folklorico

Carola, a former dancer with Ballet Folklórico de México, puts on a recording of a Spanish guitar.

A youth mariachi band and a baile folklorico troupe performed; a covers band played Chicano favorites such as War and Earth, Wind and Fire.

Aztec dancers and some ballet folklorico at Placita Olvera.

But Esparza Loera saw the proverbial writing on the wall about a decade ago, when he covered a baile folklorico performance.

Victoria Hinojosa has been a Special Heart for about three years and is the center of the group’s ballet folklorico performances, plays the guitar and takes art classes.