Vicente Fernandez Jr. named Mr. Amigo 2010
Champion horseman, singer and actor Vicente Fernandez Jr. -- “a true charro for Charro Days” – is being honored with this year’s Mr. Amigo award.
Son of the legendary Mexican singer and actor, Vicente Fernandez Jr. has made his own mark in the world of charreado, or Mexican style rodeo. Read more...
Johnny N. Cavazos as Charro Days Parade Marshal 2010
 Honorary Parade Marshal for the 2010 Charro Days festival will be successful businessman and philanthropist Johnny N. Cavazos.
Cavazos is being honored for his extraordinary years of volunteer service to Charro Days, and his involvement throughout the Brownsville community. He will ride in a position of honor in the traditional Illuminated and Grand International parades.
“Johnny has been an active member of Charro Days for over 50 years,” said Kenneth Lieck, president of the Charro Days Association. “He’s a past president and life director.
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Sombrero Fest in Iraq
 Somewhere in Baghdad, the soldiers of 812th Quartermaster Company are getting into the Charro Days spirit, with help from Sombrero Festival and Charro Days officials, plus other civic and veterans groups.
Sombrero Festival officials were contacted in January by Sgt. Mark Anthony Lucio of Brownsville, who is currently stationed at Camp Stryker near Baghdad. Lucio had a plan to stage an Iraqi Sombrero Festival, just like the ones he has attended and enjoyed all his life.
Most of the soldiers in his company, based in Harlingen, are from the lower Rio Grande Valley, he wrote.
“For years I've attended the Charro Days events...Read more...
Charro Days Volunteers ...Thank You!
Volunteers are the heart, soul and willing hands of Charro Days.
Also, the crepe paper flowers, fajita taquitos and just about everything else.
Whether it’s arranging beautiful table-top decorations or cutting, scooping and rolling hundreds of pounds of grilled beef into flour tortillas for a hungry Baile del Sol crowd, Charro Days wouldn’t be Charro Days without the thousands of helpers who give their time to make the festival happen.Read more...
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'Charro Days In Brownsville' Book
Meet the authors of “Charro Days in Brownsville” at Baile del Sol on Sunday, Feb. 21
Dr. Anthony Knopp, Dr. Manuel Medrano and Priscilla Rodriguez will sign copies of their new book “Charro Days in Brownsville” between 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. at the Charro Days headquarters, 455 East Elizabeth Street.
Books will be available for purchase. A portion of book sales revenues will go toward a scholarship for UTB/TSC history majors.
UTB/TSC professors Knopp and Medrano collaborated with Rodriguez of the Brownsville Historical Association on this pictorial collection that features interesting facts and more than 200 vintage photographs.
“In our research we discovered photographs from the ‘40s, and I found that most interesting. A professional photographer from the Farm Security Administration just happened to be in Brownsville when Charro Days occurred in 1942, and he took a couple of hundred photos, and that offered great insight to the early days of Charro Days,” said Knopp. “We found those on the Library of Congress website.”
For Medrano, working on the project was personal. As a young boy growing up in Brownsville, he danced in the Charro Days parades.
“One of the biggest rewards for me was the community involvement in providing photos and resources, and the pride generated in residents about their city and themselves,” said Medrano.”Sometimes we don’t have to go very far to celebrate what is our own, and Charro Days is a celebration that we can be proud of”
Baile del Sol officially kicks off the week long fiesta. Activities will take place from 12:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. at the Charro Days headquarters. |
