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EL PASO, Tex. 鈥?As the morning sun rises over the mountains, teacher Mike Hernandez prepares to guide his students through their musical paces. The kids really, really get excited when they have the suit on, he said, and it represents not only the music, but it represents themselves. Meet stanley cup Mariachi Estrella del Oeste, a mariachi ensemble group at Franklin High School in El Paso, Texas. El Paso being a border town, mariachi being such a predominant mus stanley cup ic, you know, our mariachi program sprung up because of the ability that we were able to get more serious about it on an academic level, Hernandez said.They stanley cup are indeed serious about the music, including when they perform one classic mariachi folk song called Son de la Negra. It s a very significant song because it s the most popular mariachi song, Hernandez said. It s the one song that every mariachi knows how to play. That includes student CJ Santos, who both plays the violin and sings. There are some days where I feel extremely nervous and think that I have to be as perfect as possible, Santos said. And then, there are some days where it s like, This is my culture. This is what I want to do. It is a culture many of these stud Kqtf Former Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder 鈥?a Republican 鈥?slams Trump, says he will vote for Biden
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