Conjunto Music Alert

Last Minute Conjunto Alert from Juan Tejeda:

Camaradas de Conjunto: just a brief note to invite you to a special conjunto program tomorrow, Saturday, at the Museo Alameda del Smithsonian in the Market Square here in San Anto.

At 2 p.m ., there will be a lecture/overview of conjunto music history with the foremost authority in the world on Tejano/conjunto music, Dr. Manuel Pena. Then a panel discussion will ensue on the State of Conjunto Music with guest panelists Guero Polkas from KEDA Radio, Cristina Balli from the Narciso Martinez Cultural Arts Center in San Benito, TX, Rick Garcia from Hacienda Records in Corpus Christi, Ramiro Burr/music writer from the San Antonio Express-News, and conjunto musician and vocalist, Linda Escobar. Manuel Pena and myself will moderate so it should prove to be a lively discussion, with audience participation, on where conjunto music is and where it's going. Al alba.

Then at 4 p.m., or so, there will be a Meet the musicos/artists with Linda Escobar and Eva Ybarra, Conjunto Music Hall of Famer and the best female accordionist in the history of conjunto music.

Finally, there's a free concert and dance right outside the Museo in the Market Square plaza that will feature Linda Escobar y su conjunto and Eva Ybarra y su conjunto. Spread the work and hopefully we'll se you out there tomorrow. By the way, the Conjunto exhibit with photos by John Dyer will be up through the end of September in the Museo's upstairs gallery. This is part of the public programming that I curated for this exhibit. Nos vemos. Juan

FROM VINCE: The first three people who quietly come by my office (don't tell a co-worker) can have a PAC Conjunto t-shirt!