On Sunday, October 7, 2012 Mariachi de Uclatlán won third place at the Third Annual Rosarito Beach International Mariachi and Folklorico Festival and Competition in Rosarito, Mexico. This year the group competed in the advanced category and held their own with professional mariachi groups. They performed "Los Arrieros," "Siempre Hace Frio," and "El Jilguerillo". The event took place at the Rosarito Beach Hotel in Baja California, Mexico, and they competed with seven other mariachi groups from the United States and Mexico.

Members of Mariachi de Uclatlán who competed include:

Angulo, Guillermo (Freshman, Math, UCLA)
Barajas, Taña (B.A. '10 Ethnomusicology, UCLA)
Clark, Logan (current Ph.D. student, Ethnomusicology, UCLA)
Frias, Emilio (Senior, Biology, UCLA)
Garay, Kenya (Junior, Ethnomusicology, UCLA)
Martinez, Gabriela (USC alumna)
Mendez, Guillermo (Senior, Ethnomusicology, UCLA)
Morales, Jazmin (Senior, Ethnomusicology, UCLA)
Pasillas, Miguel (B.A. '11 Ethnomusicology, UCLA)
Ruedas, Marcos (B.A. '11 Ethnomusicology, UCLA and current M.A. student, USC)
Salazar, Lauryn (Ph.D. '11 Ethnomusicology, UCLA)

Photos taken by Mary Alfaro, current graduate student, Latin American Studies, UCLA.

Event website: http://www.clubnyn.org/mariachi-festival.php