ROO M ATA M O S VICARIO ALDAMA GUERRERO ALLENDE JIMENIZ HIDALGO

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MÉXICO
VICTORIA

2010
B R AV O

J.P. Morgan Chase and The Council on the Arts & Humanities for Staten Island

present

““A Celebration of Heroes””

The 200th Anniversary of Mexican Independence
MINA

featuring
Traditional Mexican Music and Dance of

Ballet Guadalupano
VILLA

SUNDAY
SEPTEMBER 19, 2010
1:30pm - 5:00PM
Z A PATA

This performance is made possible by a JPMorgan Chase Regrant

in partnership with the Council on the Arts & Humanities for Staten Island
(COAHSI).
at Faber Park & Pool
2175 Richmond Terrace
ZARAGOZA

Staten Island NY
 Mexican Independence Day
History
Mexico this year is celebrating the bicentennial of the beginning of its struggle
for independence (1810-1821) and the centennial of the beginning of its
revolution (1910-1917). Mexican Independence Day celebrates the events and
people that eventually resulted in independence from Spain, the country that
had control over the territory of New Spain, as it was also known then. It was
sparked by a call to revolt by the respected Catholic priest Hidalgo, the first
call to arms was made in the village of Dolores, in the state of Guanajuato. The
uprising pitted the poor indigenous Indians and mixed mestizo groups against
the privileged classes of Spanish descent. A leader of one of these groups was
a priest named Father Miguel Hidalgo. Hidalgo lived in Dolores, Guanajuato. Special Thanks
Hidalgo and his officers were planning a revolt for late fall of 1810.
St. Mary’s of the Assumption Church, Father Miguel Flynn, La Ha-
The Heroes of Mexican Independence
Benito Juarez, Miguel Hidalgo, José María Morelos, Juan Aldama, Ignacio
cienda, Monte Alban 99Cent Store, Café con Pan, Nueva Imagen,
Allende, Nicolás Bravo, Vicente Guerrero, Mariano Jiménez, Mariano Balderas Deli, Monte Alban, Port Richmond Supermarket, J. P.
Matamoros, Guadalupe Victoria, Francisco Javier Mina, Andrés Quintana Roo, Morgan Chase, COAHSI, the New York State Council on the Arts
Leona Vicario, Pedro Moreno y Víctor Rosales Francisco Pancho Villa, Emiliano & Humanities for Staten Island (COAHSI)
Zapata. Ignacio Zaragoza.
Program notes written by Jesus Olmedo & Christopher Mulé
Civic Ceremony
1. Honoring the Mexican Flag
The flag consists of three vertical strips in the colors green (representing “hope”),
white (“peace”) and red (“blood”). White also represents the snow that covers
mountains in Mexico. In the central white strip is the image of an eagle standing
on a cactus plant and eating a snake. This relates to the myth of how the capital
of the Aztec Empire, Tenochtitlán, was founded--an Aztec saw an eagle on top
of a cactus eating a snake, and believed it to be a sign that it was to be their
homeland.
2. Cry for Independence (Grito de Dolores)
The Spanish people found out about the revolt of Hidalgo and the Spanish
government ordered the arrest of Hidalgo and his officers. When Hidalgo heard
about this he called a meeting at his church. He rang the church bell on the night
of September 15, 1810 to call his congregation to the church for a mass. When all
the people arrived Father Hidaglo rallied the people to fight. He gave the speech
in a small town of Dolores in the state of Guanajuato. The speech is known as the
Grito de Dolores and He said “Viva Mexico” and “Viva la independencia!” These
famous words are said each year at the Independence Day celebrations and the
“cry for independence” has become a symbol of Mexican independence. Each
year on September 15 at eleven in the evening, the President of Mexico rings the
bell of the National Palace in Mexico City.
 Event Organizers 3. The Mexican National Anth
Anthem
The lyrics of the national anthem which allude
a to Mexican victories in the heat
of battle and cries of defending the homeland,
homel were composed by poet Francisco
Emma Tapia, Felimon Olmedo, Jesus Olmedo, Noe Moran, and González Bocanegra in 1853.
Alberto Moran.

Performers
Toddlers: Natalie Grajeda, Heidy Andrade, Diana Andrade, Joshua Coro
Guzman, Juan Manuel Guzman, Ivan Gonzalez Mexicanos, al grito de guerra
el acero aprestad y el bridón.
Y retiemble en sus centros la Tierra,
Children: Abigail Moran, Vanessa Gonzalez, Patricia Alvarez, An- al sonoro rugir del cañón.
drea Olmedo, Ilin Mejia, Viviana Mejia , Brandon Grajeda, Andy ¡Y retiemble en sus centros la Tierra,
Gonzales, Luis Estudillo, Richie Gonzalez al sonoro rugir del cañón!
Chorus
Mexicans, at the cry of war,
make ready the steel and the bridle,
m
and
a the earth trembles at its centers
aat the resounding roar of the cannon.
and
a the earth trembles at its centers
aat the resounding roar of the cannon!

Estrofa I First Stanza

Teenagers: Micaela Olmedo, Jessica Estudillo, Janet Gonzalez, Ste-
Ciña ¡oh Patria! tus sienes de oliva Let gird,
gi oh Fatherland, your brow with olive
ven Guzman, Angel Rivera de la paz el arcángel divino, by the divine archangel of peace,
que en el cielo tu eterno destino for in heaven your eternal destiny
Adults: Emma Tapia, Estefany Olmedo, Angela Gonzalez Elizabeth por el dedo de Dios se escribió. was written by the finger of God.
Lopez, Lulu Vazquez, Cynthia Paredes, Wendy Gonzales, Nayeli Mas si osare un extraño enemigo But if some enemy outlander should dare
profanar con su planta tu suelo, to profane your ground with his step,
Castillo, Reyna Martinez, Jesus Olmedo, Noe Moran, Pedro Guz-
piensa ¡oh Patria querida! que el cielo thin
think, oh beloved Fatherland, that heaven
man, Alberto Moran, Joaquin Andrade, Felimon Olmedo (Dance un soldado en cada hijo te dio. has given you a soldier in every son.
h
Instructor
Repetir Coro Repeat Chorus

4. Poems
 Honoring the Country through Music & Dance
10. Del Estado de Jalisco (Teenagers)
(Teenager
• Guadalajara
1. Del Estado de Guanajuato (Adults)
• El Jarabe Guanptense • El Son De La Negra
• Los Barrateros
• El Mosco 11. Del Estado de Durango (Adults)
(Adults
• El Revolcadero
2. Del Estado de Chihuahua (Children)
• Los Adelita 12. Del Estado de Jalisco (Toddlers)
• Tres Pelonas • La Culebra
• La Cucaracha
• La Raspa
Las Coronelas 3. Del Estado de Hidalgo (Teenagers)
• Las Tepetzintleco
13. Del Estado de Oaxaca (Adults)
• Jarabe Mixteco
4. Del Estado de Baja de California (Toddlers)
• El Tupé (Chiquinas)
14. Del Estado de Morelos (Adults)
• Los Chileanos
5. Del Estado Michocan (Children)
• Las Iguiris
• La Costilla
6. Del Estado de Jalisco (Adults)
• Jarabe Tapatio
• El Mariachi
• Los Machetes
7. Del Esatado de Chiapas (Teenagers)
• Las Chiapanecas
• El Alcaraban
• El Rascapetate
8. Del Estado de Nuevo Leon (Toddlers)
• La Capsula
9. Del Estado de Najarit (Adults)
• Los Bules
• El Gallito
• Jarabe Nayarita