Dos Mundos Celebrates 25 Years of Service

Dos Mundos, Kansas City's original bilingual newspaper celebrates 25 years of service with a fiesta on the westside this weekend, August 19, 2006. The event will be held along Southwest Boulevard and Summit and will feature food, music, and entertainment. The entire event is free and open to the public. Bands scheduled to perform include: La Manana Band, Mafia Nortena, Jr Vargas Y Picante, Las Estrellas, and Tejas Records recording artist Invicto. La Manana Band and Las Estrellas have always been favorites in the Kansas City area. La Manana Band is is the process of launching their new website www.mananaband.com . Las Estrellas play at many local events and run their own sound a lighting company T&G Productions. Jr Vargas Y Picante are from Topeka, KS and have quickly earned the respect of the audience with their energetic on stage presence. Mafia Nortena, is the area's top Norteno Band. The have recorded nationally for Discos Joey and have appeared on many television programs such as Despierta America on Univision. They have just released their latest cd "En Coma" for their own JZ Records. You can visit Mafia Nortena at www.mafia-nortena.com Invicto is a hot young Conjunto that has quickly earned the reputation of being the Bad Boys of Conjunto. The captivate audiences with their style of music which keeps them asking "Got Conjunto". They can't seem to get enough. They credit The Hometown Boys as a major influence on their music and even cover a couple of their songs on their debut self-titled cd on Tejas Records. They are currently finishing up their follow up CD but are taking time out to come to Kansas City and bring some Kick Ass Conjunto to the midwest. You can visit Invicto at www.grupoinvicto.com For more information about the event you may visit www.dosmundos.com