Mariachi Night draws crowds for music, dancing and shopping

BRAWLEY— The Cattle Call week festivities continued with Mariachi Night on Wednesday, Nov. 11, featuring mariachi musicians and a variety of vendors.Local singer Emmie Bonesi sang “The Star-Spangled Banner” and later performed with a live mariachi band behind her.“I’d never sung in front of thousands of people before, and seeing how packed it was and feeling all that energy from the crowd was unreal,” Bonesi posted on Instagram after the event. “Getting to open the show with my sister and my friends meant the world to me.”Mariachi Acero del Valle sang “El Son de la Negra,” and Mariachi Amanecer del Valle Imperial performed the classic mariachi standard “Guadalajara.” Ballet folklórico dancers spun in colorful neon dresses, and attendees in cowboy hats, blue jeans and boots went line dancing.The vendor fair was bustling as the mariachi performances continued.At one booth, Brody Caston sold Cattle Call shirts depicting a red-shirted cowboy atop a horse.

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