University Daily Kansan, September 19, 1983
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Dancers keep traditions alive
By GINA K. THORNBURG Staff Reporter
The young boys and girls stepped around large black sombreros to the lively rhythm of Mexican music. A flash of gold sequins on flowing green skirts complemented the glitter of silver on black pants.
The sombrero dance was one of several dances during an hour-long performance Friday in the Kansas Union by Los Domingos, a local dance group. The performance, sponsored by the office of minority affairs, celebrated Mexican Independence Day and marked the end of Hispanic Heritage Week.
Mark Garcia, 12, 618 Lake St. one of the two boys participating in the dance.
"The DANCES are weir," he said. "I wonder who made them up."
His friend David Tryon, 11, said that he liked the dances. He also commented, "I think I was very interested."
"It's natural for him," he said. "He knows how to walk like that."
The dancing is special to the families involved with Los Domingos, from St. John the Evangelist Church, 1229 Vermont St.
"It's a way of bringing back our heritage," said the group's coordinator, Connie Garcia, 1503 W. Second St.
All of the group's 14 children have been parents who were born in Mexico, and gave birth to them.
Linda Miller, 923 Connecticut St., said that bringing Mexican tradition to Lawrence was necessary because the tradition was almost forgotten here.
MILLER SAID THAT when the group Los Domingos formed more than a year ago, the parents could not find anyone in Lawrence to teach the children. They asked an instructor from Topeka to help out.
"We're having to reach out (of the Lawrence community)," she said.
Maintaining Mexican tradition is difficult, she said.
Our generation is living so fast, we do not have time to make the traditional food.
Susan Romero, 141 Florida St., agreed, but said that she and her children listened to Mexican music every day.
"That's why I think they want to dance," she said.
Miller said the parents of the children in Los Domingos had a lot to offer the group. Some parents make the costumes, some arrange the music and others help choreograph the dances, she said.
"You don't realize how much a person has to offer," she said.
ANOTHER POSITIVE ASPECT of Los Domingos, Miller said, was that the children had become more confident since the group's beginning.
Connie Garcia agreed, saying that during Los Domingos' first performance at St. John's Church, the music had to be stopped because of technical difficulties and that the children were in the stage in front of a large audience.
"They panicked in front of all those people," she said.
In the Kansas University, the music had to be stopped because of technical problems, she said, but this time the children kept calm.
"They were talking to each other," she said. Usually, she said, the children were too nervous to talk to each other in school. But something went wrong with the music.
Michael Garcia, 9, 1813 Maple Lane, said he was not accustomed to dancing in unfamiliar environments.
"It felt funny in front of strangers," he said.
IN THE PAST Year and a half, Los Domingos has danced twice at St. John's Church for a June festival, Connie Garcia said.
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