[Press Conference: "3rd Annual Dia De Los Muertos Parade Details"]
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WELL, HELLO.UH, IF WE RECEIVE ANY NEW GUESTS, WE'LL INVITE UP UP ON STAGE.
OBVIOUSLY, WE ALL KNOW WHAT WE'RE HERE FOR.
IT'S OUR THIRD ANNUAL, THE OTHER LOS MUTOS PARADE AND FESTIVAL TAKING PLACE THIS SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 4TH AT BEAUTIFUL ST.
HOUSTON PARK WITH AN INCREDIBLE PARADE ROUTE THROUGH DOWNTOWN HOUSTON.
AND OF COURSE, WHERE TO START THIS INCREDIBLE TRADITION THEN RIGHT HERE IN CITY HALL.
AS PRODUCER OF THE PARADE IS OUR THIRD YEAR HOUSTON SAID YES TO US THREE YEARS AGO.
HOUSTON SAID YES TO ME AS AN IMMIGRANT IN 1979 WITH ME AND MY FAMILY, AND THEY'VE KEPT SAYING YES TO ME EVERY SINGLE TIME EVER SINCE I'VE BEEN BACK TO HOUSTON.
AND THEY, THIS IS THE THIRD YES, THAT WE RECEIVED THE THIRD BLESSING FROM THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF SPECIAL EVENTS.
AND WE CAN'T BE PROUDER TO DO WHAT WE'RE DOING IN THE GREATER CITY OF HOUSTON, TEXAS.
SO, TO START OFF, I WANNA INTRODUCE OUR INCREDIBLE CHAIRMAN, EMERITUS AND FRIEND TO EVERYONE AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBER ROBERT GALLEGOS.
THANK, THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR BEING HERE.
IT'S PROUD TO BE ON THE STAGE FOR THE THIRD TIME, UH, IN REGARDS TO ANNOUNCING THE, UH, THE THIRD ANNUAL DE LOS MUTOS FESTIVAL AND PARADE.
UH, THIS COMING SATURDAY, UH, NOVEMBER 4TH, I WILL BE AT SAM HOUSTON PARK.
THE FESTIVAL STARTS AT TWO O'CLOCK, UH, AND THEN THE PARADE STARTS AROUND SIX 30 ON SATURDAY, UH, IN THE EVENING.
I KNOW THAT, UH, MAURICIO JUST MENTIONED, UH, NEARLY FOUR YEARS AGO, HE REACHED OUT TO ME SINCE I REPRESENT DOWNTOWN HOUSTON, UH, AND ASKED ME IF I WOULD SUPPORT A DIA DE LOS MUTOS FESTIVAL AND PARADE, UH, IN DOWNTOWN HOUSTON.
UH, AND AGAIN, MY PARENTS ARRIVED FROM MEXICO BACK IN THE EARLY 1920S AS TEENAGERS WITH THEIR FAMILIES ESCAPING THE MEXICAN REVOLUTION.
THEY GAVE US A SENSE OF PRIDE OF OUR HERITAGE, OF OUR CULTURE, UH, AND TO KNOW THAT WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO CELEBRATE SUCH A BEAUTIFUL FESTIVAL, UH, AND IN REMEMBRANCE OF THOSE THAT WE HAVE LOST.
UH, TO KNOW THAT WE CAN SHARE THAT WITH OTHERS, UH, IS, IS PRIDE.
AND, AND I'M PROUD TO HAVE, HAVE STATED, UH, TO MAURICIO WHEN HE ASKED ME, UH, AFTER HE EXPLAINED WHAT HIS PLANS WERE AND HIS VISION WAS, AND I JUST SAID, YES, DEFINITELY, DEFINITELY.
UH, SO HERE WE ARE NOW CELEBRATING OUR THIRD ANNUAL.
I'M EXCITED ABOUT IT, AND I INVITE ALL HOUSTONIANS TO COME OUT.
IT'S A BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL CELEBRATION.
UH, PEOPLE ARE DRESSED UP, UH, YOU HAVE THAT ARE DRESSED UP, UH, AND THEY'RE SHARING OUR CULTURE.
UH, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT ACTUALLY WAS CELEBRATED ALMOST 3000 YEARS AGO, UH, WITH THE AZTECS.
SO IT'S AN INDIGENOUS, UH, CELEBRATION OF, OF A RELIGIOUS, OF INDIGENOUS, UH, CULTURE MIXED IN WITH CATHOLICISM.
UH, SO THAT'S WHY IT'S SO EXCITING.
AND AGAIN, THANK YOU MAURICIO, FOR REACHING OUT TO ME, UH, NEARLY FOUR YEARS AGO.
AND OF COURSE, UH, TO HAVE AN INCREDIBLE PARADE.
WE HAVE INCREDIBLE LEADERS BEHIND IT.
AND FIRST WE WENT AFTER OUR LEADER HERE, OUR DR.
LAURA MURILLO, WHO ALSO SAID YES.
AND NOT ONLY DID SHE SAY YES, BUT SHE SAID YES TO TAKING A LEADERSHIP ROLE AS THE HONORARY CO-CHAIR OF THE PARADE AND FESTIVAL.
AND SHE'S BEEN SAYING YES EVER SINCE.
SO HOPEFULLY SHE'LL SAY YES TO 2024.
SO IT'S MY PLEASURE NOW TO INTRODUCE OUR CO-CHAIR, DR.
LET EVERYONE, LET'S HEAR IT FROM MAURICIO, NORMA AND THE ENTIRE TEAM.
THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS TO HOUSTON, TEXAS, THE BEST CITY IN TEXAS AND IN THE WORLD.
WE'RE SO APPRECIATIVE, AND I'D LIKE TO ASK THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN INVOLVED, THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE SITTING, YOU KNOW, THE ROLE THAT YOU HAVE PLAYED.
GET UP IF YOU'RE ALREADY STANDING, WAVE YOUR HAND.
IT TAKES A LOT OF BEHIND THE SCENES PEOPLE, A LOT OF SPONSORS, A LOT OF GET UP AND GO THAT THIS CITY WE KNOW HAS UNLIKE ANY OTHER.
I DON'T KNOW IF ES STEFAN IS IN THE ROOM, BUT HE'S OUR YOUNG REPRESENTATIVE THAT WAS IN HERE A LITTLE WHILE AGO WITH BRENDA AND BOBBY.
AND THAT'S WHAT THIS IS ABOUT.
IT'S ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT THAT NEXT GENERATION UNDERSTANDS THE IMPORTANCE OF CELEBRATING DIVERSITY AND CULTURE AND THAT WE EMBRACE IT, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, THAT WE SHARE IT WITH OTHERS.
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AND SO TO ALL OF THE SPONSORS WHO HAVE INVESTED IN THIS AND UNDERSTAND THE VALUE THAT DE LOS MUERTOS BRINGS AND ALL OF THE FESTIVITIES AROUND IT, THANK YOU FOR INVESTING IN THIS.AND ON BEHALF OF THE HOUSTON HISPANIC CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND TO ALL THE BUSINESSES, ENTREPRENEURS AND CORPORATE PARTNERS, WE THANK THEM FOR ALL THAT THEY DO EVERY DAY.
WE HOPE TO SEE YOU ON SATURDAY AND ALL OF THE OTHER ACTIVITIES.
SO, OF COURSE WE HAD, UH, AN HONORARY CHAIR LAST YEAR.
ALSO, BENNY AGOSTO, A PROMINENT ATTORNEY AND CIVIC LEADER AND COMMUNITY LEADER.
AND UH, THIS YEAR WE HAD TO APPOINT A NEW HONORARY CO-CHAIR AND GRAND MARSHALL.
AND IT WAS SURPRISING THAT I NEVER THOUGHT ABOUT IT BEFORE, BUT THEY'VE BEEN A PARTNER WITH US SINCE THE VERY BEGINNING, SINCE WE STARTED BACK THREE YEARS AGO, H TOWN RESTAURANT GROUP.
BUT THERE WAS ALWAYS THIS LEGEND, THIS MYTH OF THIS CHEF CALLED CHEF HUGO THAT EVERYBODY TALKED ABOUT.
SO YOU KNOW WHAT WE DID? WE SAID, HEY, LET'S GO SEE IF WE CAN MEET THIS CHEF, HUGO, AND LET'S INVITE HIM TO SERVE AS THE HONORARY CO-CHAIR, I MEAN THE HONORARY CHAIR.
AND OF COURSE, HE SAID YES ALSO.
SO IT'S MY PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE YOU AND TO ALSO FINALLY MEET IN PERSON SO MANY TIMES, THE LEGENDARY HOUSTONIAN, MR. CHEF HUGO ORTEGA.
WELL, UH, WHAT A MOMENT AND WHAT AN, UH, HONOR TO REPRESENT THE GREATEST CITY IN THE COUNTRY.
NOT ONLY THAT, UH, WE COME WITH A PACKAGE.
WE REPRESENT THE GREATEST CUISINE IN THE WORLD AND THE GREAT HERITAGE, EXCUSE ME.
AND IT IS JUST ABSOLUTELY AN HONOR TO REPRESENT MY COUNTRY, MY HERITAGE, AND ALL WHAT IS INVOLVED.
UH, I AM PROUD TO, TO TELL YOU THAT I KNOW HOW TO COOK A LITTLE BIT.
SO FOR ME TO BE HERE AND BE PART OF THIS INCREDIBLE CELEBRATION, IT JUST GIVE YOU A HAND OF THE RICH, THE RICHNESS OF OUR CULTURE AND OUR FOOD AND OUR TRADITIONS GO DEEP, DEEP, LIKE, UH, REPRESENTING GALLS WOULD MENTION.
SO WITHOUT SAYING, UM, UH, I WAS, I WAS TALKING TO, UH, BENNY, UH, LAST WEEK AND I SAY IT'S GREAT TO HAVE A GREAT LAWYER, A GOOD COOK, AND A WONDERFUL LEADERS.
THE LEADERS, THE LEAD, THIS INCREDIBLE CITY.
SO WITH THAT SAYING, I THANK YOU EVERY ONE OF YOU FOR THE GREAT OPPORTUNITY AND THE PRIVILEGE TO COOK FOR YOU, TO SERVE YOU AND REPRESENT THE MEXICAN HERITAGE, FOOD, CULTURE, AND MUSIC.
WE THANK YOU, YOU CHEF, FOR EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE FOR US.
AND OF COURSE, WHEN YOU HAVE A, AN EVENT LIKE THIS IN THIS MAGNITUDE, THIS ONE COMPANY, AGAIN, SINCE THE VERY FIRST YEAR THAT SAID YES, AND THAT WAS RELIANT.
AND THE SECOND YEAR THEY SAID YES, AND THE THIRD YEAR, THEY DIDN'T JUST SAY YES, THEY SAID, WE WANT PRESENTING, WE WANT TITLE SPONSORSHIP, AND WE WANT TO DALLAS AND HOUSTON.
AND OF COURSE I HAD TO SAY YES 'CAUSE THEY WERE KIND OF, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE VERY, NEGOTIATION IS NOT MY KEY WORD.
SO, BUT THEY'VE BEEN A INCREDIBLE PARTNER, DEDICATED TEAM, INCREDIBLE LEADERSHIP.
AND OF COURSE WE HAVE WITH US LUPE ORTEGA, PROGRAM MANAGER WITH RELIANT TO TAKE REMARKS FOR PRESENTING SPONSOR.
MY NAME'S LUPE CORTEZ FROM RELIANT, AND WE ARE SO EXCITED TO BE HERE FOR ANOTHER YEAR.
SO THANK YOU FOR THE INVITATION TO JOIN YOU ONCE AGAIN.
UM, YOU KNOW, I GREW UP CELEBRATING DE LOS MUTO IN MY MEXICAN HOME.
MY DAD WAS A BAKER, UH, PANERO BY TRADE.
AND SO FOR ALMOST 30 YEARS, WE SERVED OUR COMMUNITY IN INGLEWOOD, CALIFORNIA.
AND IT'S JUST SUCH A GREAT HONOR TO BE ABLE TO MOVE TO A NEW TOWN AND BE ABLE TO CELEBRATE AND CONTINUE TO CELEBRATE WITH, UM, OUR NEIGHBORS AND THE PEOPLE THAT WE LIVE WITH.
UM, SO MOST PEOPLE KNOW RELIANT AS THE ELECTRICITY PROVIDER FOR THEIR HOME OR BUSINESS, BUT RELIANT BELIEVES IN POWERING AND SUPPORTING THE PEOPLE AND THE TRADITIONS IN THE COMMUNITIES WHERE WE LIVE AND WHERE WE WORK.
UM, WE'RE HONORED TO BE THE POWER BEHIND THE CELEBRATION DE LOS MUTOS FESTIVAL AND, UM, PARADE HERE IN HOUSTON.
AND WE INVITE EVERYONE TO COME AND JOIN US THIS SATURDAY.
UM, COME AND ENJOY A FUN DAY AND EVENING OF MUSIC AND COSTUMES AND FEASTING, RIGHT?
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WE LIKE TO FEAST AND, UM, WE HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE.WE FORGET YOUR HEADPIECE IN NORMA CAR, SO TOMORROW WE'LL GET YOU ANOTHER ONE.
AND OF COURSE, UH, ONE PARTNER THAT WE ALWAYS HAD ALSO VERY MUCH SAY YES TO US EVERY YEAR.
AND NOT ONLY FOR THE EL MUTOS, BUT EVERY NAVARRO GROUP VENTURE THAT WE'VE JOINED HAS BEEN AN INCREDIBLE SUPER MECADO IN DALLAS AND TEXAS AND JUST EXPANDING ALL OVER THE UNITED STATES.
AND TO SPEAK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THEIR PARTICIPATION, VERONICA JAVA YVANNA, SENIOR DIRECTOR OF MARKETING HERITAGE GROCER GROUP, AKA EL RANCHO, SUPER MECADO, VERONICA
I GUESS YOU ALL, YOU ALREADY MENTIONED THE IMPORTANCE AND THE PROUD, HOW PROUD WE ARE OF BEING HERE, PARTICIPATING IN THIS AMAZING PARADE.
IT'S, WE ARE REALLY PROUD OF BEING HERE AND TO SHOW THE WORLD OUR MAGIC, OUR TRADITIONS, THIS THE LOS METOS IS SO IMPORTANT FOR US.
AND ONE OF OUR MISSION, OUR MISSION AT EL RANCHO SUPER MERCADO IS BEING CLOSE TO OUR COMMUNITY AND BRINGING ALL THE BRANDS AND ALL THE PRODUCTS THAT MAKE THEM FEEL LIKE IN HOME, NOT MAKE FEEL US LIKE BEING HOME WITH THOSE INGREDIENTS, BEING ABLE TO PREPARE THOSE DISHES AND EVERYTHING THAT REMEMBER US, THAT MAKE US REMEMBER WHAT WE LEFT IN OUR TOWN.
SO AGAIN, FOR US, IT'S AN HONOR BEING HERE, HOUSTON HAS BEEN AMAZING WITH, WITH THE RECEPTION OF, OF THIS PARADE.
THANK YOU RUPA NAVARRO FOR SHARING THIS WITH US.
THANK YOU EVERYBODY, AND LET'S SEE YOU THIS THIS WEEKEND.
AND OF COURSE, WHEN YOU HAVE AN EVENT LIKE THIS, YOU HAVE A GROCER, YOU HAVE A RESTAURANT GROUP, YOU HAVE POWER TO KEEP THE LIGHTS ON, AND OF COURSE YOU NEED A LITTLE SWIPING OF A DEBIT CARD OCCASIONALLY.
WE WERE HONORED TO SECURE COMERICA BANK AS OUR OFFICIAL BANK OF THE S MUTOS, DALLAS AND HOUSTON.
AND WHO BETTER THAN TO HAVE, OF COURSE, LET ME GIMME A SECOND HERE 'CAUSE I WANNA SAY IT CORRECTLY THIS TIME.
OKAY, C NAIA OR VICE PRESIDENT OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS, COMERICA BANK.
THAT LOOKS REALLY BAD, SO I HAD TO GIVE IT A SECOND CHANCE.
IT IS, YOU KNOW, THIS WEEK IS VERY SPECIAL.
THE PARADE IS SPECIAL, BUT I THINK WHAT WE'RE CELEBRATING CELEBRATION, LIFE TOGETHERNESS, AND I THINK THAT THIS IS WHAT DI LOS MUTOS, THIS IS REALLY WHAT WE ARE COMING TOGETHER IN SUPPORT.
IN SAYING THAT NO CULTURA, OUR CULTURE IS REPRESENTED IN THE CITY AT COMERICA BANK, WE ARE COMMITTED TO SERVING THE DI DI DIVERSE COMMUNITY, THAT WHERE WE LIVE AND THAT WE SERVE.
AND HOUSTON IS NO EXCEPTION, LA THAT YOU CONTINUOUSLY HERE.
SO FOR ME, MY NAME IS RIA ORDONEZ, THE NATIONAL HISPANIC BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT MANAGER AT COMERICA BANK.
AND I AM IMMENSELY PROUD THAT COMERICA BANK IS THE OFFICIAL BANK OF DIA DE LOS MUTOS.
BECAUSE AGAIN, THAT SENSE OF REPRESENTATION OF A, OF WHAT WE ARE BUILDING, THE CONDITIONS, THE ENVIRONMENT, THE CELEBRATION OF WHO WE ARE, THAT IS AN EVERYDAY APPEARANCE AND LIVELIHOOD OF THE CITY WHERE WE LIVE.
AND THE FACT THAT WE CAN CHAMPION THAT AND WE CAN PARTNER WITH NAVARRO, NORMA, MAURICIO, AND TO ALL HERE WHO ARE STANDING, WHO HAVE CALL MADE THE CALL TO ACTION AND WHO ARE STANDING PRESENT AND CONSTANTLY SHOW UP.
IT IS A TESTAMENT THAT FOR NEW GENERATIONS TO COME.
AND THAT IS THE WAY THAT WE ARE RAISING EXPECTATIONS IN THE COMMUNITIES THAT WE SERVE.
AND AGAIN, WE ARE PROUD AND HONORED TO SERVE IN THIS CAPACITY.
SO, YES, WE HAVE A, A CRAZY WEEK.
WE'RE GONNA BE DOING OUR GALA TONIGHT AT THE PETROLEUM CLUB.
WE'RE GONNA BE PLAYING HOUSTON DE LOS
AND THEN WE'RE GONNA GO AND HAVE A SPEAKER GUILD.
UH, BRENDA WAS GRACIOUS ENOUGH TO APPOINT ME TO BE A SPEAKER AT TWO HOUSTON, UH, SCHOOLS.
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SO I'LL BE THERE TALKING TO OUR YOUTH, HOPEFULLY THAT TRY TO MAKE A CONNECTION.I REMEMBER MY DAYS OF BEING A YOUTH IN THE HOUSTON SCHOOL DISTRICT.
UH, THERE WAS NO CONNECTION TO HISPANIC LEADERS.
THERE WAS NO CONNECTION TO THE AFFLUENT OR THOSE THAT WERE REALLY MAKING IT OUT THERE IN HOUSTON, THAT THE BUILDINGS IN DOWNTOWN WERE JUST MAGICAL TOWERS AND THAT WE WEREN'T REPRESENTED IN ANY OF THOSE BUILDINGS.
AND THERE'S A LOT OF US OUT THERE.
SO THAT'S HOPEFULLY THE MESSAGE THAT WE'LL BE BRINGING OUT TO THE SPEAKER'S GUILD.
AND OF COURSE, SATURDAY THE MAIN EVENT.
AND THEN SUNDAY, WE'RE HAVING ANOTHER FREE BREAKFAST AT THE WHITE RHINO.
THANK YOU BRENDAN AND BOBBY FOR HOSTING.
COME ON OUT, GET SOME MANU
AND THEN OF COURSE, WE'RE HONORED TO HAVE OUR HOUSTON ARTIST THAT TOOK LEAD AND CREATED THIS BEAUTIFUL PIECE THAT YOU SEE IN FRONT OF YOU, A HOUSTON LEADER, A HOUSTON ICON, A HOUSTON NAME THAT MANY PEOPLE ARE GONNA REMEMBER FOR MANY, MANY YEARS TO COME.
THE ONE AND ONLY ANGEL CASADA AMIGO
UH, THIS IMAGE, I MEAN, WHAT CAN I SAY? AFTER ALL OF THESE LUMINARIES HAVE SAID EVERYTHING THERE IS TO SAY ALMOST ABOUT THE OTHER MUTO.
SO IT'S UPON ME TO EXPAND UPON WHAT THIS MEANS FOR PEOPLE.
SO I TOOK THAT VERY SERIOUSLY.
I'M A SECOND GENERATION, UM, MEXICAN AMERICAN, CHICANO FROM LAREDO FROM TEXAS.
AND THIS, UH, THIS IDEA OF THE LOS MUERTOS, I FIND IT'S HOW SUSPICIOUS, IT'S, IT'S PRECIOUS AND IT'S A WAY TO CAPTIVATE EVERYONE AND, AND BRING THEM INTO THE FOLD.
YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO SHARE OUR TORTILLAS, WE WANNA SHARE OUR TACOS WITH PEOPLE.
EVERYBODY LOVES MEXICAN FOOD,
UM, BUT MORE THAN THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, THE, THE IMMIGRANT EXPERIENCE HERE IN HOUSTON IS SOMETHING THAT THE CITY WAS BUILT OF, BUILT FROM.
AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE IMAGE, THE, THE SKYLINE IS MADE OF CANDLES.
AND SO THAT FOR ME IS, UM, SORT OF THE IDEA THAT THE IMMIGRANTS SHINE A LIGHT WITH THEIR WORK, WITH THEIR THOUGHTS, WITH THEIR ENERGY, AND THEY LIGHT THE WAY.
AND, UM, THIS IS, UH, THE IDEA THAT I HAD IN TERMS OF LIKE APPEALING TO THE IMMIGRANT EXPERIENCE HERE IN HOUSTON, WHICH I FIND, UM, WE NEED MORE OF.
AND SO I TAKE IT UPON MYSELF WITH THAT RESPONSIBILITY AS AN ARTIST TO, TO COMMUNICATE THAT TO PEOPLE WHO DON'T SPEAK ENGLISH.
UM, ALL TYPES OF PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN HOUSTON.
WE, WE ARE LIKE THE MELTING POT.
WE ARE THE PETRI DISH OF, OF AMERICA.
AND SO I TOOK MY JOB VERY SERIOUSLY, AND THIS IS PROBABLY THE FOURTH OR FIFTH, UH, VERSION OF AN IMAGE THAT I CREATED FOR THIS.
AND I WORKED WITH, UH, MAURICIO AND THE, THE GROUP THAT, UM, SELECTED ME.
AND ONCE AGAIN, I'M, I'M SUPER EXCITED ABOUT THIS SATURDAY.
UH, THIS WEEK HAS BEEN SOMEWHAT, SOMEWHAT WILD FOR ME.
UH, I'M STILL STANDING AND I'M GONNA POUND THE VITAMIN C AND WE'RE GONNA GET THROUGH THIS
SO ANTE AND THANK YOU SO MUCH AND WE'LL SEE YOU AT THE EVENTS THIS WEEKEND AND HOPEFULLY TONIGHT.
SO IN CLOSING, WE JUST WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY THAT REALLY MADE TODAY POSSIBLE.
UM, I'M JUST GONNA READ OFF OUR SPONSORS, OF COURSE, RELIANT ARCA, CONTINENTAL COCA-COLA, SOUTHWEST BEVERAGES, FORD, AND THE GREATER HOUSTON FORD DEALERSHIPS.
EL RANCHO SUPER MERCADO, FANTA, OLA, HOUSTON, HOUSTON, FIRST CORPORATE H TOWN, RESTAURANT GROUP, THE HOUSTON HISPANIC CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, TEQUILA CASARES E MEZCAL, TELEMUNDO, HOUSTON, A BC 13, MEGA 1 0 1 KE ON THE MAGAZINE.
AND OF COURSE ALISON BELL, THANK YOU FROM THE HERITAGE SOCIETY FOR ALL, ALL YOUR HELP AND ALWAYS LETTING ME INTO THE TEA ROOM.
WITH THAT, THANK YOU EVERYBODY.
AND UH, GOD BLESS AMERICA, GOD BLESS HOUSTON, AND GOD BLESS.
YO LOS, WE'LL SEE YOU SATURDAY.