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July 6, 2011
Texas Conjunto Hall of Fame: Museum celebrates musical heritage
Abelardo Garcia remembers the big steel presses belching steam as they printed the recordings of conjunto music's legendary stars.
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May 13, 2011
UTPA curators archive Conjunto artifacts
The Assistant Curator and curatorial assistants from the Border Studies Archive in the Library at the University of Texas-Pan American (UTPA) in Edinburg are in the process of helping the Texas Conjunto Music Hall of Fame & Museum clean, organize, and preserve thousands of valuable artifacts stored in the archives of the San Benito History Museum.
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December 15, 2010
Multimillion-dollar SB cultural arts center proposed
A proposed operational plan calls for city sales tax revenue, hotel-motel taxes and grants pay for the development of a multimillion-dollar cultural arts center, according to documents released Wednesday. Consultant Petra Reyna asked city officials to review the draft of a report expected to become a blueprint for the development and operation of the center that would house the city’s three museums — the San Benito History Museum, the Freddy Fender Museum and the Texas Conjunto Hall of Fame and Museum — as well as the Narciso Martinez Cultural Arts Center.
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August 8, 2010
Musicians, author inducted to Conjunto Hall of Fame
Four musicians and one award-winning author joined the ranks of conjunto’s most influential artists Saturday in a ceremony honoring the music’s history and pioneers.
In a Saturday night ceremony, the Texas Conjunto Music Hall of Fame in San Benito named its five new inductees, recognizing each for their contribution to the unique American genre.
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June 25, 2009
Multimillion museum expansion
Consultants are leaning toward construction of a multimillion-dollar expansion of three museums that showcase the city's cultural heritage, members of a committee said Thursday.
Massachusetts-based ConsultEcon has narrowed possible sites to the Heavin Resaca Trail and areas near the city's old high school and the community building that currently houses the city's three museums, the committee of museum founders said.
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