La Bamba / twist and Shout - W.E. Greiner Middle School Mariachi Band - Band director Maria "Lupe" Vargas-Garcia
Greiner Middle School's most famous musical grad is the blues guitarist Stevie Ray Vaughan. But watch out. There are some new kids the Greiner Mariachi Band. Vargas-Garcia knows these kids. She, too, was a Greiner student who wanted to be a police officer. But she was also learning to play in an orchestra through the Dallas Symphony's Young Strings program. At UT Arlington, she took her classical training. Then she went in a new direction.
"I was invited to join a Mariachi, and my parents allowed me to join that, and I just started to get into Mariachi world and loved it."
Mariachi's roots are in Mexico. It picked up other influences, including a generous helping of Czech polkas. The instruments are familiar: violins, guitars, trumpets...
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