Festival crosses the municipal border.Byline: Paul Denison The Register-Guard This is a year of change for Fiesta Latina, which will celebrate its 13th anniversary at a new location and at a new time of year. Long associated with the Mexican holiday of Cinco de Mayo Cinco de Mayo (Spanish; “Fifth of May”) Mexican holiday commemorating the Mexican victory over the French at Puebla in 1862. The French army, better-equipped and far larger than the Mexican army, had been sent by Napoleon III to conquer Mexico. and held in May at Washington-Jefferson Park, this year's alcohol-free community event will take place in Springfield's Island Park on the weekend before Hispanic Heritage Month, which begins Wednesday. That date is Independence Day for five Latin American countries List of American countries Nations:
Usually a three-day event three-day event a competition in the pleasure horse sport comprising usually one day each for dressage, cross country and show jumping. , Fiesta Latina 2004 will be just two days long. Admission is $3 tonight and $5 for all day Saturday. Sponsored by Adelante Si Hispanic Organization of Lane County, the fiesta will open at 6 p.m. today with music by Organizacion Oaxaca, a local group that plays cumbias, tropical music and other Mexican rhythms. A salsa dance contest will begin at 8:15 p.m., and Cambalache, a Seattle salsa orchestra, will make its Fiesta Latina debut at 9:30 p.m. Beginning at noon Saturday, the Einhorn Trio, featuring guitarist Craig Einhorn, will play music from Spain
"Music from Spain" is a short story by Eudora Welty, published in 1948 as a limited edition monograph by the Grenville Press, and as a part of the novel The Golden Apples in 1949. , choros from Brazil and tangos and milongas from Argentina. Banda Tierra del Sol, described as the biggest and newest Mexican band in Lane County, will play at 1:30 p.m. At 4 p.m., an Oregon State University Oregon State University, at Corvallis; land-grant and state supported; coeducational; chartered 1858 as Corvallis College, opened 1865. In 1868 it was designated Oregon's land-grant agricultural college and was taken over completely by the state in 1885. group of 22 dancers, including very young children, will present a Mexican costume parade and interpret Mexican folkloric dances. Mariachi Gallos de America will play from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., followed by the salsa dance contest finals at 8:30 p.m. The Saturday night headliners will be Mexico's Banda Los Lagos Los Lagos (The Lakes) may refer to:
Original members of Banda Los Lagos come from San Juan San Juan, city, Argentina San Juan (săn wän, Span. sän hwän), city (1991 pop. 353,476), capital of San Juan prov., W Argentina. It is a commercial and industrial center in an agricultural region. Tecomatlan, Jalisco, and moved to California in the early 1990s. A 13-member techno-band with a traditional sound, the group features two vocalists, Eliseo Kings on ranchera The ranchera is a genre of the traditional music of Mexico. Although closely associated with the mariachi groups which evolved in Jalisco in the post-revolutionary period, rancheras are also played today by norteño (or Conjunto) or banda (or Duranguense) groups. songs and Navarrese Misael on boleros and cumbias. The group's recent albums for Moon Music include "I Look for a Woman," "The Echo of Your Voice" and "Poor Devil." The art of celebration Along with music, art will be a major element of this year's fiesta. New works by internationally known Cottage Grove artist Maria Elena are being shown at Springfield's Emerald Art Center, 500 Main St. Also at the center will be a mural more than 26 feet long, created for Fiesta Latina by Javier de Jesus Hernandez, better known as Capelo. A Mexican artist, architect, painter, sculptor and ceramist who studied majolica majolica (məjŏl`ĭkə, məyŏl`–) or maiolica (məyŏl`ĭkə) [from Majorca], type of faience usually associated with wares produced in Spain, Italy, and Mexico. techniques in Portugal, Spain and Italy, Capelo also will work with local high school students to create a mural at the Emerald Art Center. In partnership with the Hult Center for the Performing Arts The Hult Center for the Performing Arts is a performing arts facility in Eugene, Oregon, opened in 1982. 27 architectural firms competed for the opportunity to design the Center, but in the end the Eugene City Council awarded the contract to the New York firm of Hardy , Adelante Si received an Oregon Arts Commission grant to bring Capelo here for this project. About 30 of Capelo's paintings will be displayed on the third floor of the downtown Eugene Public Library. At Island Park, the annual fiesta art exhibition will include paintings, murals, pottery, wheat weavings, sculptures and photographs. Artists - includ- ing Capelo, Maria Elena, Martha Bowen, Ellen Gabehart, Traci Manso and Jesus Pastor from Guanajuato, Mexico - will be on hand to show and sell their work. Pastor also will show children how to make corn-husk figures. He is bringing with him a collection of traditional Mexican toys that have been donated to Fiesta Latina by the state of Guanajuato. Of families and food The Fiesta Para Ninos will include clowns, magicians and artists. Children will be given Latin American "passports" that they can have stamped at various fiesta booths. The Eugene Active 20/30 Club will provide 100 pinatas for children to break. Food is always a big part of the fiesta. As usual, the food vendors will include six local families who have completed Adelante Si's extended training program in food preparation and restaurant operation. Foods served in La Cocina must be authentic Latin American cuisine Latin American cuisine is a phrase that refers to typical foods, beverages, and cooking styles common to many of the countries and cultures in Latin America. It should be noted that Latin America is a very diverse area of land that holds various cuisines that vary from nation to , giving festival-goers an opportunity to taste foods not usually available in the Eugene-Springfield area. Rebeca Urhausen is the fiesta chairwoman. Maria Ladona Schaad and Hector Hernandez, from the fiesta steering committee, will take turns as hosts. Springfield Mayor Sid Leiken and Eugene Mayor Jim Torrey will take part in a Sept. 11 commemoration Saturday and stick around to help judge the salsa dance finals. Paul Denison can be reached at 338-2323 or pdenison@ guardnet.com. FESTIVAL PREVIEW Fiesta Latina When: Friday (starting at 6 p.m.) and Saturday (starting at noon) Where: Island Park, 200 West B St., Springfield How much: $3 Friday evening, $5 for all day Saturday; no admission charge for children under 10 CAPTION(S): Organizacion Oaxaca will christen chris·ten tr.v. chris·tened, chris·ten·ing, chris·tens 1. a. To baptize into a Christian church. b. To give a name to at baptism. 2. a. the Festival Latina stage at 6:30 p.m. tonight in Springfield's Island Park. Cambalache, a Seattle salsa orchestra, will make its Fiesta Latina debut at 9:30 p.m. today. |
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