Rainbow Life & Hippie Holidays
June 15, 2009
by Sandy Penny
Life can be rich and colorful. It’s up to you what your experience will be and what it will manifest in your life. Science has confirmed what the mystics have always said once again: life is colored by your perceptions. Check out my new ButterFly article, hot off the presses and being distributed around town as we speak.
You can view the article here along with all the wonderful supportive advertisers. Click the link to our latest pdf: ButterFly 06.09 – Rainbow Life.
Hippie Days are here again! As a part of your rich and colorful life, you’ll want to attend the Hippie Homecoming Strut and Stomp on Sunday, June 21 beginning at 10 am until 8 pm on McCarthy Plaza on the southeast side of Taos Plaza where the Horse Fly office is now located. What better way to entertain your dad than a trip down memory lane on Father’s Day?
Music from the 60s will transport you to times gone by. You can watch local artists painting live people in psychedelic colors from 10 am to 3 pm followed by a Painted People and Hippie parade through town. Stick pony races are a Horse Fly tradition. Pick your favorites and cheer them on or hop on your favorite stick pony steed and race your way to prizes.
The old La Cocina crowd are gathering at Ogelvies for the La Cocina Reunion that same afternoon, 3-6 pm. La Cocina was a local bar and restaurant located on Taos Plaza during the ‘60s. Local politicos hashed out the problems of the town over drinks. Hippies mingled with tourists and locals. It was all happening right there, right then. Now it’s the history we’re revisiting like an old friend. You know, even harrowing stories are exciting and funny in the retelling. You can hear the stories from those who were there, those who remember. (Even Dennis Hopper could show up, though it’s rumored he got thrown out of La Cocina more than once. Just a rumor though. I wasn’t there.)
The Oriental Bluestreaks, once called Dolly & the Lama Mountain boys, are coming back together for a historical summer reunion. They were very popular regionally back in the ‘60s, and they haven’t played together in over 30 years. They’ve added local favorite guitarist Omar Rane to the mix. This music is authentic to the time period and to our local color. They’ll be playing on the Taos Plaza at 6 pm, Sunday, June 21 as part of the Hippie Homecoming events.
And on Wednesday, June 24, they’ll play at the Kachina for the HorseFly Institute’s Bluestreak Boogie event starting at 7:00 pm. Barefoot former hippies will join belly dancers and all manor of merrymakers. And, Tommy Hancock’s Supernatural Family Band featuring the Texana Dames, Kit Nelson, Omar Rane and Carlos Rael will rock the house. You just can’t have more fun anywhere for $10 in advance or $12 at the door. What a blast from the past!
This is a truly great summer in Taos. What other small town offers so much entertainment for so little money? It’s the bargain of the century. Check out the Horse Fly June edition, now on the streets for all the details of these events, and go to taosdaily.com (Horse Fly online) for updates and compelling and revealing articles and tidbits.
