Springfield Excessive Faculty shall be within the nationwide highlight when their fashionable Mariachi Del Sol music program performs on Good Morning America on Friday. College students and instructors are excited and hope to boost some cash for brand spanking new uniforms.
SPRINGFIELD, Ore. – Good Morning America is highlighting the Mariachi Del Sol from Springfield Excessive Faculty on Friday for Hispanic Heritage Month.
The music program started at Springfield Excessive Faculty 15 years in the past and grew to develop into highly regarded in keeping with band director Jon Bridges. He stated they carry out greater than 40 occasions a yr across the Eugene-Springfield space and on huge levels together with at Disneyland and the state legislature. However for the previous two weeks the scholars have been getting ready for his or her largest stage but on GMA.
“We hit the bottom at a dash. That is our first huge efficiency,” Bridges stated. “The very very first thing we have carried out. It is positively been a rush to prepare”
Bridges says when he first took the job as band director, it was his college students who taught him all he wanted to learn about mariachi. They take every class very significantly, studying completely different regional types of music from Mexico and break down what every track means.
“I imply throughout Mexico every area we research and ensure we spotlight the place we’re coming from — what the music is representing.”
College students in Mariachi Del Sol rehearsing of their iconic uniforms earlier than their Good Morning America efficiency.
He stated college students who’re from non-Latino backgrounds immerse themselves within the tradition every class.
“They’re excited for the style of music,” Bridges stated. “They’re excited for simply telling their tales, telling their tradition, telling their historical past”
College students have been nervous however principally enthusiastic about their huge efficiency on Good Morning America. Marmy Hernandez-Goncalez and Kahory Castellanos-Cardenas are Springfield Excessive Faculty college students within the band.
“We have been each – checked out one another and thought ant no method we’ll be on Good Morning America,” Hernandez-Goncalez stated.
“To me it is household – getting related to my household and culturally. For me — I am unable to actually talk with my household in Mexico so it connects me higher with them,” stated Castellanos-Cardenas.
Band director Jon Bridges instructing Mariachi Del Sol throughout a rehearsal main as much as the Good Morning America efficiency.
This system is utilizing the chance to boost cash for brand spanking new mariachi uniforms. The band has used the identical ones because the program’s conception and are displaying put on and tear. They are saying the objective is to order 60 new uniforms by the tip of the yr the place they may then fly to Washington D.C and carry out on the Nationwide Memorial Day Parade. people may also help donate for brand spanking new uniforms right here.
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