Future Ready Friday Feature: From West Texas to Washington D.C. with Lake View MariachiLooking to the future sometimes begins with being strongly rooted in the past. In this week’s Future Ready Friday feature, we celebrate the rich cultural history and vibrant sounds of Mariachi music as part of Hispanic Heritage Month, and highlight an incredible experience for five Lake View High School Mariachi students on a visit to Washington D.C.

Lake View High School student’s Ave Maria is powerfulIt takes a powerful voice to sing Ave Maria and Lake View Mariachi’s Alvaro Ramos doesn’t disappoint.

Lake View Mariachi Receives Superior Rating in Regional UIL ContestThe Lake View High School Mariachi Band received a Division 1 Superior rating at the Region 6 UIL Solo & Ensemble Contest on February 2 advancing them to the UIL State Mariachi Festival for the third straight year.

Lake View, Lincoln Mariachi Program Parents Thank San Angelo for Their SupportSAN ANGELO, TX — The following message landing in our inbox, and we thought we'd share it. It follows:As parents of students enrolled in the Lake View High School and Lincoln Middle School mariachi programs, we applaud the many in San Angelo (and beyond) who support this excellent public school music program. Mariachi music needs no translation, it does not recognize barriers of any kind and it embraces us all because it seeks and speaks to our hearts and souls. It reminds us of our humanity as it sings to us about the majesty of our spiritual commonality.

Lake View High School Mariachi