Mar
17
https://youtu.be/umytIfiwdWw This past December the 26th Annual Mariachi Vargas Extravaganza brought together 35 of the top student mariachi vocalists from elementary to college for the first ever virtual MVE National Vocal Competition. As the only competition judged by members of the world-renowned Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlán, the Mariachi Vargas Extravaganza...
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Mar
15
Guitarist and vocalist of Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlán Arturo Vargas is now being featured in the latest video tutorial of our YouTube channel. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZoMZQhoroBw In this twelve minute video tutorial, Arturo reacts and comments on his performance of "El Pastor" at the 25th Annual Mariachi Vargas Extravaganza. He covers topics...
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Mar
10
The first U.S. cases of Covid-19 (coronavirus) were reported in January, 2020. By February, the virus had been detected in Mexico, and on March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared Covid-19 an international pandemic. What had been an epidemic had now become a pandemic. Since then, coronavirus-related infections...
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Mar
10
Los primeros casos de Covid-19 (coronavirus) en Estados Unidos fueron reportados en enero de 2020. Ya para febrero, el virus se había detectado en México, y el 11 de marzo de 2020 la Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS) declaró al Covid-19 una pandemia internacional. Lo que había sido una epidemia...
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Feb
06
The 26th Annual Mariachi Vargas Extravaganza has announced the awarding of $6,000 in scholarship prizes for the first ever virtual MVE National Vocal Competition that took place on Saturday, December 5, 2020. Thanks to our sponsors and thoughtful donors, the twelve winners throughout the middle school, high school and college/university...
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Jan
31
El día primero de este año, el covid–19 cobró otra vida más, esta vez la de nuestra amiga Cassandra Trejo, quien fue muy conocida en el ambiente de los festivales de mariachi. Cassandra Clemence o “Cassy”, como muchos le decían, nació en 1963 en el pueblo de Ruidoso, Nuevo México....
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Jan
30
On New Year’s Day of 2021, Covid-19 took another life, this time that of our dear friend Cassandra Trejo, a well-known personality in the mariachi festival world. Cassandra Clemence was born in 1963 in the town of Ruidoso, New Mexico. She grew up in Hobbs, New Mexico, but lived most...
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Jan
25
As part of the 26th Annual Mariachi Vargas Extravaganza, Mariachi Vargas trumpet player Agustín Sandoval created a three-part video tutorial on mariachi trumpet techniques. https://youtu.be/Th-2OUTni64 Agustín starts off the series with a tutorial on trumpet articulation. In music, articulation can be defined as the way a specific note or melodic...
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Jan
21
Blog author: Dr. Dahlia Guerra Greetings, mariachi friends! We hope that you all are healthy and safe, and we hope your year is off to a great start!! These continue to be unusual times, to say the least, and we are told that the Spring of 2021 continues in...
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Jan
18
Congratulations to Roma High School’s Mariachi Nuevo Santander for being invited to perform in an hour-long special for the Biden/Harris Latino Inaugural 2021 Celebration. The event will celebrate Latino contributions to our nation and will be hosted and produced by Eva Longoria, with San Antonio’s Henry R. Muñoz III as...
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