Santa Clara Portuguese Hall - SES

[@josemedeiros007]

Great video, very well made with a great explanation of the Azorean Portuguese people in Santa Clara. My parents immigrated from San Miguel, Azores in 1966, we first lived in East Providence and moved to San Jose in 1972 for my father's engineering position with GTE, he later joined Atari as a QA Manager in 1974-1986.

[@trademarkplumber]

Great video. Such a rich history. Thank you for sharing.

[@atelierrnd]

AZORES POWER!! YAY This is cool thanks for making! Obrigada! ❤

[@rosemarygenerali2542]

Such great memories! Thank you for this.

[@JTBSnetwork]

Thank you. I loved making it, lots of great memories.

[@Tiagomedia]

This is so educational, well done!

[@santaclaraliving]

Thanks, glad you liked it.

[@jsanches4070]

I'm one of those who immigrated to the Santa Clara Valley, as a young boy in the late 60's. Enjoyed the video. Good job!

[@santaclaraliving]

My uncles came at that time. I came in the mid 70's with my parents. Thanks so much for your comment.

[@terrivellios]

Great video. You are a natural. Learning more about the S.E.S. hall and my ancestors was a treat. My mom took me to the S.E.S. hall for Festas, and dances, I too remember Sopas fondly. My mom often played Bingo there. These relatives of mine came from Hawaii via the Azores and are now mostly long gone. Thank you for this fond memory.

[@santaclaraliving]

Thanks Terri. So great to hear your story. What island from the Azores did your family come from? Also what island in Hawaii? Was fascinated to hear about the history of the sugar plantations when I was in Kauai last Summer.

[@terrivellios]

@@santaclaraliving My mother was the youngest of 11 children. Information is spotty now that they have all passed. The DNA Census for my grandparents only shows Hawaii. For the DNA results Azores, it lists Sao Miguel.

[@atelierrnd]

Went to my first Holy Ghost Sopas here

[@malesavandyke8422]

Great video. Brings back memories of when I was queen for the Mountain View hall and marched with one of the San Jose bands. Awesome memories of growing up in that community 💕🇺🇸🇵🇹

[@ElsieWolfe-q6z]

Great job, Primo!!! Very well done and you did an amazing job capturing our family culture. I remember participating in the festas, parades and sopas. Such a key part of my upbringing.

[@mannysilva7225]

Thanks for creating this video, I also was raised in this community and all that pertains to the S.E.S. and the hall. I remember in the 50's when they raised the entire building and built the basement as you see it today. One of my dear friends George Silva was the superintend of the project, I am always reminded of what at the time was a miracle to me. I often tell people you can eat and celebrate a fiesta somewhere in Calif. from the Oregan boarder to San Diego from May to October every year and never be charged. There is no ethnic group that is willing to delicate so much time and money to others for only the satisfaction of providing happiness to others.

[@santaclaraliving]

Thanks for sharing. I was wondering how the old hall looked so different from the current hall. That explains everything, thank you.

[@LighthouseTravelTour]

It is wonderful to hear your personal story showing in this story today while showing the building historic importance. I found cousins who moved and active in Santa Clara in the 1960s that I never met. There is a special tie when when a treasure like this. Thank you.

[@santaclaraliving]

Thank you for your comment, and your continued support of the channel.

[@dsouza4746]

I’m from Santa Clara and my parents forced me to be In the Sociedade Espiritu Santo (SES) Band. I never appreciated it and my culture when I was a kid in the 80’. I’d be so embarrassed in those parades all summer at the different parishes all over California 7:32 . Fyi not all Portuguese in Santa Clara are from the Azores … my parents are from Madeira . Anyways, now at 56 years old I have just retired and moved to Cascais Portugal -now I know why my parents did what they did. I get it now because I look back at those times as a kid as my parents way of making sure I didn’t forget my roots. My uncle owned Souzas Bakery which is long gone now. Oh how do I miss those days now and how proud am I to be a Portagee from Santa Clara.

[@santaclaraliving]

thanks for the reply. you are right there are quite a number of Portuguese descendants from Madeira. Some of the Portuguese came to California after working and settling in Hawaii. There are even some from the Portuguese continent. I have met some that came through Africa either Mozambique or Angola. My father's side went to Brazil before settling here in Santa Clara. Although the cast majority came from the Azores, it's important to understand that the Azores in the 1800's and early 1900's was very much unconnected to the Portuguese continent. Portuguese from the Azores are quite different from Portuguese from the continent.

[@mattb0yd100]

wow was raised in santa clara went to saint clares & i have to ask myself.would there have a silicon valley.with out you folks .....

[@santaclaraliving]

That is very kind of you to say. As far as silicon valley is concerned I think we owe that to William Shockley and his engineers as Fairchild semiconductor. Either way, the valley has always been about hard working people.

[@maria-fatimamachado5141]

@@santaclaraliving

[@maria-fatimamachado5141]

Thanks so much for creating this video it’s beautiful.

[@paradeguy]

I’m Filipino American ; do you have video ; thank you

[@santaclaraliving]

Not yet. I grew up next to a family of Filipino Americans, they were my best friends growing up.

[@maryjacintasilva2379]

I marched for two years 68-69 as side made for the Holy Ghost festival..