BOISE STATE SPANISH PROFESSOR TO PRESENT QUINCEAÑERA KEYNOTE

Boise State Spanish professor Alicia Garza is the keynote speaker Saturday, April 19, at the Fifth Annual Quinceañera Gala and Silent Auction presented by the Hispanic Cultural Center of Idaho.

Festivities begin at 6:30 p.m. at the Doubletree Riverside Hotel, 2900 Chinden Blvd., and include dinner, Garza’s keynote, an appearance by professional entertainer Ricardo Corazon of Los Angeles, a Mexican folkloric presentation, the student’s waltz performance and a silent auction. Tickets to this “black tie optional” event are $50 per person. To order tickets call 442-0823.

Following the gala, a “Red Hot Salsa” dance instruction and demonstration will begin at 9:30 p.m., presented by Ruben and Lisa Flores. Rhythms such as merengue, salsa and cha-cha will be featured. Cost is $10 per person. Tickets will be sold at the door or can be ordered in advance at 442 0823.

The gala is the culmination of the Stay-in-School Quinceañera Program, an after-school educational program targeting eighth-grade girls. Participants attend a series of workshops that focus on basic skills building for personal development as well as cultural traditions. The goal of the program is to encourage the students to continue their educations.

Sixty students, 20 each from Nampa, Caldwell and Wilder, will perform the traditional waltz under the direction of choreographer Norma Pintar, and some will speak on their program experience and dreams for the future.

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Ana Maria Schachtell

Quinceañera Gala

336-8863

anasch@cableone.net

Alicia Garza

Modern Languages and Literatures

426-1049

agarza@boisestate.edu

Janelle Brown

communications and marketing

426-1790

jbrown2@boisestate.edu

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