Elisa Marie Tarrrazas, 13, of DSMS Mariachi Desierto concentrates on her music during a Tucson International Mariachi Festival mariachi workshop in Tucson, AZ. on Thursday, April 27, 2017. More than nine hundred students form around the country participated in mariachi and folklorico workshops as part of the 35 annual La Frontera’s Tucson International Mariachi Festival at Casino Del Sol. The festival culminates with the day long Fiesta Garabaldi on Saturday. For more information go to www.tucsonmariachi.org Photo by Ron Medvescek / Arizona Daily Star.
Amado Martinez lll tunes up his Vihuela in the hallway during during a Tucson International Mariachi Festival mariachi workshop in Tucson, AZ. on Thursday, April 27, 2017. More than nine hundred students form around the country participated in mariachi and folklorico workshops as part of the 35 annual La Frontera’s Tucson International Mariachi Festival at Casino Del Sol. The festival culminates with the day long Fiesta Garabaldi on Saturday. For more information go to www.tucsonmariachi.org Photo by Ron Medvescek / Arizona Daily Star.
Students from Davis Elementary School make notations in their music during a break in a mariachi workshop in Tucson, AZ. on Thursday, April 27, 2017. More than nine hundred students form around the country participated in mariachi and folklorico workshops as part of the 35 annual La Frontera’s Tucson International Mariachi Festival at Casino Del Sol. The festival culminates with the day long Fiesta Garabaldi on Saturday. For more information go to www.tucsonmariachi.org Photo by Ron Medvescek / Arizona Daily Star.
Above: Elisa Marie Tarrrazas, 13, concentrates on her music at Casino del Sol. More than 900 students from around the country are taking part in mariachi and folklorico workshops at La Frontera’s Tucson International Mariachi Festival.
Right: Amado Martinez lll tunes up his vihuela in a hallway. The mariachi festival culminates with the daylong Fiesta Garabaldi on Saturday. For more information, go to www.tucsonmariachi.org
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Elisa Marie Tarrrazas, 13, of DSMS Mariachi Desierto concentrates on her music during a Tucson International Mariachi Festival mariachi workshop in Tucson, AZ. on Thursday, April 27, 2017. More than nine hundred students form around the country participated in mariachi and folklorico workshops as part of the 35 annual La Frontera’s Tucson International Mariachi Festival at Casino Del Sol. The festival culminates with the day long Fiesta Garabaldi on Saturday. For more information go to www.tucsonmariachi.org Photo by Ron Medvescek / Arizona Daily Star.
Amado Martinez lll tunes up his Vihuela in the hallway during during a Tucson International Mariachi Festival mariachi workshop in Tucson, AZ. on Thursday, April 27, 2017. More than nine hundred students form around the country participated in mariachi and folklorico workshops as part of the 35 annual La Frontera’s Tucson International Mariachi Festival at Casino Del Sol. The festival culminates with the day long Fiesta Garabaldi on Saturday. For more information go to www.tucsonmariachi.org Photo by Ron Medvescek / Arizona Daily Star.
Students from Davis Elementary School make notations in their music during a break in a mariachi workshop in Tucson, AZ. on Thursday, April 27, 2017. More than nine hundred students form around the country participated in mariachi and folklorico workshops as part of the 35 annual La Frontera’s Tucson International Mariachi Festival at Casino Del Sol. The festival culminates with the day long Fiesta Garabaldi on Saturday. For more information go to www.tucsonmariachi.org Photo by Ron Medvescek / Arizona Daily Star.
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