act:

 

• Keep your act as close to 3 minutes as possible.  The audience tends to lose interest after about 3 minutes for each individual act.

• Practice your act several times prior to performance date.  Practice makes perfect.

• Wear a uniform or an appropriate costume during your performance.  This will get the audience’s attention.

• And most importantly . . . be creative and have fun!  If you are having fun, the audience will too!!

We want to thank Audrey Munoz for all of her hard work in helping to put this talent show together.  

Frequently Asked Questions

The following questions have come from enough people that we decided it might be best to post them for others who might be wondering the same thing:

1. Will our kids be able to bring friends to hang out with them for the day?  

The short answer is yes.  We would hope that everyone would take this opportunity to get aquainted with family members that you may not be aware of and make new friends.  The $50 fee will still apply to anyone attending (free under 10 only applies to child of a paying parent)

2. How many guests can we bring and when do we need to send in their money?

As many as you like as long as they each pay $50.  We need the money ASAP

3. Could we have friends just join us for the dance that evening and not pay the fee?

There have been a lot of variations on this question but the standard is set in order to be fair to everyone who has paid.  In order to keep confusion to a minimum the only people who will be allowed in our part of the Hotel will have to have their wristband ID's on.  You will only receive these if you have paid your fees.

4. Why was there a 4-15-09 deadline? I was thinking of just paying at the door.

This might initially sound harsh but we will not be collecting any funds at the door.  Several of us have been working tirelessly for the last year to bring you an efficiently organized reunion.  A lot of work has gone into this planning and by the time July 4th comes around we want to enjoy the fruits of our hard work.  Mainly in getting to visit with you.  The money that is needed has to be spent before the reunion even starts.  As much as we want to see you if you have not pre-paid or made arrangements with Albert it is too late for you to attend this reunion.  

Support Proximo Sonido by voting!

This band is made up of Elias Barrera, Sammy Alvarez Jr., Jesse Limones, and Fabian Limones all of who are cousins and descendants of Margarito DeLoera. The one remaining member of the band who isn't related is Jose Luis Garcia.  Show your support and request an e-mail ballot to vote for their song "Liar"

  www.tejanomusicawards.com/ballotform1.html

You can also see their front page write up in the Sweetwater Reporter at http://www.sweetwaterreporter.com/content/view/144696/60/

Genoveva DeLoera

Thank you Ray Garcia for forwarding this picture to us.  This was Margarito, Antonio, Valeriana and Anastacia's mother.  Her husband Ramon DeLoera died in Mexico and I'm not sure if anyone has a picture of him but if they do please share it with us.

April 15th Deadline - Clock's ticking

Hello Everyone, just a quick note to update you on our funds.  I put up the thermometer so that everyone could see where we were with our numbers.  I appreciate everybody who has been able to send in their money early.  I understand that everyone will not be able to do this so I urge you to send in a note to Albert and set up a payment plan.  Mary Thomas has been getting some checks sent to her and in order to guarantee that you get credit for your payment it needs to be sent directly to Albert (Please follow the instructions on this blog and on your newsletter)  We will be having our next committee meeting sometime after our April 15th deadline to go over any changes in our total person count.  Our goal is to not have to collect any monies at the reunion so that we have more time to enjoy it.  So if you haven't sent your payment or a note requesting a payment plan then you won't be counted so please get back to us as soon as possible.  

Thank you for all your support

Chris Thomas

Watch Homeland Security USA

This is a new reality tv series that's showing Tuesday nights on the ABC network.The show follows the men and women who patrol more than 100,000 miles of America's borders.  Manuel "Jerry" Vasquez works in the gang unit for the U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security out of Santa Ana, CA. Jerry's mother Paula DeLoera Vasquez "Pavo" and his sister Lulu were responsible for putting together our first 3 DeLoera reunions.  The cameras have been following his gang unit for the past 6 months but they have not been told when their segment will air.  There will be a total of 13 episodes aired this season and if you've already missed some you can watch them online at:

 abc.go.com/primetime/homelandsecurity