MECHA organizes noche de cultura
Raymond Aguirre
Issue date: 5/13/08 Section: Multicultural
A night of food, dance, and music took place on May 5 at the Student Life Patio as MEChA held Noche de Cultura, an event in commemoration of Cinco De Mayo.
Raul Chavez, a history professor, kicked off the event with an introductory speech.
"Cinco de Mayo in the Latino community has a very special place, especially those in the United States," he said.
Chavez's speech was followed by an ethnic dance performance by "Aztec dancers", who did their routine in tribal costumes at the walkway between Student Services and Student Life.
"The cool thing about them is that they were a small group of people at first but...they had contact with other dancers and for this one-time event they combined," MEChA president Matthew Iniguez said. "It went from being six or seven people to being like 35 or 40."
Iniguez had nothing but praise for the visiting performers.
"Those guys put on a show for us," he said. "I was in awe of everything they did."
The crowd's attention shifted to a tribute band to Carlos Santana after the dance, which featured MEChA adviser and Mt. SAC counselor James Ocampo.
"We're lucky they said they were going to perform because they come from different areas," Iniguez said.
Other performers shared the spotlight for the night, including singers who sang in Spanish, and a couple of dance groups.
"[A MEChA member] got them at the very last minute," Iniguez said. "Some of them come from Pomona School of Fine Arts and one of them is [from Mt. SAC]."
Iniguez said that he had gotten good feedback from professors the day after the event and added that the credit goes out to a lot of people, including faculty members, several campus clubs, and Associated Students whose members helped set-up the Student Life Patio for the event.
"We had strong support from all over campus," he said.
According to Activities Senator Christian Vargas, 20, AS also voted to give money to MEChA to help fund Noche De Cultura.
"It is part of Associated Students that students are being benefited directly," he said.
MEChA adviser Lina Soto did not stay through the whole event, but she commends her students for a job well done.
"I really thought the event went very well," Soto said.
Iniguez said that the turn-out was better than expected, despite lacking time to advertise.
"Every single one of us was amazed at how many people decided to show up," Iniguez said. "To see all those people there...was worth all the missed hours of sleep."
Iniguez said that Mt. SAC can look forward to more events from MEChA.
"We want to let people know that we're still here," Iniguez said. If anything else, we're going to get bigger, we are going to get stronger.
Raul Chavez, a history professor, kicked off the event with an introductory speech.
"Cinco de Mayo in the Latino community has a very special place, especially those in the United States," he said.
Chavez's speech was followed by an ethnic dance performance by "Aztec dancers", who did their routine in tribal costumes at the walkway between Student Services and Student Life.
"The cool thing about them is that they were a small group of people at first but...they had contact with other dancers and for this one-time event they combined," MEChA president Matthew Iniguez said. "It went from being six or seven people to being like 35 or 40."
Iniguez had nothing but praise for the visiting performers.
"Those guys put on a show for us," he said. "I was in awe of everything they did."
The crowd's attention shifted to a tribute band to Carlos Santana after the dance, which featured MEChA adviser and Mt. SAC counselor James Ocampo.
"We're lucky they said they were going to perform because they come from different areas," Iniguez said.
Other performers shared the spotlight for the night, including singers who sang in Spanish, and a couple of dance groups.
"[A MEChA member] got them at the very last minute," Iniguez said. "Some of them come from Pomona School of Fine Arts and one of them is [from Mt. SAC]."
Iniguez said that he had gotten good feedback from professors the day after the event and added that the credit goes out to a lot of people, including faculty members, several campus clubs, and Associated Students whose members helped set-up the Student Life Patio for the event.
"We had strong support from all over campus," he said.
According to Activities Senator Christian Vargas, 20, AS also voted to give money to MEChA to help fund Noche De Cultura.
"It is part of Associated Students that students are being benefited directly," he said.
MEChA adviser Lina Soto did not stay through the whole event, but she commends her students for a job well done.
"I really thought the event went very well," Soto said.
Iniguez said that the turn-out was better than expected, despite lacking time to advertise.
"Every single one of us was amazed at how many people decided to show up," Iniguez said. "To see all those people there...was worth all the missed hours of sleep."
Iniguez said that Mt. SAC can look forward to more events from MEChA.
"We want to let people know that we're still here," Iniguez said. If anything else, we're going to get bigger, we are going to get stronger.
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