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An opportunity of a lifetime: Mariachi students get rare chance to play on big stage

It is 9 a.m. and 250 Clark County students in matching canary yellow T-shirts are riveted to their instructor’s words. They are told to put their cellphones away and leave them on vibrate, but before they comply, they hold the phones up to capture video of their teachers for the day, Mariachi Cobre, as they perform two songs to kick off a long day of instruction.

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An opportunity of a lifetime: Mariachi students get rare chance to play on big stage