Allow me to introduce the nine 2016 graduates of Mariachi Aztlan de Pueblo High School. Or more accurately, allow them to introduce themselves via this video. They are a remarkable group of young men and women. Smart, accomplished, disciplined and ready to take on whatever the world sends their way. This week most of them […]
Author: dbtucson
Linda Ronstadt turns 70
Happy 70th birthday to singer Linda Ronstadt – beloved pop star and seminal figure in the youth mariachi movement. Her 1980s recordings Canciones de Mi Padre and Mas Canciones sparked not just a resurgence of interest in mariachi and ranchera music but catalyzed the start of curriculum-based mariachi programs in Tucson’s public schools, and […]
Urgent help needed to keep MM rolling
So often these days I look at the news and am absolutely slack-jawed. If you told me back in 1964 when the Los Changuitos Feos youth mariachi was founded in Tucson that the headlines that occur daily could ever happen at this phase of my life, I simply never would have believed it. And that’s […]
Audience is key to enduring art forms
One of the least discussed and most critical ingredients to any art form is its audience. No artistic effort will last long without an audience. And those that cultivate an audience that understands and appreciates what is done on the stage thrive, even in times of economic hardship. A recent discussion that took place […]
A mariachi in the White House
OK, I’m going to come right out and say it. I believe that in the not distant future the United States will have its first Latino president And I further believe that the aforementioned president, male or female, will have been either a mariachi or folklorico dancer, if not both. I have said it before […]
GoFundMe campaign launched to support The Mariachi Miracle
As the summer months put the financial pinch on the completion of The Mariachi Miracle, we urgently turn to crowd funding source GoFundMe to raise money for continued filming. The campaign’s web page is https://www.gofundme.com/jzzxsahg Principal photography for the film is set to conclude in mid-October, 2016 so that editing and post production […]
Producer Daniel Buckley explains what he does when the shoot is over
Click photos to enlarge Preparation of my footage and photos from Pueblo High Magnet School’s May 25, 2016 graduation offers a real-world example of why making The Mariachi Miracle is such a costly and time consuming process. Roughly two and a half hours of footage and 600 still images were shot at the graduation, […]
2016 TIMC Espectacular Video
Highlights from the 2016 Espectacular concert of the Tucson International Mariachi Conference. Featured performers include the master students from the TIMC workshops, Participant Showcase winners Mariachi Aztlán de Pueblo High School and Compañía de Danza Folklórica Arizona, master dance instructors from TIMC, Nizhoni Begay with Mariachi Tapatio, Monica Treviño with Mariachi Sonido de Mexico, […]
Tucson International Mariachi Conference 2016 Video Part 1
First videos from the 2016 Tucson International Mariachi Conference Excerpts from the the Tucson International Mariachi Conference’ Participant Showcase. Featured groups include (in order of appearance) Mariachi Las Aguilitas de Davis Bilingual Elementary School, Mariachi Los Coyotes, Mariachi Juvenil Phoenix de Rosie’s House, Mariachi Milagro, Mariachi Herencia, Mariachi Cascabel, Inspiraciones de Danza Mexicana, Danzarte, Ballet Folklorico […]
Seniors shine at Aztlán celebration
Click photos to enlarge, click videos to play Last night was another bittersweet milestone on the Mariachi Miracle trail. The event was Pueblo High School’s annual Noche de Mariachi show – the final performance of the year at the school for Mariachi Aztlán, and a showcase for graduating seniors. This year nine […]
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