First Yuma Latin Dance Festival happening this weekend

Sunrise Anchor Samantha Byrd spoke with the festival's director about the event.

YUMA, Ariz. (KYMA, KECY) - The First Yuma Latin Dance Festival is happening on Saturday, May 11, celebrating Latin dance, culture, and music.

The event, starting at 10:00am at the Four Points By Sheraton Yuma, located at 2030 S. Avenue 3E, is divided into three different passes.

If anyone wants to attend a class to learn how to dance, watch the performances or dance for themselves, the cost is $75.00. However, if anyone wants to attend the show, which starts at 7:30pm, and dance, the cost is $50.00, but if anyone just wants to dance, the cost is $20.00.

Franky Amparo, the festival's director, says the festival will feature dancers from Peru, Columbia, Mexico City and even Los Angeles, as well as saying the event is for everyone to attend.

When asked how many people signed up to attend the festival, Amparo said:

"So we were expecting just, because it's our first year, [and] it's a small community, a minimum of 20 or 30 people, but we already surpassed 50. So we're super excited. You know, we didn't expect to have such a big interest right away. But thankfully a lot of our artists as well have been promoting the event, bringing down their dancers, and the community here as well has been very involved. So we're very, very, very excited."

To learn more about the festival, click here.