Friday night was the pre-celebration for the All Souls Procession which took place Sunday at 6 p.m. along Fourth Ave. and into downtown.

I experienced the performance by Mizu Desierto, an abstract and very expressive dance including the use of beautiful lighting and video projection.

The people attending this fundraiser were elaborately decked out in
dance of the dead attire that celebrates this grand weekend event. The party continued outside the Rialto Theatre with belly dancers and drummers along the street. Traffic lit the scene with an intensity that attracted the passersby to catch part of the fun.

Then it was on to Plush where electronic wizzards Musica Obscura blew us all away again with their intense sound of vocals vailed in a womb of decadent beats and screaming guitars, among other sounds that these three guys and whatever machines they are using up there pump out.