{"id":1534,"date":"2013-09-11T15:40:20","date_gmt":"2013-09-11T20:40:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lamp1.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/?p=1534"},"modified":"2019-06-04T16:19:41","modified_gmt":"2019-06-04T21:19:41","slug":"hispanic-heritage-banquet-features-marimba-sol-de-chiapas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/2013\/09\/11\/hispanic-heritage-banquet-features-marimba-sol-de-chiapas\/","title":{"rendered":"Hispanic Heritage Banquet Features Marimba Sol de Chiapas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Center for Multicultural Education and the Association of Latin American Students at Missouri Western State University will hold the first Hispanic Heritage Banquet at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 25 in the Fulkerson Center on the Missouri Western campus. Doors open at 5:30. The event is free, but attendees must RSVP by Friday, Sept. 20. E-mail <a href=\"mailto:cme@missouriwestern.edu\">cme@missouriwestern.edu<\/a> to make reservations.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Entertainment for the evening will be provided by Marimba Sol de Chiapas, a Kansas City-based group committed to the authentic performance practice and spirit of the marimba band heard throughout Mesoamerica. The group has been featured on National Public Radio\u2019s \u201cMorning Edition\u201d and made a cameo on ABC\u2019s \u201cGood Morning America.\u201d So authentic is their interpretation and approach that the ensemble has toured Mexico on numerous occasions as guests of the Mexican government.<\/p>\n<p>The banquet is being held in honor of National Hispanic Heritage Month, which begins on Sept. 15 and ends Oct. 15.<\/p>\n<p><em>Missouri Western State University is a comprehensive regional university providing a blend of traditional liberal arts and professional degree programs. The university offers student-centered, high quality instruction that focuses on experience-based learning, community service, and state-of-the-art technology. Missouri Western is located in St. Joseph, Mo., and is committed to the educational, economic, cultural and social development of the region it serves. Visit <\/em><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\">www.missouriwestern.edu<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Center for Multicultural Education and the Association of Latin American Students at Missouri Western State University will hold the first Hispanic Heritage Banquet at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 25 in the Fulkerson Center on the Missouri Western campus. Doors open at 5:30. The event is free, but attendees must RSVP by Friday, Sept. 20. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[48],"tags":[140,207,430],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1534"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1534"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1534\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7724,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1534\/revisions\/7724"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1534"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1534"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1534"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}