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Hey people, so we're dropping something a little extra special

as a bonus episode for you on this dear Tuesday.

Yes, we are.

So for those of you who don't know, we have a little tradition, right, for all our live shows,

and that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that we bring in local artists to open or close out our shows right so

We were surrounded by Marietis when we were in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Yep.

And you're going to get a chance to hear this incredible performance by Marjachi Plata.

It's the Marjachi Band at the College of Southern Nevada, and they opened for us in Las Vegas.

It was so amazing, and you know what, they're part of a tradition of teaching Mariachi

in the schools and keeping it alive.

So yeah, Marjachi Plata.

Marjachi Plata, yes, they're so talented.

So before they start, let's listen to their introduction by Nancy Bruin of the Gwyn Center, who's actually a college

classmate of mine. I love Nancy. She's the one who helped make this live show possible

in Vegas. So in this introduction she shares a little bit of cool background

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