Latin Fever is making a comeback March 18 to bring the community closer together.

“Latin Fever is a dance for students to embrace Latin culture and it is open to all students,” Spanish for Native Speakers 2 teacher Anne Salazar said.

Students can dance to bachata, cumbia, tamborazo, and other Latin music.

One of the primary goals is to promote diversity and Hispanic culture to students.

“We hope that not only Hispanic students will come, but students from many cultures and backgrounds who can appreciate other cultures,” Salazar said.

Students in Spanish for Native Speakers 2 are in charge of selling t-shirts, contacting the DJ and live band, and are in charge of the food.

“Being able to plan the dance is exciting. It is fun to spread culture around, and we want all races to join as a culture and unite together,” junior Alex Hernandez said.

This is the second year that Latin Fever is taking place.

“We had a turnout close to 100 students last year, so that was good. Students who went had a great time, and a lot of them enjoyed having something that represented their culture at school,” Salazar said.

Salazar came up with Latin Fever when she taught at West Aurora High School where they would host a Latin dance every semester.

“When I came here I noticed they did not have Latin dances here and my Spanish for Native Speakers 2 classes began projects on promoting cultural events and Latin Fever was one of them,” Salazar said.

One of the improvements that Salazar wants to see is having more students from different backgrounds and all cultures.

“We want students that can be aware of the different cultures and how there is no difference in each culture,”  sophomore Victoria Minjares said.

Tickets are being sold for $10 and the dance starts at 7 p.m.