Tag: Charro Days

Betty Samuel Landreth can still remember riding in the very first Charro Days parade as a high school junior in 1938 and going to a ball at the El Jardin Hotel back when it was “the place to be in Brownsville.”

Elizabeth Street was bustling with crowds of costumed performers, vendors and celebrants Saturday afternoon for Baile Del Sol outside the Charro Days Inc. headquarters. The smell of sizzling tacos wafted on the breeze, with children dancing and playing as the community showed up for an afternoon of fun to officially herald the start of Charro Days Fiesta in the city.

The start of Brownsville’s biggest fiesta is just days away and preparations are underway for the city’s 86^th annual Charro Days Fiesta.

Two new exhibitions opened Saturday with receptions at noon at the Brownsville Museum of Fine Art.

Beatrice “Chickie” Samano, whose grito and indomitable spirit defined Brownsville’s Charro Days Fiesta for her entire life, passed away early Wednesday on the day the 86th annual celebration was just getting underway.

The three young ladies portrayed in the 2023 official Charro Days poster helped unveil the promotional item in a ceremony Wednesday morning at Brownsville’s historic Alonso Building to introduce the 86th annual Charro Days Fiesta.

In what it called a strategic move, the Mr. Amigo Association has decided to go back to its roots and host the Mr. Amigo visit and events separate from Charro Days festivities.

Incarnate Word Academy on Thursday unveiled the promotional poster and announced the China Poblana and Charro for this year’s 69th performance of A Little Bit of Mexico, a prelude to Charro Days 2023 and an important fundraiser for Incarnate Word Academy.