Tonight, the stage in the auditorium of the Kellogg Center will light up with songs and dances of traditional Latino cultures.
The 21st Annual Latin XPLOSION event is being held by the CRU MSU Latino Student Association in order to showcase various Latino groups from on and off MSU’s campus.
Event coordinator and Mechanical Engineering Junior Pablo Lopez hopes that the event will shed light on the diversity that exists within the Latino community
“I just want (audience members) to take away the diversity amongst the Latino community because we have different performers that are from all parts of Latin America,” said Lopez. “We have a Brazilian group coming to perform we have a Puerto Rican Dance group coming to perform we have a Mexican Mariachi group so basically I just want them to get a full understanding of the different cultures that are of Latino Descent.”
Lopez also hopes that attending the event will help students to understand that stereotypes they may play into regarding the Latino community couldn’t be further from the truth.
“It’s not just one stereotype like ‘oh Latinos are just Mexicans.’ I want to try to diversify the campus and get them exposed to different Latin American groups through the performance,” said Lopez.
The event will feature MSU students as well as professional groups. Open auditions were held earlier this year for any student who wanted to show off their unique talents.
“We just want to bring as much awareness and exposure to Latino culture through music and dance and other talents as we can,” said Lopez.
The doors open at 7 p.m. and the event is free for all who wish to attend.
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