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SANTA BARBARA —¡Viva el Arte de Santa Bárbara! will present Mariachi Garibaldi de Jaime Cuéllar in free concerts at 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 19 at Isla Vista School, 6875 El Colegio Road, Goleta (805-893-5037); 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 20 at Guadalupe City Hall Auditorium, 918 Obispo St., Guadalupe (805-343-2939); and 7 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 21 at the Marjorie Luke Theatre, Santa Barbara Jr. High, 721 E. Cota St., Santa Barbara (805-884-4087, ext. 7).
A mariachi workshop will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 18 at Franklin Elementary School, 1111 E. Mason St., Santa Barbara (805-893-3382).
The group will also perform at 2 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 21 at the California Lemon Festival at Girsh Park in Goleta. The 12-member traditional mariachi band performs with special guest artists from Ballet Folklorico de Los Angeles.
Jaime Cuéllar founded Mariachi Garibaldi as a youth group in Bakersfield 20 years ago. The group has earned the privilege of opening for Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlán during its 2008 tour in California and have shared stages with other great artists in the mariachi tradition including Yolanda Del Rio, Mercedes Castro and Alejandro Fernandez. Ballet Folklorico de Los Angeles was founded in 2011 by Kareli Montoya. The company already has performed in several well-known venues such as the Nokia Theater, Greek Theatre, John Anson Ford Amphitheater, Staples Center, Disneyland, StubHub Center and the Los Angeles and Orange County Fairs.
The dance company has also shared the stage with Mariachi Los Camperos de Nati Cano and has accompanied celebrities such as Lila Downs, Beatriz Adriana and Paquita la del Barrio.
The Guadalupe-Nipomo Dunes Center has just joined ¡Viva el Arte de Santa Bárbara! as a north county collaborator to present concerts this fall at Guadalupe City Hall, becoming part of a team that includes the Marjorie Luke Theatre, the Guadalupe Cultural Arts & Education Center, Isla Vista School and UCSB Arts & Lectures.
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