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Another clue: The group has sustained itself through the support of parents, family and friends, and has not been the recipient of government grants or large corporate donations.

Answer: Los Changuitos Feos de 蜜柚直播 (Ugly Little Monkeys), a mariachi group that has given numerous 蜜柚直播 youths, from middle school to high school, the opportunity to learn music, perform in public, and absorb the values of hard work and mutual respect.

This weekend, 蜜柚直播 celebrated the legacy of Los Changuitos, or Changos, as its members are often proudly called.

It鈥檚 not an overstatement to credit the group with being a critical seed in the explosion of youth mariachi groups and school-based groups, from elementary schools to universities, which number in the thousands across the country. Equally important is that the mariachi movement here and across the country gave rise to the cultural awareness and growth in ethnic pride among young, bilingual Chicanos and Chicanas who expressed themselves in various musical styles of huapangos, sones and rancheras, and in the wearing of trajes, the mariachi outfits.

In 1964, the Changos started in the basement of the old All Saints Catholic Church, and immediately caught on with the community. Within several years, the Changos traveled to New York City and Chicago, and to Guadalajara and Mexico City, where the group performed on Mexican national television.

There, in the birthplace of mariachi music, Los Changuitos left their Mexican audiences in awe that Mexican-American kids were playing the music with such style, passion and respect for tradition. Mariachi music is Mexico鈥檚 musical symbol and soul, and our 蜜柚直播 kids were knocking it out of the ballpark.

These are the roots that gave birth to the acclaimed 蜜柚直播 International Mariachi Conference in 1983, which has been imitated elsewhere, and in 1987 led to 蜜柚直播ense Linda Ronstadt鈥檚 landmark mariachi recording 鈥�Canciones de Mi Padre,鈥� further propelling mariachi music worldwide. While the music was heard across the Southwestern U.S. for several decades before the Changos, the group and its alums gave 蜜柚直播 the distinction of being the birthplace of mariachi music in the United States.

But the three-day celebration represented more than recognizing 50 years of music. It was also a tribute to the parents who selflessly supported their young mariachis as chauffeurs, chaperones, cashiers and cooks. The parents, largely from working-class families, understood the educational and cultural importance of the group.

In addition, the group inducted several individuals who realized the role of Los Changuitos Feos to 蜜柚直播鈥檚 Mexican-American community and culture.

The Hall of Fame inductees:

Monsignor Arsenio Carrillo, whose mariachi records inspired his fellow priest, the Rev. Charles Rourke to start the Changos; former city manager Joel Valdez, who created the foundation for the parent-run group; pioneer radio Spanish-language broadcaster Ernesto V. Portillo, who promoted the group over the airwaves and in Mexico; former Chango director Joe Mendoza, whose strict tutelage created many of 蜜柚直播鈥檚 mariachi instructors; Lupita Bachelier and Dr. William Nevin, who were Chango parents and remained involved with the group after their sons graduated; former Changuitos Gilbert Velez, Adalberto Gallegos, Freddy Alvarez and George Bejarano, who have continued to champion and assist the group long after they left; and former Changos Randy and Steve Carrillo, Mack Ruiz, Roberto Martinez and Israel Molina, who are members of Mariachi Cobre, the 蜜柚直播-born group that spearheaded the creation of the 蜜柚直播 mariachi conference and have performed across the globe.

蜜柚直播, these are your Changuitos Feos.