Christopher RangelIn eighth grade he learned about the school’s mariachi band program and was interested in participating in high school. He is now in his third year with Reyes del Oeste.
Isabel, left, in her first year with the mariachi program. She is pictured with her parents and Isadora, right.Isadora, a high school sophomore, said she plays the French horn for concert band, mellophone in the marching band and bass guitar for a show choir band. She also sings in the school choir. In middle school she considered trying out for a position with a mariachi band and now plays guitar in one of the ensembles.
Guiterrez sisters participating in folkloric dancing a few years ago.well said the best aspect of having the mariachi program is “learning about the culture myself and seeing the pride on the students’ and families’ faces when we perform. Some of those students and families see some ugliness out there, so it’s nice to provide a little bit of joy for them celebrating their culture.” “The best part about being in mariachi is getting to play music that our families at home can understand and relate to,” Isabel said. “It gives many kids pride when their parents know the songs.”
Reyes del Oeste at Fiesta Latina in Storm Lake. Rangel is top right“A little shout out here for the Denison High School Mariachi group. During the Fiesta Latina event, when the smaller Storm Lake mariachi group performed, the Denison kids seated in the bleachers waiting for their own performance spontaneously joined in the chorus to provide the firepower necessary to fill a gym with sound. Class,” Larsen wrote.
Christopher RangelEl feligrés de Santa Rosa, Christopher Rangel, es un estudiante de último año que toca múltiples instrumentos y es miembro del grupo Reyes del Oeste.
Familia de Guiterrez
Isabel y Isadora
Reyes del Oeste en Storm Lake "Un pequeño saludo para el grupo de mariachis de la Escuela Secundaria Denison. Durante el evento de la Fiesta Latina, cuando el grupo de mariachi más pequeño de Storm Lake se presentó, los niños de Denison sentados en las gradas esperando su actuación se unieron espontáneamente al coro para proporcionar la potencia de fuego necesaria para llenar un gimnasio de sonido. Clase", escribió Larsen.