{"id":37418,"date":"2023-10-19T20:33:13","date_gmt":"2023-10-20T00:33:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=37418"},"modified":"2023-10-19T20:33:22","modified_gmt":"2023-10-20T00:33:22","slug":"bonnet-springs-park-celebrates-inaugural-hispanic-heritage-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2023\/10\/19\/bonnet-springs-park-celebrates-inaugural-hispanic-heritage-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"BONNET SPRINGS PARK CELEBRATES INAUGURAL HISPANIC HERITAGE FESTIVAL"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bonnet Springs Park in Lakeland welcomed its inaugural Hispanic Heritage Festival on Saturday with \u201cBienvenido!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"496\" height=\"410\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1110px) 100vw, 1110px\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Screenshot-42-11.png?resize=496%2C410&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-37419\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Screenshot-42-11.png?w=496&amp;ssl=1 496w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Screenshot-42-11.png?resize=300%2C248&amp;ssl=1 300w\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The event proved to be muy caliente with several hundred attendees participating, many of whom were from the local Hispanic community to celebrate their culture and heritage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Several dozen vendors were set upon the Allen &amp; Company Family Lawn, outside of the Florida Children\u2019s Museum, to showcase various arts and crafts based on Hispanic culture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Meanwhile, several food trucks served authentic Mexican food, while various musical and dance performances were held on the main stage. All the while, families could sprawl out on the main lawn to relax with fun and games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Many local organizations, especially those affiliated with the local Hispanic community, participated in the event. These organizations included Polk State College, the Hispanic and Puerto Rican Chamber of Commerce, and the Viva Polk publication.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe day has been better than we could have expected,\u201d said Stephanie Bernal, Director of Events at Bonnet Springs Park. \u201cWe have a full lawn. Our members are wonderful today. All of our vendors are doing a great job. And we have a wonderful turnout with great talent.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Since its inception last year, Bonnet Springs Park has helped facilitate local culture with various events such as this heritage festival. The park will be celebrating its first anniversary on Oct. 21 with a big all-day celebration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt has been a really great turnout,\u201d said Stephanie. \u201cWe owe our success to the Hispanic and Latino community\u2026Having everyone out here today has made it very special. So, we are very happy and we are looking forward to doing it again.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"225\" height=\"225\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1110px) 100vw, 1110px\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Bonnet-Springs.png?resize=225%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-37420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Bonnet-Springs.png?w=225&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Bonnet-Springs.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bonnet Springs Park will celebrate its birthday on Sat. Oct. 21 from 9 AM \u2013 9 PM, with festivities concluding with a major fireworks spectacular.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The park is located at 400 Bonnet Springs Boulevard, Lakeland, FL 33815. For more information, visit their website at: <a href=\"https:\/\/bonnetspringspark.com\">https:\/\/bonnetspringspark.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bonnet Springs Park in Lakeland welcomed its inaugural Hispanic Heritage Festival on Saturday with \u201cBienvenido!\u201d The event proved to be muy caliente with several hundred attendees participating, many of whom&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":37419,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"0","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","inline_featured_image":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"wpai_generated_summary":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"dois","default_image_id":71799,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"categories":[6],"tags":[6373],"class_list":["post-37418","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","tag-bonnet-springs-park-celebrates-inaugural-hispanic-heritage-festival"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37418","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37418"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37418\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37421,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37418\/revisions\/37421"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37419"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37418"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37418"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37418"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}