Mountainview comes to life in a show of multicultural color

Published 6:47 pm Wednesday, April 29, 2009

The Auburn Mountainview High School halls and cafeteria were filled with colorful sights, diverse sounds and high energy at its spring Multicultural Fair.

Students, either ethnically connected or representative of a specific country, delivered traditional and contemporary song and dance

performances – ranging from a

Samoan war dance to an international hip-hop jig.

“We never had this kind of setting,” said Nghia (Peter) Le, president of the school’s Multicultural Club and program’s emcee. “It went awesome. It went really well.”

The program’s theme was “One World, One Dream.” Students created and manned cultural booths representing various nations across the world during the program last Thursday.

“It shows how Auburn is so diverse,” Le said. “We should be proud of who were are.”

Staff members judged and selected the traditional Samoan Dance Group with the best performance award. The Mongolian/Southern Indian table was chosen the best booth.

The club, whose goal is to promote diversity in the school, holds a fall and spring Multicultural Fair each year. It celebrates different cultural holidays throughout the year, such as the Asian Lunar

New Year.