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Members of Los Arribeños de San Francisco accompany Dancers in the Park at the Custom House in Monterey, California during the annual Christmas in the Adobes, Dec. 7 and 8, 2018. Video shot on an iPad by Marilyn Prince Letchworth. Excerpts of authentic dances of Spanish California circa 1840.

Our tecolero Jim Letchworth demonstrates La Cachucha at the Sanchez Adobe's annual fandango held last September 2015.

One of the most popular songs of Spanish California, mentioned in various primary source recollections and music collections. Our "tecolero" (dancemaster) Jim Letchworth dances with bandmember Rose Berryessa. This is an excerpt from a program broadcast on Rossmoor Channel 28 and recorded in 2013 in Walnut Creek, California. Used with permission.

Song heard in 1852 in Los Angeles and collected by Eleanor Hague. The first choruses in Spanish and English are original. The succeeding English verses written by Lance Beeson (founder, Los Arribeños). This song is an adaptation of the Mexican song "Las Margaritas" (the Daisies). The original referred to Mexican prostitutes unpatriotically welcoming American soldiers during the Mexican-American...

An old mestizo children's song about a hawk that has died, leaving the chicks lamenting "Ay, ay, ay." The song was adapted with new words twice in Mexican history celebrating popular events. In this version, the celebrants choose to hold a funeral in the church at 3 a.m.. It's a curious poem, perhaps reflecting the banned practice by San Diego area Indians of an annual sacrifice of a hawk; the ...