St. Mary's Ballet Folklorico of Redlands 20th Anniversary Performance
Item
Title
St. Mary's Ballet Folklorico of Redlands 20th Anniversary Performance
Identifier
2022.006.003
Type
document
Description
A six page program for the St. Mary's Ballet Folkorico 20th Anniversary Performance at Glenn Wallichs Theater on July 23, 1994. The program includes an introduction, group profile, roster of the dance company and the program of the event. The event includes 11 dances, most named for geographic area of origin within Mexico: Guerrero, Michoacan, Veracruz, Musica Nortena, Oaxaca, La Revolucion, Tamaulipas, Spanish Influence, Sinaloa, Chiapas, and Jalisco. The program was done in memory of Jose Pepe Roa, Antonia Ramirez-Chavez, Juan Jose Ruiz de la Torre, Jaime Espinoza, and Robert Ramirez, Jr. St. Mary's Ballet Folklorico was esablished at the behest of parents by Petra Lopez, Mary L. Hernandez, Juan Jose Ruiz de la Torre, and Jose Pepe Roa in 1974. Originally the group was supported by St Mary's Catholic Church but later relocated to Orangewood High School. Since 1974 the group has performed across Southern California.
Subject
St. Mary's Ballet Folklorico of Redlands
Cultural Celebrations
Spatial Coverage
University of Redlands campus: Glenn Wallichs Theatre
Temporal Coverage
1974- July 1994
Creator
Delores Cortes, director of St. Mary's Ballet Folklorico of Redlands
Date
7/23/1994
Contributor
Inland Mexican Heritage
Format
.pdf
Language
English
Rights
Bibliographic Citation
Vasquez, Antonio Gonzalez, and Genevieve Carpio. Mexican Americans in Redlands. Charleston, S.C: Arcadia Publishing, 2012.