Texas State University student Celeste Curiel competed in the 15th Annual Mariachi Vargas Extravaganza with the song El Triste which sings goodbye to a loved one. “The song makes me think of my mother and the sadness she felt after loosing my father two years ago,” says Curiel. “My mother attended a rehearsal this summer when my professor Juanita Ulloa had me sing several songs I was considering for the competition. When I sang El Triste she started to cry. It was at this moment I knew I had the right song for the competition knowing how the song touched my mother,” says Curiel.

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Featured as opening acts for Mariachi Vargas will be California resident and Texas favorite Nydia Rojas who will reunite with Tejano music artist Ricardo Castillon to sing their beautiful rendition of “Hay Unos Ojos” which still tops the Top 50 Best Songs of All Time. Accompanying the two artists will be a Texas favorite – Mariachi Los Caporales who performs under the musical direction of Roy Quintero. Mariachi Los Caporales is the exclusive mariachi for the international celebrity cooking segment “Estrellas de la Cocina” airing on Univision Network’s Despierta America. They’ve recorded 2 CDs Corazon de Papel and Jamas Jamas and have accompanied Latin America artists including Aida Cuevas, Christian Castro and Pedro Fernandez.

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Nydia Rojas and Ricardo Castillon scored a beautiful rendition of “Hay Unos Ojos” and benchmarked their career with sales of upwards of 50,000 units of that recording and video. Tejanos throughout South Texas can’t get enough of that song which still tops the Top 50 Best Songs of All Time. “Nydia and Ricardo’s chemistry was like placing lighting in a bottle and it continues to resonate with music lovers everywhere,” says Ruben Cubillos, Manager for Ricardo Castillon and president of A Big Chihuahua. “Today, “Hay Unos Ojos” is still part of Ricardo’s repertoire at almost all his presentations,” he says.

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