(L-R) Catherine Prokop, President of Canary Islanders Heritage Society of Louisiana, Joey di Fatta, Councilman, St. Bernard Parish, Celie Robin, Lorraine B. McDaniel, board member, William de Marigny Hyland, Director of Isleno Museum Complex, at opening ceremony of the 2006 Fiesta as Fr. Lance Campo blesses the event.
Irvan Perez, center, founding member of Canary Islands Descendants Association addresses the crowd. (L-R) Catherine Prokop, Mrs. Lena Torres, Parish Clerk of Court, Joey di Fatta, Bill Hyland and Fr. Campo.
Mr. Perez sings a traditional Decima of the Canary Islands as Lorraine McDaniel, Bill Hyland and Fr. Campo listen.
St. Bernard Parish President Harry 'Junior' Rodriguez welcomes visitors to the 2006 Fiesta.
Mr. Rodriguez, Councilwoman, Judy Hoffmeister, and Catherine Prokop listen as Mrs. Lena Torres addresses crowd.
Dorothy Benge, President of Los Islenos Heritage and Cultural Society, makes announcements as Joey di Fatta and Bill Hyland look on.
Sergio Ramos Lopez, a native of Santa Lucia, Gran Canaria, introduces Senor Jacinto Gonzalez Romero, President, Los Artesanos de Ingenio, who led the musicians and vocalists to Louisiana for Fiesta 2006.
Sergio translates the message of Jacinto Dominguez as he describes the handmade traditional wear being presented to the Museum.
Another gift of Teneriffe lace is being described by Sergio.
One of the young musicians plays the timple, a string instrument of the Canary Islands. This timple replaces one lost from the Museum in the past.
