Dancers delight those attending 2nd annual Latino Heritage NIght

YOUNGSTOWN

As dancers whirled on stage, their skirts of green, pink, red and yellow seemed to shift like a kaleidoscope.

Music blared and the crowd of more than 100 shifted to the sound Saturday night during Latino Heritage Night Saturday at Horizon Science Academy on the city’s South Side.

The dancers from the Spanish Evangelical Church on South Avenue were the favorite part of the night for 7-year-old Shayla Berger, a Horizon student.

The school-sponsored cultural program is important to students and their families, said Christina Fernandez, Berger’s aunt.

“It gives them education about their roots,” Fernandez said, noting her niece is of mixed race, black and Puerto Rican, and she should learn about all parts of her heritage.

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