Aristides Baraya is making stars out of the students in his Southeastern Louisiana University Spanish classes. The festival, a week's worth of lectures, music, theater and art, is scheduled for Nov. 2-9. Baraya's Latin American Fiesta, which will be performed at 3 p.m., Nov. 4, in SLU's Pottle Music Building Auditorium, will feature a celebration of music and culture of Costa Rica, Colombia, Chile, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru and Venezuela.
Admission is free.
Students costumed in authentic dress will parade each country's flag across the stage, while narrators present information about the countries in Spanish and English. Several students even plan to lip-sync Spanish songs. Everyone is so friendly, so enthusiastic to do something, to be innovative. I wanted to do something to show that the institution I am working at is great. He is a little crazy the comic relief.