PATCHOGUE, NY – SEPTEMBER 6, 2006 – In celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month, The Office of Multicultural Student Life at St. Joseph’s College is excited to welcome the Latin dance spectacular Salsa Magic to its Suffolk campus on September 26, 2006 from 12:40 to 1:40 PM.

Salsa Magic is an energetic, interactive Latin dance group that features the talents of two award-winning salsa dancers. Lee and Florcita have danced their way from Canada to the Dominican Republic, winning the Natura Park Salsa Competition in Punta Cana. While on campus, the duo is set to perform their flavorful salsa routine while involving the audience in “booty shaking” contests and salsa lessons.

A Hispanic Food Festival, featuring traditional Latin cuisine will immediately follow the performance in the College’s cafeteria located in the basement of O’Connor Hall. For more information, please contact Christy Jean, Associate Director of Multicultural Student Life, at (631) 447-7434 or visit www.sjcny.edu.

St. Joseph’s College is located at 155 W. Roe Blvd. in Patchogue, and is accessible via the South Service Road of Sunrise Highway, just east of Exit 52 (Waverly Ave.).

About St. Joseph's College

St. Joseph’s College has been dedicated to providing a diverse population of students in the New York metropolitan area with an affordable education rooted in the liberal arts tradition since 1916. Independent and coeducational, the College provides a strong academic and value-oriented education at the undergraduate and graduate levels, aiming to prepare each student for a life characterized by integrity, intellectual and spiritual values, social responsibility, and service. With campuses located in the Clinton Hill area of Brooklyn and in Patchogue, Long Island, the College offers degrees in numerous majors, special course offerings and certificates, affiliated and pre-professional programs through its School of Arts and Sciences and its School of Professional and Graduate Studies.