A troupe of 40 San Antonio mariachis performed in the nearby town of Uvalde to memorialize victims of the shooting at Robb Elementary School.
Mariachi music is the soundtrack to San Antonio celebrations, from weddings, quinceñeras and birthday parties to the city’s annual Fiesta festival. But mariachis also play a more somber and important cultural role, helping families grieve at funerals when loved ones are lost.
People visit a memorial Wednesday to pay their respects to the 19 children and two teachers killed in last week’s school shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde.On Memorial Day, he approached Medrano asking what could be done for grieving families in Uvalde. For the occasion, Ortiz and Medrano also wrote a story ballad, “El Corrido de Los Angeles de Uvalde,” with one verse that encapsulates the horror visited upon the town of 16,000 by a gunman with automatic weapons:A lo largo del pequeño y tranquilo vecindarioThroughout the quiet little neighborhood
The bus and caravan of cars unloaded and assembled in the shade of the Uvalde town square by 5 p.m. After a brief introduction by Medrano, the air was filled with the sound of more than 40 mariachis bowing violins, blowing trumpets, strumming vihuelas, plunking guitarrones and singing full-throated lyrics of love and mourning.
During a break between songs, Uvalde resident Enrique Serna said the performance was a comfort for the ailing town. “It’s just another chance to get the whole community together and put everything aside, all the tragedy, and experience something beautiful. Because we need this right now. Not everybody had a direct family member [affected] but everybody was affected in some way.”
Mary Helen Diaz Bates, a lifelong Uvalde resident and retired system principal in several of the town’s schools, wiped away tears and voiced her appreciation after the performance.
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