Saturday Night at the Downbeat - October 9, 2010
Saturday Night at the Downbeat
October 9, 2010
Hispanic Heritage Month Concert
Featuring Topeka’s own Mariachi Habanero
with opening remarks by Dr. Ruben Flores
Hispanic Heritage month and Concert commemorating the 45th Anniversary of the Delano Grape Strike led by Cesar Chavez
Mariachi Habanero lives up to its name, performing lively dance music mixed with an occasional mellow ballad. The group borrows its name from the habanero pepper, the spiciest of the chili peppers. Mariachi music began in the nineteenth century in the Mexican state of Jalisco—according to popular legend, in the town of Guadalajara. Mariachi has become emblematic of Mexican music. It is the music of the people; music that celebrates the joys, struggles and triumphs of daily life.
Dr. Flores is an Assistant Professor of American Studies at the University of Kansas. His remarks will spotlight the role Hispanics played in the development of the United Farm Workers.
Presented by the Brown Foundation for Educational Equity, Excellence and Research and the Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site as part of the 2010-2011 program series, Commemorating Our Nation's Struggle for Freedom: From Civil War to Civil Rights.
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