Word: ramoses
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Faustino G. Ramos '96, co-director of the Ballet Folklorico de Aztlan, said that his troupe may not be able to perform because the hard shoes worn by its members damage the stage at Sanders Theater.
Ramos said that the director of the Memorial Hall and Lowell Lecture Hall complex, Eric C. Engel, could solve this problem by buying a portable stage. The group faced the situation last year, but was allowed to perform.
The influx of free-spending visitors has triggered a migration from the mainland of people seeking tourism-related jobs. In 1970 the year-round population was about 2,000 people; now it is close to 15,000 and growing 8% a year. The new arrivals are already straining the Galapagos...
Ballet President Faustino G. Ramos '96 says his group uses the Linden Street space to avoid damaging the MAC's floors.
"We have resorted to buying our own sheets of masonite wood which we put down on top of the squash courts," Ramos says.