The James Logan Courier

By Naweed Zemaryalai, Salim Dost and Jagdeep Singh, Courier Staff WritersHundreds of Logan students spent a quarter to gain admission to the annual Cinco de Mayo car show Friday to see custom cars and bikes on display.

It's been more thanthirty years since Logan started putting on the show, according to Gabriela Esquivez,advisor to Logan's MEChA students(Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano Aztlan) club, sponsors of the event.

More Photos Below The event was held in the staff parking lot adjacent to the Judsen E. Taylor stadium, displacing staff who usually park there to other locations.

Exhibitors were asked to pay $10 to display their cars and trucks and $5 for bikes. A taco truck sold food to a long line of students, who could slake their thirsts agua de Horchata and Jamaica for $1. A pair of tickets to the Spider Man 3 were raffled. An entrance fee of 25 cents was charged. Nearly $100 in entrance fees were collected, meaning that nearly 400 students attended, according to ticket takers at the event.

The car show is held annually to correspond to the Cinco de Mayo holiday, which many Americans misunderstand.

"Cinco de Mayo is not Mexican independence day, but a celebration of a great victory in a battle, which struck a blow against French Imperialism," said House Principal Jesus Varela in an email Friday.


Members of the Street Action team displayed their cars
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Eddie Carrillo and his father showed off his lowered 1964 Impala
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Freshman Mina Gardezi with his $8,000 sound system
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