Our Lady of Guadalupe Fiesta Runs Through Sunday
Tracy Lehr
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – The annual Fiesta at Our Lady of Guadalupe Church went on all weekend.
Dance groups worked for months to perform in front of friends and family at the church.
The event is the biggest fundraiser of the year for the Catholic church on the corner of Nopal and Montecito Streets.
It is known for affordable food made by families sharing their cooking traditions.
People dined on tamales, pozole, churros and more while they were entertained.
“We love dancing here because it is an amazing community, we have diversity between like three (years-old) all the way to 93 (years-old) and love that,” said Angela Petresku of Me Sabor Dance Studio on Gutierrez St. in Santa Barbara.
Fernando Espinosa said making all the tamales was worthwhile and a lot of work.
Their tamales are such a big hit that people will be buying dozens more to take home.
There is usually a long line to buy them.
Everyone was welcomed to the Our Lady of Guadalupe Fiesta.
Visitors didn’t have to be a church members and security guards were on hand in case of emergency.
The Fiesta ran through Sunday from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.
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