TLU serves up free food, music during Friday night event

(Seguin) – Seguin’s hardworking community is being invited over to TLU for a Friday night of free food, music and relaxation. The university, through the efforts of some of its student programs, will be hosting an Under the Stars Pachanga, a free community event.

Cèsar Silva, assistant professor and Mexican American Studies Program director, says last year, the event was hosted to help show support for a community mariachi singer who was battling cancer. This year, he says students wanted to extend that same support to even folks by showing how much they appreciated their daily grind.

“We are reaching out to the Seguin ISD bus depot, reaching out Tyson, reaching out to Caterpillar. We are reaching out to people on the construction side.

We are reaching out to all these people doing all this hard work.

Somebody earlier said, probably ‘the people that wear the bright colors but no one ever seems to see them.’ That’s a good example of who are wanting to invite. At the end of the day, we are inviting everyone. We are hoping all of Seguin comes out. We are just wanting to celebrate everybody that works hard,” said Silva.

In fact, Silva says supporting the hardworking labor force was prompted by the inspiration that students see every day in those who work among the various departments around campus.

Silva says the students are especially grateful to individual and business leaders who have offered donations and who helped cover the cost for a real night of fun and relaxation.

“Everything that we get will be given back out. No matter what it is that night, we keep nothing. Nothing will be charged – all free food, all free drinks. Except alcoholic drinks. That’s on people but people of that (sponsors/donors) everything is free,” said Silva. 

Door prizes are still being collected and will be raffled off for free every 10 minutes during the entire party.

The evening will include plenty of music featuring DJ Navarro and Mariachi Las Altenas, an all-female mariachi group.

The event gets underway at 5:30 p.m.  and will be held on the TLU campus located at 1000 W. Court St. Those wishing to make a donation are asked to call 830-372-6073 or email csilva@tlu.edu.