August 2010

The 1st Annual Rosarito Beach International Mariachi and Folklorico Festival

August 28, 2010
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Tweet By Gil Sperry For anyone planning to create a major new mariachi y folclorico event, I respectfully ask you to take a deep breath and carefully consider the scope of the adventure on which you are about to embark. My respect for those who have already accomplished this feat continues to grow as we [...]

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Hayward celebrates its first annual Feria de Mariachi

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Tweet By Jonathan Clark Mariachi music is alive and thriving in Northern California. Last time I counted, there were over 40 mariachi ensembles in the greater San Francisco Bay Area. Even though the current economic crisis has hit the Latino community particularly hard, live mariachi music can still be heard daily in restaurants and bars, [...]

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Entrevista con Mariachi de Oro de Fort Worth

August 10, 2010
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Tweet Ficha Técnica Nombre del grupo: Mariachi de Oro Año de fundación: 1991 Manejador: Roberto Rueda Jr. Nombre del director musical: Felipe Diaz Jr. Ciudad: Fort Worth Estado: Texas País: United States “El Mariachi de Oro™ fue fundado y formado en el año de 1991 por Roberto Rueda Jr.(guitarronista) y Arturo Ozuna Jr.(violinista)los cuales eran [...]

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Mariachi Spectacular de Albuquerque – Definitivamente uno de los mejores

August 9, 2010
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Tweet Por Jonathan Clark “Para mí, el de Albuquerque es uno de los mejores festivales de Estados Unidos, y el de este año fue el mejor de todos los que pueda recordar,” asevera el educador de música de mariachi Mark Fogelquist. Durante las últimas tres décadas, el maestro de San Diego, California ha asistido a [...]

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Mariachi Spectacular de Albuquerque —
 Definitely One of the Best

August 7, 2010
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 Definitely One of the Best

Written for The Mariachi’s Hat Blog By Jonathan Clark

“To my mind, Albuquerque is the best of all the US conferences, and this year’s was the best I can recall,” asserts veteran mariachi educator Mark Fogelquist. Over the past three decades, the San Diego, California teacher has attended more mariachi festivals and conferences than he can count, including the past 20 consecutive Mariachi Spectacular celebrations.

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