In this article, it was incorrectly stated that a dancer from the Linda Vega dance studio won the title of Spirit of Fiesta in 1987. As a past spirit of fiesta it was a wonderful experience and a great reward for years of hard work to represent our city of Santa Barbara as well as my studio the Kathy Cota Dance Studio in 1987 as Spirit of Fiesta. As a dancer for Old Spanish Days Fiesta I have great respect and gratitude to the many instructors around town and have had the opportunity to train and learn from many of them. As a senior dancer for the Kathy Cota Dance Studio it has always been an honor for me to share my love for dance with the younger girls who join our studio. As a mom I am proud to be raising children who will carry on a long line of tradition started by Juan Cota in 1924 with the first Fiesta. Each year many young dancers compete for the opportunity to be this years Spirit or Junior Spirit of Fiesta, every one works hard to achieve this title and only one will be chosen. 1987 was my year. I had the pleasure to share that with Ivett Cuevas, my Junior Spirit of Fiesta who at that time was a dancer with Antoinette Lopez. We will never forget that year, our great experiences or each other. That year, 1987, I dutifully and gladly represented my city, but to me more importantly my studio, The Kathy Cota Dance Studio. Now as a daughter in law to Kathy Cota I want to be sure that my instructors, Kathy Cota and Roberto Amaral, my studio, and my family are still represented. To some it may not seem to be a very big oversight, but to the past Spirits and Junior Spirits who have worked hard, and for all those to come, our studios and our years we represented mean a lot.
MariaElena Jaimes Spirit of Fiesta 1987 Kathy Cota Dance Studio
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Posted on July 28 at 10:25 a.m.
In this article, it was incorrectly stated that a dancer from the Linda Vega dance studio won the title of Spirit of Fiesta in 1987. As a past spirit of fiesta it was a wonderful experience and a great reward for years of hard work to represent our city of Santa Barbara as well as my studio the Kathy Cota Dance Studio in 1987 as Spirit of Fiesta. As a dancer for Old Spanish Days Fiesta I have great respect and gratitude to the many instructors around town and have had the opportunity to train and learn from many of them. As a senior dancer for the Kathy Cota Dance Studio it has always been an honor for me to share my love for dance with the younger girls who join our studio. As a mom I am proud to be raising children who will carry on a long line of tradition started by Juan Cota in 1924 with the first Fiesta. Each year many young dancers compete for the opportunity to be this years Spirit or Junior Spirit of Fiesta, every one works hard to achieve this title and only one will be chosen. 1987 was my year. I had the pleasure to share that with Ivett Cuevas, my Junior Spirit of Fiesta who at that time was a dancer with Antoinette Lopez. We will never forget that year, our great experiences or each other. That year, 1987, I dutifully and gladly represented my city, but to me more importantly my studio, The Kathy Cota Dance Studio. Now as a daughter in law to Kathy Cota I want to be sure that my instructors, Kathy Cota and Roberto Amaral, my studio, and my family are still represented. To some it may not seem to be a very big oversight, but to the past Spirits and Junior Spirits who have worked hard, and for all those to come, our studios and our years we represented mean a lot.
MariaElena Jaimes
Spirit of Fiesta 1987
Kathy Cota Dance Studio
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