Cultural Event Paper

The Cultural Event I attended was, “Claflin University Hispanic Heritage Month 2016 Kick-Off Program.” This program was held outside of the Café in the Panther Plaza on Tuesday, October 4, 2016. I attened the program by mayself and was sponcered by the Hispanic Heritage Month Committee. I found that the set up for the program was very relaxing. The chairs were set up in a semi circle around an elevated stage. We were close enough to enjoy the music, but not too close to where it became sufficating. At the beginning of the program some claflin students were playing music, but not any type of music, they were playing old school music. The tenderous sounds of all the instruments becoming one beautiful sound made me nod my head to its rhythem. It is not everyday that we are able to hear old live old school jazz music. The students playing the music seemed intreged in the melody they were playing. When I first saw the Mariachi Los Cabos Band, my first impression …show more content…
In which one of them replied, “ I am proud of my culture and I love to share it with everybody. I dress like this and I talk like this because this is my strong proud heritage.” “Wow.” They are/were increadible. Threw this experience I learned more about the spanish culture and I even learned more about my own culture. They were having fun with what they know and they shared their culture with me. I noticed that many performers become fazed when multiple people are walking by, but the Mariachi Los Cabos Band was never fazed. They knew what they were doing and wheather or not thay had a small or large crowd, they were going to do there thing either way. Overall this program was very enjoyable and I was able to learn a lot through the music, clothes and speech. I would definantly attend another event similar to this