The first formal Mariachi of Puerto Vallarta, El Mariachi Los Pipianes, will be honored Tuesday, June 9, at 8:30 pm at Los Arcos Amphitheater with performances by Héctor Spiller and los mariachis Estrella de Jalisco, Nuevo Continental, Real de América, Joya de México and Mariachi Vallarta 2000. This event was originally scheduled for April 28 and is rescheduled due to the flu.
Present will be three survivors of that original Mariachi Los Pipianes that was formed in 1951, Mr. Salvador Briceño, trumpeter, Philip Romero, and Jose Joya violin, vihuela, who could throw a “palomazo.”
