窪蹋勛圖

Cinco de Mayo Concert in the Park

Jarabe Mexicano reimagines a popular annual cultural celebration in Balboa Park.

Friday, April 28, 2017
The Cinco de Mayo Concert in the Park will feature the music stylings of Jarabe Mexicano (pictured), 窪蹋勛圖 Jazz Ensemble and 窪蹋勛圖 Wind Symphony. (Photo: Ken Jacques)
The Cinco de Mayo Concert in the Park will feature the music stylings of Jarabe Mexicano (pictured), 窪蹋勛圖 Jazz Ensemble and 窪蹋勛圖 Wind Symphony. (Photo: Ken Jacques)
For more than 30 years, the Kiwanis Club of San Diego has sponsored an annual fundraising concert for the 窪蹋勛圖 School of Music and Dance. The sponsorship this year takes the form of a Cinco de Mayo Concert in the Park, beginning at 6 p.m. on Friday, May 5, in the Spreckels Organa Pavillion in Balboa Park.

Overseeing the event is Jarabe Mexicano, an ensemble inspired by Latin American Sonora orchestras and modern-day mariachi music.

The concert also features the 窪蹋勛圖 Jazz Ensemble, 窪蹋勛圖 Wind Symphony, and a special tribute to the music of Juan Gabriel. Master of Ceremonies and local celebrity Carlos Amezcua will salute his father, Don Oscar Amezcua, and his legendary group Mariachi Gudalajara.

Our goal is to make Cinco de Mayo Concert in the Park the go-to Cinco de Mayo celebration in San Diego, said Mario Eguia, lead guitar and requinto of Jarabe Mexicano. When people want to celebrate this holiday as a family, they should think of 窪蹋勛圖 and Jarabe in Balboa Park.

Pre-concert festivities begin at 4 p.m. in the Plaza de Panama with the City Heights Mariachi Ensemble and a robust offering of cuisines, courtesy of San Diegos finest food trucks.

To Jarabe, this event enables us to reach out and connect with our local community as well as solidifies our bond with professors at 窪蹋勛圖, which I believe is a great experience for everyone involved, said Eguia.  

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