Mexican Mariachi Festival

Every year San Jose, Ca has a Mariachi festival to celebrate Mexico's independence..Here are a few photographs of the mariachi's entertaining:

Their is also a bandstand where various bands play music and dance on the stage:

When you walk around the arts and crafts section there are some interesting subjects..For some reason the Hispanic heritage celebrates the "day of the dead"  Here are some photographs to illustrate:

Now back to the party..here is a photo of the crowd watching the Mariachi bands:

 Here are some photographs of one Mariachi band posing for a photographer:

here are some closeup photographs of various mariachi band members warming up to perform:

There were a couple of girls who wanted to take their photograph with the mariachi players

Their friend took their photograph on a phone..the final photo is them looking at the photograph on the phone:

It was an interesting day..filled with music..