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Teresa Cuevas:
Still performs with "Mariachi Estrella" in Topeka, KS. She is 80 years old. She has taught nine children to play mariachi violin, including
her 13-year-old grand-daughter. She is probably the oldest female mariachi
still performing. |
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Rachel Galvan:
Original guitarrón player with "Mariachi Estrella" (Topeka, KS), is
still performing mariachi in Topeka, Kansas. |
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Rebecca Gonzales:
Rebecca teaches the Suzuki violin method in the Palos Verdes, CA area. Currently, she is instructing violin
in the Suzuki method, and is contracting gigs for her mixed gender
mariachi. Rebecca Gonzales was inducted in the Tucson
International Mariachi Hall of Fame in April 2004, and joined Mariachi Mujer
2000 in August 2004. |
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Maribel Medina:
Continues to perform with "Mariachi Mexicapan" in the Los Angeles
area. |
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Maria Elena
Muñoz:
No longer performs mariachi music. She can be contacted via her home
address: 24857 Fortune Bay Ln.,
Moreno Valley, CA 92551. |
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Maria Dolores (Montañez)
Noperi:
Resides in Tucson, Arizona. She continues to perform mariachi music,
currently with her husband’s group, “Mariachi Cielo de Mexico.”
They have five children. Their daughter, Anisa (violin), and son,
John (vihuela) also perform with
the group. |
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Belle San Miguel Ortiz:
Is the manager of "Mariachi Campanas de America" from San Antonio,
TX. She continues to work closely with the San Antonio Mariachi
Festival and workshops. She
remains involved with mariachi education in the San Antonio school system. |
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Barbara Pérez:
Plays with her own "Mariachi Santa Cecilia" each week-end at the
Flea Market in San Jose, CA. |
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Leonor Xóchitl
Pérez:
Leonor graduated from UCLA with her PhD in education research on June 19,
1999. She conducts research on
women in mariachi performance. She
is currently Assistant Dean at the East
Los Angeles College in Los Angeles, CA. This year she, along with
sponsorship from Mervyn's of California, organized The
East Los Angeles College Mariachi Group and Vocal Competition,
held on February 3, 2002. Leonor finally had the chance to be
"her child's mom," giving birth to her daughter, Eliana, in
December 2001. |
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Laurie Shields:
No longer plays mariachi, and lives on the island of Tortola in the British
Virgin Islands. |
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Laura Sobrino:
Laura is her kids' mom! She continues to free-lance in the mariachi circuit
in LA, teaches mariachi classes privately, and workshops. Laura began the
Mariachi Publishing
Company, which supplies
mariachi
sheet music, educational materials, web support and computer graphic design
for all mariachi related issues. Currently, she is the musical director and first violinist for the all-female mariachi show group,
Mariachi Mujer
2000, directed by Marisa Orduño. Laura was inducted into the
Tucson International Mariachi Hall of Fame in April 2004. |
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Monica Treviño:
Monica performs in Tucson,
Arizona with Mariachi Azteca del Sol at Casino del Sol Tequila Factory
restaurant or El Mezon De Cobre. She resides in Tucson with her
husband and three daughters. |
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Adela Valdez:
Adela continues to play guitar with her husband’s
mariachi group in the Los Angeles area. She can be contacted in care of the Mariachi Publishing Company, P.O.
Box 1665, Whittier, CA 90609-1665. |
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Kate Woods:
Kate no longer performs. She was involved in an accident that caused a
permanent disability which prevents her from playing her violin. She
resides in San Benito county, CA near the mining ghost town of New Idria.
Kate has been writing a column for The Pinnacle weekly newspaper since 1998. |