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Fiesta Latina 2008

Viva La Fiesta!A celebration of Latin music, food, art and dance at Springfield's Island Park Friday and Saturday. Bienvenidos!

Bands played, dancers danced, food vendors fed patrons, car nuts saw the inside of low riders and found out how the heck they could jump up and down.

Take a look at what that takes:

Here is an interesting steering wheel:

The display of art was wonderful. My favorite is this one:

Of course, if you were hungry, you could try some bananas:

There was an excellent selection of food. Tried the enchiladas from Guatemala, the rellena from Peru and some wonderful tamales from Mexico. The green was spicy and better than the red. I was kind of surprised that the other food was actually kind of bland.

I thought the cost was a bit steep for what was being offered, but I might be wrong. It was $7 per person or $5 with the donation of 3 canned goods. Music was good, cars were interesting, art was wonderful but there wasn't much else in the evening.

Posted Sunday Sep 14
( 09/14/08 08:20PM ) — Celeste "SALLY" Cheeseman HAWAII Relocations & Real Estate

Looks like you had loads of fun Fred! What an array of celebration!

( 09/14/08 08:28PM ) — C Tann-Starr

Fred, very cool and interesting eye candy. Looks like you had a blast! Awesome! ;-)

( 09/14/08 09:25PM ) — Fred Chamberlin - Eugene/Springfield's #1 Experienced FHA Mortgage Consultant

I can always count on you, Sally, and you, Carolyn, to check out my local stuff. Thanks for your positive comments. It was very well done.

( 09/15/08 10:14AM ) — Michael Byrne

Fred- nice pictures!  I always enjoy going to ethnic festivals, particluarly the Polish Fest in my neck of the woods-good food!

( 09/15/08 10:39AM ) — Fred Chamberlin - Eugene/Springfield's #1 Experienced FHA Mortgage Consultant

We have a couple of really good ones here Michael. The Scandinavian Festival in Junction City takes over the whole town.

( 09/15/08 01:29PM ) — Greg Nino Houston Texas

Fred,


Very nice my man. Looks like fun. Great pictures..

( 09/15/08 01:36PM ) — Fred Chamberlin - Eugene/Springfield's #1 Experienced FHA Mortgage Consultant

Thanks Greg, it was fun. I especially liked the (60-62) blue Chev Impalla with blue & white tuck and roll interior. Neat car.

( 09/16/08 07:06PM ) — Sarah Eubanks ~ Preferred Oregon Loan Consultant & Notary Public

Fred ~  My favorite culture to go and visit.  Having spent time in Costa Rica, Panama, and of course Mexico (for fun and for charitable work), I can testify to the food and to the people.  Very nice work.  :-)

( 09/16/08 07:09PM ) — Fred Chamberlin - Eugene/Springfield's #1 Experienced FHA Mortgage Consultant

My favorite too Sarah. I have a time share in Mazatlan and love the fishing in Cabo. Thanks for the comment.

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