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Tonight: Fiesta del Otoño
Minnetonka High School, 18301 Highway 7, Minnetonka, MN | Get Directions »
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Come enjoy the 5th annual Fiesta del Otoño. Enjoy Spanish traditions with live entertainment, music, food, crafts, activities and fun for the entire family. Admission is free. Food vendors including Aurelia’s of Eden Prairie will be selling authentic Mexican food on-site. The featured entertainment this year is Xibaba, a Brazilian Jazz band, and Kalpulli Ketzal Coatlicue Aztec Dance Troupe.
The event will be at Minnetonka High School, located in the West Gym, Cafeteria, and Student Commons.
The Fiesta del Otoño gives local teachers and community volunteers the opportunity to showcase various Spanish traditions with live entertainment, music, food, crafts, and activities for the entire family. Admission is free.
Xibaba’s lead band members, Mira and Tom Kehoe have a wide-range of performing arts experience. In addition to their musical performances, Mira and Tom are recording artists. Mira works with local theaters such as the Children’s Theater, the Guthrie Theater, and Theater de la Jeune Lune as a voice and acting coach and has consulted as an acting coach; working on films, such as “Mighty Ducks“ and ”The Parent Trap.”
The Kalpulli Ketzal Coatlicue Aztec Dance Troupe dress in full ornate traditional Aztec costumes and recreate the native Mayan dances of the past. They focus on the symbols of life represented in Mayan tradition and mix in contemporary dance moves. Drums, conch shells and other items from nature are used to connect the themes in their music. The evening will end with a traditional sing-along at 7:30 p.m. This event is student-centered. All Minnetonka residents and surrounding communities are encouraged to attend.
Event Details
| Where | Minnetonka High School 18301 Highway 7, Minnetonka, MN 55345 |
| Next on | This event is over. |
| Time | 5:30 pm–8:00 pm |
| Who to bring | Everyone |
| Website | http://minnetonka.k12.mn.us/misc/pages/fiesta.aspx |
| Price | $0 |
More About Minnetonka High School
Minnetonka High School is the only public high school in the Minnetonka school district. Every day, more than 2,800 students matriculate through a rigorous academic program that includes 21 Advanced Placement (AP) classes in subjects like calculus, macroeconomics, literature, composition, psychology, history, government, fine arts, statistics, chemistry, physics and biology. In addition to the AP program, Minnetonka High School offers the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme.
Home to the Skippers, Minnetonka High School is one of the few high schools in the west metro area offering a traditional high school math sequence, which includes geometry, trigonometry, pre-calculus, calculus and statistics.
MHS is equipped with state-of-the-art technology in the media center, physics labs, technology education labs and architectural design classrooms. Thanks to a voter-approved referenda, $5 million will be spent every year on technology and classroom equipment through the year 2017.
MHS has been recognized as a school district of excellence by the United States Department of Education. In addition to excellence in academics, teachers and faculty at Minnetonka High School stress excellence in activities, arts and athletics.
