I am re-sharing this YouTube video of John Bailey from five years ago for no reason except that I was reminded of it this morning. (Someone commented on the video, but I removed the comment.) Our son John and his friends formed the first ever mariachi band in their high-school’s history, with no sponsorship or, really, and administrative help at all from the school.
Then the entered the school’s local mariachi band competition and qualified for the Texas State UIL Mariachi Festival in UT-Rio Grande Valley in Edinburgh, TX. They were the first mariachi ensemble to qualify for that state festival in the history of the Klein Independent School District.
This video is, I think, from their very first ever live performance, in the Klein Oak High School auditorium.
John P. Needham
October 15, 2022
Naples, FL