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Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center’s
27th Annual Tejano Conjunto
Festival en San Antonio, 2008
Tentative Schedule
Tuesday, May
6/Guadalupe Theater/Free with Reserved Ticket
9:00-11:00am Senior
Citizens Conjunto Dance with
Bene Medina y el Conjunto Águila.
Wednesday, May
7/Guadalupe Theater/$10 per person, or $5 with Festival Pass*
12:00pm Plática and presentation by Dr.
Manuel Peña on the History and
Social, Cultural and Symbolic Significance of
Conjunto Music.
1:30pm Conjunto in Film and
Video Retrospective (complete schedule
of films and videos to be screened will be forthcoming).
6:30pm Dr. Manuel Peña
reading from his new book, Where The Ox
Does Not Plow/A Mexican American Ballad.
7:15pm Special screening of
two conjunto classic documentary films:
“Songs of the Homeland” and “Chulas Fronteras.”
. 10:00pm Special reception with
award-winning documentarian and the
Producer/Director of “Songs of the Homeland,” Hector Galán.
Conjunto
Performance by Santiago Jiménez Jr. y su Conjunto.
Thursday, May
8/Guadalupe Theater
Workshops on Accordion and Bajo
Sexto with Joel Guzmán and Max Baca
(CLICK
HERE FOR workshop schedule for times and fees.)
Thursday, May
8/Rosedale Park/$12 per person*
5:00pm Opening Ceremonies &
TCF Poster Contest Awards Presentation
Women in Conjunto Music
5:15pm La Estrellita
de San Antonio y su Conjunto
6:00pm El Conjunto
Baraja de Oro
6:55pm Dueto
Carta Blanca de George y Mague
7:50pm Linda Escobar y su
Conjunto
8:35pm “Homenaje a Lydia
Mendoza” featuring performances by Joel Guzmán & Sara
Fox, Santiago Jiménez Jr., Eva Ybarra, Linda Escobar, Dueto
Carta Blanca de George y Mague Luna Nueva with Tara Linda &
Gilbert Reyes, and other special guests.
9:10pm Eva Ybarra y su
Conjunto
10:10pm Elida y Avante
Friday, May
9/Guadalupe Theater
Workshop on Accordion
Maintenance, Tuning & Repair with Raúl Moreno.
Workshops on Accordion and Bajo
Sexto with Joel Guzmán and Max Baca
(CLICK
HERE FOR workshop schedule for times and fees.)
Friday, May 9/Rosedale Park/$12 per
person*
Tribute to Tony De la Rosa:
His Style and Legacy
6:00pm Los Tremendos
Alacranes
7:00pm Edgar Vásquez y Los
Muchachos
8:00pm Boni Mauricio y los
Máximos
9:00pm Los D Boyz/Special
presentation by Alfredo De la Rosa
10:00pm Cuatro Rosas
11:00pm Bernardo y sus
Compadres
Saturday, May
10/Rosedale Park/$15 per person*
Puro Conjunto Pesado: Así se
baile en San Anto
11:30am
Presentation by Conjunto Palo Alto, student ensemble from the
Palo Alto College Conjunto Music Program, and students from the
Conjunto Heritage Taller and the Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center.
12:40pm Ariel Johnson y la
Klika
1:35pm Los Conjunto Kings de
Flavio Longoria
2:30pm Lobo IV
3:25pm Conjunto San Antonio
(desde España)
4:10pm Rubén De la Cruz y su
Conjunto
5:10pm Los TexManiacs de Max
Baca
6:10pm Los Aguilares
7:10pm Joel Guzmán y su
Conjunto featuring Sara Fox
8:10pm Mingo Saldívar y sus
Tremendos Cuatro Espadas
9:10pm Los Dos Gilbertos
10:10pm Los García Bros.
11:10pm Flaco Jiménez y su
Conjunto
* A discounted three-day Festival Pass
for Rosedale Park is $25 for Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center
members and $30 for non-members. They can be purchased at the
Guadalupe by calling 210/271-3151. Visit
www.guadalupeculturalarts.org. |
