That one chance meeting turned into over 36 years of teaching, with the greater bulk of those years spent teaching Adaptive Physical Education to children and it also led to over 30 years of coaching youth and high school softball, but my first 13 years or so were spent coaching adults with Dave at Arizona.

He gave a presentation on adaptive athletics during one of our classes and I chose to do some of my required hours in his program. I came back to The Old Pueblo from Maryland to study education at the University of Arizona and one of my classes was a study of Adaptive Physical Education and that’s where I met my mentor, Dave Herr-Cardillo. I was just 18, fresh out of high school, trying to get my footing in college after deciding not to pursue any kind of pre-law education at Georgetown or an art education at George Washington. KXCI Executive Director Elva De La Torre will emcee the show.This is the 37th installment of “Old Pueblo Abuelo,” a thought on positive things happening in the Old Pueblo from a sometimes cranky and often times humorous grandfather actually born in Tucson and writing from my desk in Tucson, the Old Pueblo. Food will be available for purchase.Īll proceeds support KXCI’s mission to connect the communities of Tucson and Southern Arizona to each other and to the world with informative, engaging, and creative community-based programming. Tickets can be purchased online, and at the door. Advance general admission tickets are $40 for KXCI Members and $45 in advance for the general public. Nogales-born band leader Sergio Mendoza has long wanted to create a special evening for KXCI and celebrating KXCI’s 40th Anniversary was the perfect reason to invite his compañera Gaby Moreno.ĭoors open at 6:00 pm, and music starts at 7:00 pm. This video captures her songwriting, passion, and playfulness. Gaby Moreno performed in our Congress Street Studio backed by Brian Lopez and Sergio Mendoza in March 2023 ahead of her performance opening for Los Lobos. Moreno performs many genres including Latin, alternative, blues, folk, and Americana in both Spanish and English. Gaby Moreno is a Latin GRAMMY-winning Guatemalan-born singer-songwriter, producer, film composer, and guitarist. Using Latin percussion, accordion, brass, and steel guitars, the band’s style, dubbed “indie mambo”, combines ranchera, cumbia, psychedelic and indie rock. Orkesta Mendoza is a Latin big band from Tucson, Arizona founded by singer and guitarist Sergio Mendoza in 2009.

On Friday, December 8 th, KXCI will celebrate its 40th Anniversary at the historic El Casino Ballroom with Orkesta Mendoza featuring Gaby Moreno.

El Casino Ballroom Tucson AZ 85713