* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [MOCA and HTV Present: A Mini Concert with Andrea Daniela] [00:00:11] WELCOME TO OUR MINI CONCERT SERIES LIVE FROM CITY HALL. AS WE CELEBRATE THE CLOSING OF HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH, WE HAVE A VERY SPECIAL MUSICAL PERFORMANCE TODAY, CO-SPONSORED BY THE CONSULATE GENERAL OF MEXICO, THE A AND THE ALLEY THEATER. OUR FEATURED MUSICIANS ARE ADDING A JAZZY TWIST TO MARIACHI MUSIC AND THE POWER OF MARIACHI MUSIC IS NOT ONLY CELEBRATED IN OUR CULTURE, BUT ALSO IN THE ALLEY THEATER'S CURRENT PRODUCTION OF AMERICAN MARIACHI. I'M DEL RODRIGUEZ. I'M THE MANAGER OF COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS AT ALI THEATER. AND I'M GRACIE CHAVEZ, MUSIC OFFICER FOR THE CITY OF HOUSTON AMERICA. MARIACHI. IT'S MY PLEASURE TO SHARE WITH YOU AMERICA MARIACHI, A STORY BY JOSE CRUZ GONZALEZ AND DIRECTED BY CAJ SANCHEZ FOLLOWS THE STORY OF A YOUNG GIRL LUCHA, LIVING IN HOUSTON IN THE 1970S, AND HER PASSION TO BE A MARIACHI SINGER ALONG WITH HER COUSIN BULLY, AND OBVIOUSLY THE PLIGHT AND THE CHALLENGES THAT SHE FACES ALONG THE WAY. TAKE A LOOK. , MARIACHI VIVO, AND AMERICAN MARIACHI. NOW THAT LOOKS AMAZING, VALE. THAT'S RIGHT. OUR GUEST PERFORMER TODAY IS VOCALIST AND VIOLINIST. ANDREA, DANIELLA AND HER JAZZ BAND LIVE FROM CITY HALL. WELL, IT'S MY PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE ANDREA DANELLA. YOU KNOW, ANDREA DELLA REALLY NEEDS NO INTRODUCTION. SHE'S ACTUALLY A PRODUCT OF OUR CREATIVE, TALENTED, UH, ARTISTIC EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION. SHE STARTED AT H FOUR, UH, WITH MECCA, WHICH IS MULTICULTURAL AND EDUCATION AND COUNSELING THROUGH THE ARTS. WENT ON TO WHAT IS NOW KNOWN AS MEYERLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL ONTO H-S-P-V-A AND FOLLOWED THROUGH TO THE UNIVERSITY OF ST. THOMAS AND PARTICIPATED IN THEIR MUSICAL THEATER DEPARTMENT. NOW IN 2022, LAST YEAR, SHE ACTUALLY HAD THE LEAD ROLE AT SAN ANTONIO PUBLIC THEATER'S VERSION OF AMERICA MADI. AND SINCE THEN SHE DID SOMETHING SUPER AMAZING AND SHE STARTED THE VERY FIRST ALL FEMALE MADI GROUP HERE IN HOUSTON. AND SO WE'RE SO THRILLED TO HAVE HER. SHE'S ONE OF HOUSTON'S HIDDEN GEMS AND WE ARE SO NEGLECTED TO HAVE HER. AND IT IS MY PLEASURE TO, UH, INTRODUCE HER TODAY. AND ACTUALLY SHE, ALONG WITH HER MUSICAL CREW, WILL BE SHARING SOME AMAZING MUSICAL SCHOOLS FOR US. ANGEL, THANK YOU HOUSTON FOR HAVING ME. IT'S A PLEASURE. THIS FIRST NUMBER IS A MEDLEY OF SONGS THAT I FEEL REPRESENT HOUSTON AND THE CULTURAL DIVERSITY THAT WE HAVE HERE IN THIS CITY. SO I WANTED TO CELEBRATE THAT WITH THESE MBIA. [00:07:15] WANNA BE A FATHER, ONE INCH BLADE, MAKING MONEY WANNA BE A FATHER, 20 INCH BLADE [00:14:08] GREASE AND WIPES CLOG PIPES. IN FACT, CLOGS FROM THESE ITEMS ARE THE MAIN CAUSE OF SEWER OVERFLOWS IN HOUSTON. LEARN MORE@PROTECTOURPIPES.ORG. YOU'RE LOCAL, YOU'RE ONE OF US, AND WE WANT TO GIVE YOU A RICHER, MORE EXCITING EXPERIENCE. COME ON, WE'LL SHARE THE FOOD THAT WOWED NATIONAL COOKING SHOWS AND TAKE YOU TO THE ATTRACTIONS THAT PUT US IN TRAVEL AND LEISURE'S TOP 50 PLACES TO VISIT IN 2023. AND THEN WE'LL TAKE YOU OUT TO A BALL GAME TO SEE OUR WORLD SERIES CHAMPS. LET HOUSTON TAKE YOU FURTHER. LET'S GET TOGETHER. BOOK YOUR STAY TODAY. THE URBAN FABRIC OF HOUSTON IS WOVEN FROM THE AMBITIONS AND TRADITIONS OF PEOPLE AND IDEAS. COME ON. WE ARE A CITY OF COLLABORATORS WHO BUILD ON ONE ANOTHER'S INSPIRATION, STRENGTHS, AND CULTURES TO SHAPE A FUTURE [00:15:01] WE ALL CAN SHARE. COME ON TOGETHER. WE ARE MORE THAN 7 MILLION INGREDIENTS THAT MAKE SOMETHING THAT CANNOT BE DISCOVERED, TASTED, OR INVENTED ANYWHERE ELSE. COME ON, A MOVEMENT, A MOMENT, A FUTURE. COME ON TOGETHER. WE ARE RESHAPING THE CULINARY LANDSCAPE. COME ON, COME ON. CULTURES COMBINE TO CREATE A POWERFUL, FLAVORFUL TASTE OF THINGS TO COME LOUISIANA. CRAWFISH BECOMES THE OCCASION CRAWFISH IN NOODLES. ASIAN FLAVORS MEAN TEXAS STYLE, BARBECUE, JAPANESE TAPAS, KOREA MIX, AND NIGERIAN JAMBALAYA. SET THE TABLE FOR A CREATIVE, INVENTIVE, COOPERATIVE SCENE ON THE POWER OF TOGETHER IS CREATING PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS THAT ARE SHAPING AN ECOSYSTEM OF BUSINESSES IN ORBIT AROUND THE EARTH. TAKING US TO THE MOON AND BEYOND. COME ON. OUR TOGETHER IS ROCKET FUEL. COME ON. THE POWER OF TOGETHER IS THE POWER TO HEAL. COME ON. WE ARE DEVELOPING THE WORLD'S MOST ADVANCED RESEARCH CAMPUS AT THE WORLD'S LARGEST MEDICAL CITY. THE GREATEST MINDS IN MEDICINE, SCIENCE, ACADEMIA AND COMMERCE COLLIDE HERE. SPEEDING. RESEARCH AND BREAKTHROUGHS COME ON. TOGETHER WE ARE POWERING THE FUTURE, EVOLVING THE ENERGY, SUPPLY AND SCIENCE LEADING THE GLOBAL TRANSITION TO A MORE EFFICIENT, SUSTAINABLE, LOW CARBON FUTURE. COME ON. HOUSTON WELCOMES YOU TO SAY HELLO TO THE INCREDIBLE POWER AND INFINITE POSSIBILITY OF TOGETHER. WE CANNOT WAIT TO MAKE TOMORROW TOGETHER. COME ON. THROUGHOUT THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC METRO HAS BEEN THERE FOR YOU GETTING MEDICAL CENTER EMPLOYEES AND OTHER ESSENTIAL WORKERS TO THEIR JOBS DURING LOCKDOWN. WE'RE ALSO IMPROVING YOUR CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE. FROM MORE FREQUENT CLEANINGS TO SECURITY MONITORS ON VEHICLES, WE'VE LAUNCHED FREE WIFI AND INSTALLED OVER 3000 NEW ACCESSIBLE BUS STOPS ALL TO MAKE YOUR RIDE BETTER. WELCOME BACK TO VISIT IT RIGHT METRO.ORG CITY TO LEARN HOW YOU CAN DRIVE LESS. NO, HE'S ANDREA. WOW. THANK YOU FOR THAT WONDERFUL PERFORMANCE WE JUST SAW. UM, SO MUSICIANS LIKE ANDREA AND OTHER MUSIC, UH, MU MARIACHI GROUPS REGISTERED FOR THE HOUSTON MUSIC DIRECTORY. IF YOU'RE A MUSICIAN LISTED IN THE DIRECTORY, OPPORTUNITIES LIKE THIS ARE NOW A POSSIBILITY. IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR LOCAL MUSICIANS AND OTHER MUSIC PROS. THE DIRECTORY ALSO HAS A SEARCH FEATURE THAT'S RIGHT, AMIGO. SO IF YOU ARE IN A TRIO, A MARIACHI BAND, OR YOU'RE A DJ, ANYTHING RELATED TO MUSIC, PLEASE REGISTER BECAUSE THAT'S HOW WE ARE GOING TO FIND OUT WHERE YOU ARE SO THAT WE, WE CAN INVITE YOU TO OTHER WONDERFUL FESTIVITIES THAT WE HAVE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. AND NOW WE GO BACK TO THAT MAN VOS, THAT WONDERFUL VOICE. WE'RE GONNA GO BACK 'CAUSE WE CANNOT GET IT UP AND REPRESENTING THE H . THAT'S RIGHT. OKAY. ONCE AGAIN, ANDREA AND HER BAND. THIS NEXT SONG IS ACTUALLY GONNA BE ON MY EP THAT I'M RELEASING LATER THIS MONTH. MARIACHI POP, WHERE I INTERPRET WORLDLY POP SONGS IN A UNIQUE MARIACHI FUSION STYLE. SO HOPE YOU ENJOY THIS ONE. JOLENE, JOLENE, JOLENE, JOLENE, I'M BEGGING OF YOU PLEASE. JOLENE, JOLENE, JOLENE AND JOLENE, PLEASE DON'T TAKE EVEN THOUGH YOU CAN, YOUR BEAUTY IS BEYOND COMPARE WITH FLAME LOCKS OF HAIR WITH SKIN AND EYES. YOUR SMILE IS LIKE A SPRING. YOUR VOICE IS SOFT LIKE SO. AND I CANNOT COMPETE WITH YOU. JOLENE, JOLENE, JOLENE, JOLENE, JOLENE, JOLENE, [00:20:01] DON'T TAKE HIM. EVEN THOUGH YOU CAN, YOU COULD HAVE YOUR CHOICE, MAN, BUT I COULD NEVER LOVE AGAIN. HE'S THE ONLY ONE FOR ME. WHAT AN AMAZING VOICE. FER ANDREA AND HER MUSICAL CREW FOLKS. UH, IT'S, IT'S, UH, IT'S EXCITING TO HEAR ANDREA, DANIELLA AND LEARN ABOUT, UH, THE MARIACHI, THE OFF FEMALE MARIACHI GROUP THAT SHE HAS STARTED HERE IN HOUSTON. ONCE AGAIN, I WANNA GIVE YOU A REMINDER, UH, TO COME AND CHECK OUT AMERICA MARIACHI BECAUSE IT REALLY TELLS ANDREA DANIELA'S STORY AND HER PLIGHT IN CREATING THE VERY FIRST OFF FEMALE MARIACHI GROUP. NOW I WANNA SHARE WITH YOU SOME OF THE DATES, UH, UH, FOR THE, THE REMAINDER OF THE RUN OF AMERICA. MECHI RUNS ALL THE WAY THROUGH OCTOBER 22ND. TWO DATES TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION ARE, UH, UH, OCTOBER THE 14TH AT 2:00 PM MATINEE AND OCTOBER THE 21ST. UH, UH, 2:00 PM AND A WE ARE GONNA HAVE SOME SPANISH LANGUAGE, UH, TRANSLATIONS. FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT HAVE FAMILY AND FRIENDS THAT WANNA COME AND ENJOY THE SHOW BUT DON'T UNDERSTAND ENGLISH, THEY'LL BE ABLE TO SEE THE SHOW AND LISTEN TO THE SHOW IN SPANISH. SO WE'RE SO, SO EXCITED. IF YOU NEED MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE TICKET PRICING, UH, PLEASE VISIT@THEATER.ORG AND ALL OF OUR FRIENDS, IF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING THIS, UH, THIS UH, PRODUCTION RIGHT HERE, UH, YOU CAN, UH, ENTER PROMO CODE EL ALL CAPITAL LETTERS TO RECEIVE A 15% DISCOUNT IN ALL THE DIFFERENT SEATS IN ALL THE DIFFERENT SHOWS, UH, TILL THE VERY END OF AMERICAN. SO WE'RE SO EXCITED, SO EXCITED TO INVITE YOU TO AMERICA MECHI. SO LET'S, UH, CATCH THIS NEXT PROMO. COME TO ALLEY THEATER AND EXPERIENCE AMERICAN MARIACHI INFUSED WITH VIBRANT INFECTIOUS LIVE MARIACHI MUSIC. A HEARTWARMING PLAY ABOUT HOW THE POWER OF MUSIC AND LOVE CAN MAKE THE IMPOSSIBLE COME TRUE. BRING YOUR FAMILY TO SIMULTANEOUS SPANISH TRANSLATION PERFORMANCES ON SEPTEMBER 29TH, OCTOBER 7TH, AND OCTOBER 14TH. LEARN MORE@ALLIETHEATER.ORG. THREE, TWO. I DEFINITELY NEED TO CATCH A SHOW. BAD DAY. WELL, WHEN YOU GO CALL ME, I'VE SEEN IT TWICE AND I'LL SEE YOU THE THIRD TIME WITH YOU . EXACTLY. AND SO, THANKS SANDRA, ANDREA, AND HER JAZZY BAND FOR PERFORMING LIVE FOR US TODAY. IF YOU ENJOYED THE MUSIC, YOU CAN FIND HER ON SPOTIFY, YOUTUBE, AND ON SOCIAL MEDIA. SO MUSICIANS REGISTER FOR THE DI DIRECTORY AT HOUSTON MUSIC LIVE AND FOLLOW US, UM, AT CULTURAL AFFAIRS OFFICE ON FACEBOOK AND INSTAGRAM AT HOUSTON. MOCHA. YEAH. AND THANK YOU SO MUCH MOCHA, MY FRIEND GRACIE FOR THE INVITATION. WE'RE EXCITED TO PARTNER WITH THE CITY OF HOUSTON MOCA AND REALLY MOVE THE NEEDLE FORWARD AND REALLY PUT OUR MUSICIANS AND BRING THEM TO THE FOREFRONT IN OUR DIVERSE CITY OF HOUSTON AND GRACIA TO THE ALLEY THEATER, THE CONSULATE GENERAL OF MEXICO AND HTV FOR HOSTING US IN STUDIO HERE AT CITY HALL ASIMA. THANK YOU. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.