"luna mexicana" by the oakland ballet company. abel, thank you so much.hank you so much for having us. really appreciate your support and look forward to seeing you all. damian: all right, gracias. and up next here on "comunidad del valle" some more celebrations of dia de los muertos across the bay area, stay with us. veronica escámez is the head of casa círculo cultural in the peninsula redwood city area. she's on our show. senora, welcome back to "comunidad del valle." veronica escámez: thank you very much for the invitation. damian: thank you. senora was acting honoria la familia award a few years back, but tell us a little bit, senora, about casa círculo cultural. veronica: well, casa círculo cultural-- name is casa means home for a lot of families here in redwood city. we try to teach the kids about the arts and cultures and traditions of our--mexico and latin america. damian: oh, that's beautiful and, i mean, what a better way to teach culture to our children than the dia de los muertos. tell us about the big party you have planned in redwood city.

." ♪♪♪ damian: and we begin today with the oakland ballet company and their new production called "lunaana." with me is abel guillén, the chair of the board there of the luna mexicana committee. abel, welcome to the show. abel guillén: hey, thank you so much for having us today. i'm excited to be here and [speaking foreign language] damian: that's right. well, we have a theme going. that's why the altar--i have my [speaking foreign language] in the back, but we're talking about