The Junior League of
McAllen celebrated its 25th Dias Festivos Marketplace, a
shopping extravaganza like no other, in December 2011!
The marketplace weekend, themed Come
Experience the Magic of the Season,
featured unique gifts and was held at the
McAllen Convention Center. The weekend began on Thursday, December
1st at 7pm
with our Preview Party - a night of
celebration and spirited giving at which we honored a selected
Sustaining Member of the Junior League of McAllen, Yolanda
Barerra, for her outstanding contributions and continued service to our
community. Those in attendance at the Preview Party were
the first to shop the marketplace from 7pm to 9pm on
Thursday.
The
doors of the marketplace opened to the public on Friday at
12pm for Holiday
Shopping. Shopping was Friday
from 12pm to 6pm, Saturday from 9am to 6pm, and Sunday from
11am to 5pm. Santa and Mrs. Claus were on hand for
photographs throughout the weekend.
For over two decades, the
Junior League of McAllen has traditionally opened the holiday season
with its Dias Festivos Marketplace in order to raise funds for the
children of the community. Untold hours of labor organizing
this grand shopping extravaganza result in encouragement and
education for the youth in Hidalgo County, Texas. The event
would not be a success without the generous support of our Corporate
Sponsors and our Auction Donors.
Dias Festivos Marketplace 2011 featured the following
special events:
Preview Party Thursday, December 1st, 7pm-11pm
McAllen Convention Center
Grand Ballroom
$75 per person
Holiday
Shopping
Friday, December 2nd - Sunday, December 4th
McAllen Convention Center
Exhibit Hall A
$5 per person / children under 12 are free
Preferred
Shopping & Style Show Friday, December 2nd, 10am-12pm
McAllen Convention Center
$35 per person
Santa
and Mrs. Claus
Saturday, December 3rd, 11am-3pm
Sunday, December 4th, 11am-3pm
McAllen Convention Center
Exhibit Hall A
$10 for each photo
The Dias
Festivos Marketplace 2011 general shopping hours were:
Friday, December 2nd
Saturday,
December 3rd
Sunday,
December 4th
12 pm -
6 pm
9 am - 6 pm
11 am - 5 pm
Dias Festivos Marketplace 2012 will again feature gourmet foods, apparel, fashion accessories, home
furnishings, original art, and a variety of unique gifts for the holidays. Located inside the
McAllen Convention Center at Expressway 83 &
Ware Road, the marketplace will be open to the public
during the first
weekend of December. General Admission is $5, and children
under 12 are admitted free of charge.
Are you interested in being a merchant at
the next Dias Festivos Marketplace?
All
merchants must go through our review process; selections
are made to achieve the best variety of gifts, food, artwork and crafts.
Additional information for potential merchants and Merchant
Applications are available for
you to download from this website.
Please enter the following security code:
3004
Name
Company
Address
Phone
Email
Please answer the following two questions if you are
interested in being a merchant:
What are your products?
Do you have a website?
Dias Festivos, the Junior League of McAllen's holiday
gift fair, began in 1987. It followed a
long tradition of fundraisers which included: the first Charity Ball
in 1938, the first Follies in 1947, bridge lessons in 1953, the first
Artist's Costume Ball in 1954, the first weekly modeling at Jones &
Jones in 1957, the first Halloween Barn Dance in 1958, the first rummage
sale in 1959, the first Millionaires Party in 1961, the first Spring
Bouquet to benefit the McAllen International Museum in 1968 and the
first Casino Party in 1981. Our fundraisers enable us to fulfill our Vision Statement of
“significantly improving the lives of children and youth in our
community.”
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