Family members and friends gathered Friday morning on the eve of the 40th anniversary of the 1981 Hyatt Regency tragedy to honor the trailblazing Mariachi Estrella De Topeka band at the Mariachi ...

The band played shows all over Kansas. In July of 1981, Mariachi Estrella was scheduled to play a show at the new Hyatt Regency Hotel in Kansas City, Mo. When they got to the hotel they were on ...

Its owner is Chris Martinez, who has lots of experience running Mexican restaurants in Wichita. El Mariachi ... He also plans to have a mariachi band perform every Sunday from 1 to 5 p.m. El ...

A native Topekan and the daughter of parents who fled Mexico during the revolution, Teresa Cuevas started her own all-female mariachi ... first Kansas City show. Shortly after that, the band ...

Fortunately, their principal does too. As part of their senior prank, students hired a mariachi band to follow their principal around. When John Becchio walked into his office at 7:30 a.m., the ...