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Celebrating Benito Juarez 218th's Birthday with a Dance/Baile!
The Sociedad Juarez, a Mexican mutual aid society, established in Bakersfield in 1910, will be celebrating the namesake of their organization, don Benito Juarez, who was Mexico's President during its Civil War, also known the Reform Wars, that created a legal separation of Church and State in Mexico, and fought against the French occupation of Mexico in the mid 1800s. We want to honor his legacy with guest speakers and celebrate it in a fun cultural way with live entertainment that includes a young conjunto group made up of young ladies called, Las Damas del Valle. Bakersfield Veteran accordion player and Tejano Hall a fame inductee, Meme Garcia, will also be playing with his group Los Corpeños. Doors open at 4 pm and program starts at 5 pm. Entrance is $10 per person. Food, snacks, and drinks also available.
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