{"id":1137,"date":"2021-12-13T10:39:00","date_gmt":"2021-12-13T10:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nshe.nevada.edu\/system-administration\/?post_type=nshe_news&#038;p=1137"},"modified":"2023-02-21T17:17:50","modified_gmt":"2023-02-21T17:17:50","slug":"csns-mariachi-plata-wins-first-in-national-competition","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/nshe.nevada.edu\/system-administration\/news\/2021\/12\/csns-mariachi-plata-wins-first-in-national-competition\/","title":{"rendered":"CSN\u2019s Mariachi Plata Wins First in National Competition"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The College of Southern Nevada\u2019s Mariachi Plata took first place in the Mariachi Vargas Extravaganza national competition in San Antonio, Texas, this month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft size-full wp-image-17882\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/nshe.nevada.edu\/system-administration\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/csn-mariachi-victory-thumb.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1141\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nshe.nevada.edu\/system-administration\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/csn-mariachi-victory-thumb.jpg 320w, https:\/\/nshe.nevada.edu\/system-administration\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/csn-mariachi-victory-thumb-300x188.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><figcaption>CSN&#8217;s Mariachi Plata took first place in the Mariachi Vargas Extravaganza national competition.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Considered the \u201cSuper Bowl\u201d of mariachi competitions, Mariachi Vargas Extravaganza saw CSN compete against long-established mariachi from the top schools in the country. Mariachi Plata began competing in 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI am so proud of our Mariachi Plata, which we started in my first year at CSN,\u201d said CSN President Federico Zaragoza. \u201cLas Vegas has a large and talented Hispanic and Mexican community and mariachi speaks to who we are as a Mexican community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWinning the Mariachi Vargas competition is big. This was a big national upset and our students worked so hard to accomplish this goal. Fine Arts Chair Robert Bonora, Coach Fernando Gonzalez, his assistant Lupe Gonzalez, and our students had the vision and made their dream happen. This is still sinking in, wow. CSN\u2019s Mariachi Plata the best mariachi in the country. Congratulations Mariachi Plata. You make us CSN Proud!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mariachi Plata is comprised of students from CSN\u2019s mariachi courses, part of its fine arts music curriculum. Bonora credited talented faculty, as well as Coach Gonzalez and his wife and assistant, for their dedication to CSN\u2019s Students First mission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve gone right to the center of the mariachi world in the United States and competed and come out on top,\u201d he said. In addition to the team\u2019s first place win, vocalist Jose Mejia took third in the individual competition. Mejia previously took first place in that competition in 2019, the first year Mariachi Plata competed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Courtesy of the College of Southern Nevada.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About CSN<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The College of Southern Nevada empowers our students and communities to achieve, succeed, and prosper. Founded in 1971, CSN is a nationally recognized student success leader specializing in two-year degrees and a select number of bachelor\u2019s degrees in specialized fields. Connect with the state\u2019s largest and most diverse higher education institution on our Newsroom blog, via our press releases, or by following us on social media.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1139,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"categories":[33,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1137","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-33","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nshe.nevada.edu\/system-administration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/1137","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nshe.nevada.edu\/system-administration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nshe.nevada.edu\/system-administration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nshe.nevada.edu\/system-administration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1137"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nshe.nevada.edu\/system-administration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1139"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nshe.nevada.edu\/system-administration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1137"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nshe.nevada.edu\/system-administration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1137"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nshe.nevada.edu\/system-administration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1137"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}