Northern
Illinois
TEJANO CULTURAL
SOCIETY
Event Photos
©2001 NITCS
Scholarship Dance 2002
On Saturday
July 27, the Northern Illinois Tejano Cultural Society held its annual Scholarship
Dinner Dance to recognize the young people who received scholarship awards
on behalf of the NITCS Scholarship Program. The recipients attending were
Ruben Gandarilla and Jaqueline. Unable to attend were Javier Rios and Karina
Suarez but were very worthy recipients.
NITCS received a very big surprise when Alderman David Marquez attended the
event with some real good news for the NITCS Scholarship Program. " A
Grant of $2,000.00" was awarded to the NITCS to continue efforts in providing
additional education for other young people to also receive scholarship monies
in 2003.
Also in appearance was Linda Chapa LaVia, Candidate for State Representative.
Linda's speech, "The Key to Our Future" left the audience with reasons
to vote and to continue to work together as "HISPANICS" of Aurora.
Then it was time for "Grupo Empeno". There performance brought down
the roof and had everyone dances to the tunes of "Tejano Music".
Grupo Empeno impressed the Northern Illinois Tejano Cultural Society and it's
members by playing current hits and playing some real good "Oldies".
Elida Ortiz – President Northern Illinois Tejano Cultural Society
Maria Castillo – Vice President Northern Illinois Tejano Cultural Society
Linda Chapa LaVia – Candidate for State Representative
Dave Marquez – 2nd Ward Alderman of Aurora
On behalf of the City of Aurora, Dave Marquez handed the NITCS a Grant for $2,000.00 to help the organization with their educational efforts in the community.
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<<Maria, Linda &
Elida
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Linda, Dave, Maria &
Elida>>
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<<Maria, Elida &
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<<The NITCS Board
takes time to take a picture with Ruben Gandarilla and Jacqueline
Hernandez, recipients of NITCS 2002 Scholarship Awards."
Apolinar, Sara, Ruben, Jacqueline, << Elida & Maria |
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Jaqueline thanks Northern
Illinois Tejano Cultural Society for providing her with the chance
to continue her education through the college system. She performs
at the mic as a politician would - maybe she will be our next Mayor
of Aurora.>>
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<<Ruben and Jaqueline
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Israel Castillo, Jr., one
of the original founding fathers of the Northern Illinois Tejano Cultural
Society, gives his speech of why us, Tejanos, should continue to stick
together and work to make this organization bigger and better. Israel
challenges the members to bring in new members and to participate
more and more with the NITCS's events.>>
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Maria and Israel Castillo exchange dances and words about being Vice-Presidents for the NITCS at the Scholarship <<Dinner/Dance |
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David Marquez gives his
speech about the growing Hispanic Population in Aurora and surrounding
cities. David also award the NITCS with two thousand dollars of Grant
money for the scholarships. Thanks City of Aurora and David Marquez.>>
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Linda Chapa LaVia takes some time to share with the NITCS Members about her goals and intentions in life. Linda declares the Hispanic Community in Aurora the largest minority group. The Minority (Hispanics) are no longer but the majority. Linda Chapa LaVia is running for State <<Representative. |
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Elida>>
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<<NITCS
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Grupo Empeno and NITCS>>
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<<Grupo
Empeno
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Grupo
Empeno and NITCS>>
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<<Grupo Empeno Performs.
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Grupo Empeno>>
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