Mariachi Santander, they have landed first place on the Mariachi Vargas Extravanganza competition since 2013. They have participated in competitions around the TX and the U.S. including UIL Mariachi State competitions and the world-known America's Got Talent. The most common dance technique in mariachi is "zapateado", a kind of footwork from Spain. Pounding of feet into a raised platform often provides the percussive. Mariachi Mariachi (; ) is a style of music and musical group performance that dates back to at least the 18th century, evolving over time in the countryside of various regions of western Mexico. It has a distinctive
Mariachi El Bronx (2009 album) plans to record both a mariachi album and a punk rock album in short succession, hoping to release the former before the end of that summer. However, they did not enter the recording studio until March 2008, by which time they planned to release the mariachi album before the end of the summer. "Mariachi El Bronx" was recorded in March 2008 at Brandos Paradise in San Gabriel, California with producer and engineer John Avila, who also played charango, sang backing vocals, and mixed the album with the band. In June 2008 the band posted a video to YouTube of themselves