The White House Gives Off Some "Latin Flavor" During Hispanic Heritage Month

Aside from the previous events that the white house has held in the past, this was the first time something of the hispanic orgin, was celebrated. During the month of september, the 15th to be exact, was the beginning of hispanic heritage month; it had lasted all the way up till october 15th. A month long countless people coming together in unision, celebrating there hispanic bacground. What better way to end it, by inviting the biggest latinos and latinas in the entertainment, to share their latin culture with the Obamas? Now thats awesome!

The event, "Fiesta Latina" was held tuesday, october 6th, in a tent on the South Lawn of the White House. Stars like, Gloria Estefan, Marc Anthony, Jennifer Lopez, Jose Feliciano, the Bachata Group, Aventura, and more. However, most of the performers were Americans, but shared their musical roots of Cuba, Puerto Rico, and Dominican Republic. The evening turned out to be quite a success; and President Obama had this to say, in regards to the event: " Although Latin Music takes many forms, the spirit of diversity also unifies us; Even though it's constantly evolving, Latin music speaks to us all in a language we can understand about hope and joy, sorrow and pain, friendship, and love." Clearly the Obama family were surely enjoying themselves, bobbing their heads and singing along to these catchy tunes.

Among the crowd, were Hispanic legislators, the cabinet secretaries of Labor (Hilda Solis), the interior (Ken Salazar), and the Bronx-bred herself, the first hispanic supreme court justice, Sonia Sotomayor. The concert had ended with all the musicians performing "Mi Tierra" (My Land"), which was a tribute to all immigrants. My Obama, along with his family, joined the musicians onstage, and widely participated in the closing performance. In relation to it being hispanic heritage month, Eva longoria had stated, " One day we will have a Latino president". With the nations first black president in Barack Obama, who knows what the future will hold in presidency.