Mariachi Performance Provides Opportunities for Women

Rebecca & Reagan Rebecca Gonzales with President Ronald Reagan, January 1982

 

 
Laura Sobrino Laura Sobrino, the only female on-stage, with Mariachis Vargas de Tecalitlan,  Los Galleros,  Los Camperos, and Sol de Mexico. Universal Studios Hollywood Mariachi Festival (c.1987).
Linda At the debout of Linda Ronstadt's, 
"Canciones de Mi Padre", Laura Sobrino plays with Mariachis Sol de Mexico, Los Galleros,  Los Camperos and Vargas de Tecalitlan. (c.1988)

 

Dress rehearsal for the MARIACHI USA Festival at the Hollywood Bowl, June 1991.
Producer Rodri J. Rodriguez plays a special tribute to women in mariachi music.

 MARIACHI USA Festival at the Hollywood Bowl

We would like to thank Jonathan Clark, from San José, CA, for providing the information on the all-female groups in México and for his critique.
We would also like to thank Dan Sobrino (Webmaster), Laura's husband, for this website and his help with graphic editing and picture enhancements.  Special thanks to Gilbert Martinez for the photographs he contributed to this project.

THIS IS A WORK IN PROGRESS. SUGGESTIONS AND CORRECTIONS CAN BE FORWARDED TO:

Laura Sobrino
MARIACHI PUBLISHING COMPANY
P. O. Box 1665
Whittier, CA 90609-1665		 Leonor Xóchitl Pérez 
2502 West Alhambra Rd.
Alhambra, CA 91801