Afro Flexaz gets ready to perform during Celebrate SSL. The group teaches African dance styles like Afrobeats, Afrofusion and Amapiano. (Peri Kinder/City Journals)

The third annual Celebrate SSL combined South Salt Lake’s Night Out Against Crime with cultural dances, food trucks, K9 demonstrations, booths from local vendors and the popular drone show. 

Held at Central Park Community Center (2797 S. 200 East), Celebrate SSL is an event that recognizes and honors the diversity of the city. Entertainment included traditional Mexican dances by Ballet Folklorico Eck, a Promise Youth performance featuring Ephraim Ditona, a Dunk Team demo on the basketball court and a celebration of African dance by Afro Flexaz.

Visitors could talk with representatives from organizations like Utah Disaster Kleenup, SSL Animal Services, G.I.R.L., Utah Community Action, the SSL Arts Council and One Kind Act a Day to learn more about the services provided. 

“It highlights all that we are as a community,” said SSL Mayor Cherie Wood. “We have an opportunity to celebrate being a community. We just want everybody to be safe and enjoy being a community.”