First place winners from the Mariachi Vargas Extravaganza in San Antonio have been invited to participate in arts residency programs to share Mexican cultural traditions with students and adults throughout the country. In May 2002 Mariachi Nuevo Santander de Roma, from Roma High School in Roma, Texas was invited by Ford Motor Co. to open for Mari

achi Vargas at the Rialto Theater and participate in a four-day residency program where they performed throughout the community. They performed in schools, museums and even inside the world headquarters of Coca-Cola USA. In April 2006, the

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