Her husband Jose Luis Baca, director of Ballet Folklórico Tapatio, has long been in charge of Sunnyside High School’s folklórico program. Just recently Jimena Baca of Ballet Folklórico Tapatio was signed to teach folklórico at Pueblo High School. The folklórico dance side of the equation is catching up with numerous top-flight programs popping up in our schools led by some of the finest dancers and teachers yet. Giselle Aubrey of Mariachi Aztlan de Tucson being applauded for her performance of Blue Bayou by Linda Ronstadt and Mayor Regina Romeroat the dedication of the Tucson Convention Center Linda Ronstadt Music Hall. Those who stick around are finding opportunities in world-class groups, and those that move on to other cities find themselves being snapped up into the ranks of the best mariachi groups in America. It feels like the golden age of mariachis and folklórico dance companies in Tucson.Īfter three decades of curriculum-based mariachi programs in the schools we are graduating mariachi hotshots left and right.
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