Dia de la Familia

The closing event of Semana de la raza was “Dia de la familia,” literally “Family Day.” This is one of our annual events where all of our members are invited to bring their friends and family to enjoy our celebration of the week. This year, we held the event in the backyard of the ICC. We brought games and ordered a lot of food for everyone to enjoy. We even brought some piñatas, which ended up causing the most amusing part of the day. Some of my friends showed up to have some food and hang out and some of our membership did indeed bring their relatives, which is always nice to see. The children seemed to enjoy the games we had out as well as the piñata breaking. After the children were done taking their turns at the piñata breaking, some of the students wanted to take a swing at it (literally) as well. After a couple of the girls swung, BSA e-board member Rozzell Hodges put on the blindfold so he could take his turn. The hilarity began when Rozzell, obviously very confused as to his location, swung and hit the table of food thinking it was the piñata. He apparently mistook everyone’s yells for cheering, because he took a second swing at the table before MEChA/ALAS Chair Cesar Serrano came at him from behind to grab and stop him. I got it all on video too…