The Latino Student Organization and Spanish Club joined together on February 29 to host Salsa Night, a regularly held event featuring snacks, dancing, and socialization to educate students about Spanish cultures.
Salsa Night was held in Harry’s Coffeehouse and was open to the Samford public. Spanish Club president Eden Harris, junior political science major and Spanish minor, emphasized that all Samford students and faculty are welcome to Spanish Club events, especially Salsa Night. “Anybody who wants to come can come, so people invite their friends. Sometimes couples come just so they can learn how to Salsa”, Harris said.
The organizations provide food such as chips and salsa, queso, and occasional catering and beverages. Salsa dancing is usually taught at the event by a professor, student, or hired choreographer and then attendees take over with what they have learned. The event is built on dancing the Salsa, but this dance was diverse and had aspects of many different cultures and dance origins. …show more content…
We played different kinds so they got a sense of that. I feel like it shouldn’t even be called a Salsa Night, it should be called a Latin Dance night instead.”
Spanish Club and LSO are two different clubs with the same goal of teaching students about the multiple facets of Spanish culture. The biggest goal of these organizations is to get students from all areas of campus involved because they stress that speaking Spanish is not a requirement for being