Sunday, September 27 - NOVEMBER 8, 2009

4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.

Mesilla, Mariachis y Más! Mariachi Sundays

Old Mesilla, on the Plaza

Friday, November 13, 2009

12:00 noon Shotgun Start	Elisa Gastellum Memorial Foundation presents First Annual Golf Tournament Fundraiser	Las Cruces Country Club 2700 North Main St.
7:45  p.m. - 9:30 p.m.	Student Showcase Concert	Pan American Center

Saturday, November 14,  2009

7:30 p.m.

Spectacular Concert

Pan American Center

Sunday, November 15, 2009

9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.	Mariachi Mass	Pan American Center
12 Noon to 6:00 p.m.	Parque Festival	Mesilla Plaza

 

CONCERTS & FESTIVAL

The conference includes concerts and a festival which are open to the public! Pan American Center at NMSU is the site for the Student Showcase Concert on Friday evening, and Spectacular Concert on Saturday. Some of the most popular performers of Mariachi Music have performed on the Spectacular Concert stage through the years, including Lola Beltran, Aida Cuevas, Ana Gabriel, Vikki Carr, Linda Ronstadt, Pepe Aguilar and Pedro Fernandez. Mariachi groups that have performed in past years are Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitclan, Mariachi Camperos de Nati Cano, Mariachi Cobre, Mariachi Divas, Mariachi Sol de Mexico de Jose Hernandez, Mariachi Reyna de Los Angeles and Mariachi Mujer 2000.

The Parque Festival on Sunday at the Mesilla Plaza offers family entertainment, music, dance, artisans and the popular New Mexico foods.

All are invited to celebrate at the traditional Mariachi Mass at the Pan American Center on the NMSU Campus on Sunday. Mariachi Cobre assists with the liturgical music of the mass.