LAS VEGAS -- The audience quiets as the Las Vegas Academy Mariachi Regional group takes the stage for their spring concert.
Basses, trumpets and violins start the song as Jeriel Javier, a freshman vocalist, walks to the center stage and sings “Hablame de ti” – or “Talk to me about yourself” in Spanish – in a low, bellowing voice.
For Javier, it was a moment he long envisioned, and a dream come true.
