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10/2/06

MEXICAN MUSIC FEATURED AT SLU CONCERT/DANCE

CANTON - A dance and concert performance by Los Inalcanzables will take place on Tuesday, October 17, at 7 p.m. in the Winston Room of the St. Lawrence University Student Center; it is open to the public, free of charge.

The group performs "corridos," or Mexican ballads that are part of the collective memory among Mexican migrants. Many of the corridos to be performed are analyzed in the recent book Corridos in Migrant Memory by Assistant Professor of Global Studies Martha I. Chew Sánchez.

The musical performance by Los Inalcanzables is a unique opportunity to appreciate part of a transnational vaquero (cowboy) culture of the region of Chihuahua, Mexico; New Mexico; and northern Texas. Manuel Márquez, the lead singer of Los Inalcanzables, is interviewed in Chew Sánchez's book, particularly in the chapter titled "De parranda con el Diablo: performance and the aesthetics of conjunto norteño dance music." In the chapter, Márquez discusses in detail the main characteristics of the music from transnational conjunto norteños in Chihuahua, Texas, New Mexico and Colorado, as well as his experience as a vaquero and singer. Los Inalcanzables are originally from Satevo, Chihuahua, and are now based in northern Texas (Dumas), performing on both sides of the US/Mexico border, mainly along El Camino Real.

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