1966 UD Town & Gown Series: Fiesta Mexicana
HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH
SEPTEMBER 15 – OCTOBER 15, 2015
As part of the University of Detroit Town and Gown Celebrity Series, a program “Fiesta Mexicana”, a company of 30 of Mexico’s top singers, dancers, and musicians gave a performance at the Memorial building (now Calihan Hall). The company had performed all over the world including London, Milan, Paris, Berlin, and Tokoyo. The performance covered Mexican culture from the pre-Hispanic Aztec and Mayan civilizations to modern times through folk and popular dances and customs.
BEAUTIES FROM A BEAUTIFUL LAND, Melina Oritz, Princess Teo Xocitl, Maria Luisa Ortiz and Antonieta Casas performed in “Fiesta Mexicana”
Fiesta Mexicana program, October 30, 1966
Scene from Dance to the God of Music. Background is the House of Idols in Mexico City, reproductions of temple ruins of Yucatan.
Marimba artist Mario Salguero
Charro Valentino, a Mexican gentleman horseman who is expert with the ropes, also a man of rank would wear similar attire on formal occasions.
“Deer Dance”, Mario Dominguez: Mayan warriors emerge from the forest on a deer hunt. The new young deer chief and his mate are slain by the warriors.
Jose Rodriguez and the Rio Blanco Singers
