On Feb 11. The Spanish Club went to San Antonio to see a ballet at the Lady of the Lake University, which featured dancers from various regions, including Spain.
“It wasn’t a play… it was a Hispanic Flamingo Ballet,” Spanish club sponsor Danielle Buehering said.
Vice president of the Spanish club, Amy Satsky, was inspired by the dance and loved to see the different cultures, and thought that it was very eye-opening.
“I think it really showed what spanish club is about and why we do this, and instead of it being just a Spanish club at school, you really see what’s behind the Spanish culture and the heritage that they have, and the different really the different varieties of the culture that they have there, and while Mrs. B does show us all these different cultures and groups of ethnicities it’s really cool to see it for yourself and I think it will inspire more people to join spanish club and really just wanna embrace and show the culture that they have,” Satsky said.
Aidan Vollmar, Spanish club president, thinks that the dance and more field trips like this one would be beneficial for opening the members’ eyes to different Spanish cultures.
“Our recent field trip, in particular, opened many students’ eyes to new cultural experiences. It was an incredibly fun and meaningful experience. I especially loved the dancing and all the Spanish music; I think it truly connected our club to the cultures we aim to represent,” Vollmar said.
He believes that having more experiences like these will be beneficial for the Spanish club members.
“I feel like it would really open their eyes and help them experience the cultures, and I feel like it would be really beneficial for their experiences,” Vollmar said.
Even the Spanish club sponsors loved the play and the representation that the dances showed.
“What I really liked about it was that they had an interactive TV in the back, and they would pinpoint what part of the Spanish-speaking country the city and they would tell you what the main songs that they would dance to are, and then they had live music, and then they would have people dancing,” Spanish club sponsor Elda Ordaz said.
Students loved being able to see the different cultures and features that people from all around the world had.
“I think my favorite part was seeing the different costumes and how that represented where they’re from. I also like that the six dancers that they had were all from those different places around the world. Like Brazil, Colombia, and those different types of features people have, and that we were able to see them show off where they’re from,” Satsky said.
Students from the Spanish club went to see these dances in Spain, and they thought that the dances in San Antonio did a good job of being like the original dances.
“Well, two of my kids that were there have seen the dance live in Spain, and I asked them, compared to the Spain show, how it differs, and they said they did pretty well, and they did a good job compared to the original dances,” Buehering said.
In the end, the sponsor’s goal was to connect them culturally or in any other way, and with this play, they hoped that they did that.
“If I can reach them culturally in some shape or form, I’m a happy teacher,” Buehering said.
