Mariachi Charanda music from western states, Jalisco, Colima, Nayarit and Michoacán, but it has incorporated some work from other regions in Mexico. Songs include "El Capulinero", "Atotonilco", "El Sauce y la Palma", "La Pulquería", "México Lucido", "El Toro Viejo", "La Tequilera" and "El Huizache". Mariachi Charanda collaborates with cultural and educational institutions such as the Secretaría de Educación Pública, CONACULT"A"" "and UNAM appearing on programs such as Radio Educación, Radio Universidad, Once TV, Cadena Tres and the Discovery Channel. They have also participated in children's events such as "Alas y Raíces" and "Jugares y Juglares" in Mexico City. The group has performed
Women in Latin music (bars), and their partners destroyed their instruments. Other all-female bands tried unsuccessfully to be pioneers. Four of the six-member Mariachi Estrella de Topeka and 110 others were killed in the 1981 Hyatt Regency walkway collapse. Rebecca Gonzales, who later joined the Los Angeles Uclatlan band, was the first female mariachi violinist. According to Gonzales, the other members of Uclatlan found it "bizarre" that a woman was playing with them and it took the group about a month to accept her. Gonzales was the first female mariachi musician to break through professionally. A role model for female mariachi hopefuls, she was