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2016 Tejano Music Awards
The 2016 Tejano Music Awards was held on November 12, 2016, at the Tobin Center for the Performing Arts in San Antonio, Texas. The deadline for nominations for the various Tejano Music Awards categories by the artists' representative are due by June 19, 2016. Nominations will then be announced at a later date for public voting. The annual 2016 Tejano Fan Fair (which precedes every Tejano Music Awards) was held at the Historic Market Square in San Antonio from March 17–20, 2016. Winners * Song of Year/Artist/Group - "Adicta" – Elida Reyna y Avante * Male Vocalist of the Year - Michael Salgado * Female Vocalist of the Year - Elida Reyna * Entertainer of the Year - Elida Reyna * Album of the Year – Tejano - ''Adicta'' – Elida Reyna y Avante * Album of the Year – Conjunto - ''Born to be Bad'' – Jaime y Los Chamacos * Album of the Year – Norteño - ''Por Cielo Y Tierra'' – Michael Salgado * Album of the Year – Gospel - ''Grand Symphony'' – Ricardo Sanchez * Vocal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tobin Center For The Performing Arts
The Tobin Center for the Performing Arts is a performing arts center in San Antonio. Located next to the San Antonio Riverwalk, it is named for Robert L. B. Tobin, one of the city's most prominent residents. History ''See also San Antonio Municipal Auditorium.'' The Tobin Center was constructed on the site of the former San Antonio Municipal Auditorium, which had been built in 1926 and razed in 2009. Portions of the exterior of the Municipal Auditorium were preserved to be incorporated into the new facility. The renovation, by the Seattle-based LMN Architects and the local firm Marmon Mok Architecture, was completed, and the new facility opened, in 2014. On October 2, 2014, Sir Paul McCartney performed a special benefit concert for the Tobin Center. Performance and other venues H-E-B Performance Hall This 1738-seat theater at the core of the center was designed to accommodate both acoustic music, acoustic and sound reinforcement, amplified performances with the specific intent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Antonio, Texas
San Antonio ( ; Spanish for "Anthony of Padua, Saint Anthony") is a city in the U.S. state of Texas and the most populous city in Greater San Antonio. San Antonio is the List of Texas metropolitan areas, third-largest metropolitan area in Texas and the List of Metropolitan Statistical Areas, 24th-largest metropolitan area in the United States at 2.6 million people in the 2020 United States census. It is the most populous city in and the county seat of Bexar County. San Antonio is the List of United States cities by population, seventh-most populous city in the United States, and the second-most populous in the Southern United States List of municipalities in Texas, and Texas, after Houston. Founded as a Spanish colonization of the Americas, Spanish mission and colonial outpost in 1718, the city in 1731 became the first chartered civil settlement in what is now present-day Texas. The area was then part of the Spanish Empire. From 1821 to 1836, it was part of the Mexico, Mexican ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Texas
Texas ( , ; or ) is the most populous U.S. state, state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States. It borders Louisiana to the east, Arkansas to the northeast, Oklahoma to the north, New Mexico to the west, and has Mexico-United States border, an international border with the Mexican states of Chihuahua (state), Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo León, and Tamaulipas to the south and southwest. Texas has Texas Gulf Coast, a coastline on the Gulf of Mexico to the southeast. Covering and with over 31 million residents as of 2024, it is the second-largest state List of U.S. states and territories by area, by area and List of U.S. states and territories by population, population. Texas is nicknamed the ''Lone Star State'' for its former status as the independent Republic of Texas. Spain was the first European country to Spanish Texas, claim and control Texas. Following French colonization of Texas, a short-lived colony controlled by France, Mexico ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2015 Tejano Music Awards
The 35th Annual Tejano Music Awards was held on October 24, 2015, at the Tobin Center for the Performing Arts in San Antonio, Texas. The awards ceremony will be hosted by Efrain "Happy" Guerrero with performances from Tejano musicians Shelly Lares, Ruben Ramos, Hometown Boys, Isabel Marie, Emilio Navaira, Raulito Navaira, Xelencia, Las Fenix, Ricky Valenz, La Fiebre, Texadoz, Massore, David Farias, Da Krazy Pimpz, Pasty Torres, David Lee Garza, Oscar G, Aldaberto Gallegos, and Pete Astudillo. The event is expected to pay tribute to Selena, who was killed back in March 1995. Nominees On September 5, it was announced that merengue group Grupo Fuego have been nominated for two awards. On September 23, ''Eagle Pass Business Journal'' announced several nominations for the 35th Tejano Music Awards. References {{reflist Tejano Music Awards by year Tejano Music Awards Tejano Music Awards Tejano Music Awards Tejano Music Awards The Tejano Music Awards (TMA) is an ac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tejano Music Awards
The Tejano Music Awards (TMA) is an accolade created by former arts teacher and musician Rudy Trevino in 1980. The accolade recognizes outstanding performers of Tejano music, a German polka music, polka-based Latin music (genre), Latin music genre recorded in Spanish or English-language. The annual presentation ceremony features performances by Tejano artists and bands and the presentation of all awards. The Tejano Music Awards are annually presented in San Antonio, Texas, although the ceremony has been presented in other cities such as Eagle Pass, Texas in the past. The 1981 Tejano Music Awards, first Tejano Music Awards was held in 1981 and recognized Tejano musicians and recordings of 1980. The ceremony awarded Tejano musicians in 11 categories: Tejano Music Award for Male Vocalist of the Year, Male Vocalist of the Year, Tejano Music Award for Female Vocalist of The Year, Female Vocalist of the Year, Vocal Duo of the Year, Tejano Music Award for Album of the Year – Orchestra, A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Direct Election
Direct election is a system of choosing political officeholders in which the voters directly cast ballots for the persons or political party that they want to see elected. The method by which the winner or winners of a direct election are chosen depends upon the electoral system used. The most commonly used systems are the plurality system and the two-round system for single-winner elections, such as a presidential election, and proportional representation for the election of a legislature or executive. By contrast, in an indirect election, the voters elect a body which in turn elects the officeholder in question. In a double direct election, the elected representative serves on two councils, typically a lower-tier municipality and an upper-tier regional district or municipality. Examples Legislatures * The European Parliament has been directly elected every five years since 1979. Member states determine how to elect their representatives, but, among other requirement ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Market Square (San Antonio)
Market Square is a three-block outdoor plaza lined with shops, and restaurants in downtown San Antonio, Texas. Market Square is the largest Mexican market in the United States. The "El Mercado" section has 32 specialty shops and the "Farmer's Market Plaza" section has 80. "Mi Tierra Cafe Y Panaderia" and "La Margarita Mexican Restaurant & Oyster Bar" are the major eateries, but snack and specialty foods are available at other shops. Market Square is the site of Cinco de Mayo in central San Antonio and many other fiestas throughout the year. The "El Mercado" building was built as a Works Progress Administration The Works Progress Administration (WPA; from 1935 to 1939, then known as the Work Projects Administration from 1939 to 1943) was an American New Deal agency that employed millions of jobseekers (mostly men who were not formally educated) to car ... project during 1938-1939 after the existing municipal market house (known as the Giles building) was torn down. The new build ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elida Reyna
Elida Reyna (born August 17, 1972), also known as Elida, is a Mexican American Tejano music singer.Billboard – March 20, 1999 p. 19 "Elida Reyna and Bobby Pulido were celebrated as new major forces in Tejano music at the new Tejano Entertainers and Musicians Assn. (TEMA) Awards, held Feb. 27 here. Reyna was a big winner..." Her band Elida Reyna Y Avante, also known as Elida Y Avante (EYA), is a Latin Grammy Award winning Tejano band formed in the Rio Grande Valley in 1992. Their first two albums "Atrevete" (1994) and "Algo Entero" (1996) were qualified for gold status and produced the popular singles "Luna Llena"and "Lagrimas De Amor". They were awarded "Billboard" Magazines "Revelacion Del Año" award, and were named "Rising Group of the Year" at the TTMA Industry Awards in 1995. Their 2010 album, "Fantasia", earned them a Latin Grammy Award. Lead singer Elida Reyna was given a place in the "Tejano Roots Hall of Fame". Biography Elida Reyna was born in San Antonio, Texas. Sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Salgado
Michael Salgado (born ''Miguel Salgado'' in 1971) is a Norteño/Tejano music singer/accordionist. Biography Salgado was born in Laredo,Texas, although his family roots are in Barrancos, Chihuahua, Mexico. Salgado gained prominence in the mid-1990s by looking back to the 'norteño' sound influenced by Ramon Ayala, and by subsequently introducing the style to the younger generation. He positioned his backing musicians, brother Ernie and Uncle Jamie, to play guitar and drums respectively, with the bass player being his compadre, Joe Tanguma — at the age of only 19. He began climbing the Latin American music charts in 1995 after releasing his single "Cruz de Madera". Salgado's 1996 album "En Concierto" introduced his most successful single, "Sin Ella", which reached the top 20 of the Latin American music charts. His album "Mi Primer Amor" was released in 1997. Discography Albums in order from newest to oldest: ''Vino Especial'' # A Grito Abireto # Undido en la Tristeza # Ll ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ricardo Sanchez (musician)
Ricardo Ángel Sánchez (born October 2, 1967) is an American Christian musician, guitarist, and worship leader, who is a Grammy-nominated GMA Dove Award-winning songwriter. He has released four albums, ''Unmerited'', ''Oh What a God'', ''It's Not Over'', and '' Grand Symphony''. Early life and background Sánchez was born, Ricardo Ángel Sánchez, Work ID No. 432726455 ISWC No. T0731484982 IPI No. 348021287 (SANCHEZ RICARDO ANGEL) on October 2, 1967, in Scottsdale, Arizona, Arizona, to parents Vicente and Fransica Sanchez, the youngest of six siblings, four brothers and a sister. He grew up in the Catholic Church, where he went to services alone, and was in a mariachi group with his father, when he was five years-old. Sánchez eventually became a non-denominational Protestant, at The Free Chapel in Gainesville, Georgia, just outside Atlanta, Georgia, before relocating to San Antonio, Texas, to join John Hagee's Cornerstone Church. Music career His music recording career started ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob Grever
Bob Grever (1936 – August 23, 2016) was an American music executive who once owned San Antonio independent record label Cara Records. He became the "most powerful record company owner" in the state of Texas in the 1980s. Grever sold the record company and its roster of recordings as well as its Tejano music musicians to EMI Latin, spearheading the 1990s Tejano music golden age. His most notable artists include Emilio Navaira and Selena. Other musicians Grever signed were Joe Posada, David Lee Garza, Bobby Naranjo, Mazz, and La Mafia. Songwriter Luis Silva became head of promotions while working for Cara Records. Grever came from a musician family, his grandmother Maria Grever, became one of the most successful female composers. Music critic Ramiro Burr of the ''San Antonio Express-News'' called Grever "one of the two most important people in the Tejano music explosion of the 80's and 90's." After Grever sold Cara Records, he worked with the Backstreet Boys and NSYNC. He also becam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tejano Music Awards By Year
Tejanos ( , ) are descendants of Texas Creoles and Mestizos who settled in Texas before its admission as an American state. The term is also sometimes applied to Texans of Mexican descent. Etymology The word ''Tejano'', with a ''J'' instead of ''X'', comes from the Spanish interpretation of the original Caddo indigenous word ''Tayshas'', which means "friend" or "ally". Texas Mestizo refers to as person born in the New World that has one parent that is Spanish Texas born and the other parent as Inidan born. Texas Creoles In colonial Texas, the term "Creole" (''criollo'') distinguished Old World Africans and Europeans from their descendants born in the New world, Creoles, who were the citizens of New Spain's Tejas province. Texas Creole culture revolved around ''ranchos'' (Tejano ranches), attended mostly by ''vaqueros'' (cowboys) of African, Spaniard, or Mestizo descent who established a number of settlements in southeastern Texas and western Louisiana (e.g. Los Adaes). Blac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
