Fiesta Mexicana.

Fiesta Mexicana. Fiesta Mexicana Sones de Mexico Ensemble PO Box 13261, Chicago, IL 60613 $18.98 www.sonesdemexico.com Fiesta Mexicana: Mexican Songs & Stories for Ninos & Ninasand their Papas & Mamas lives up to its subtitle with a two-disc,English-Spanish bilingual album--one disc in English and one offeringthe same songs in Spanish. Both discs offer brief educational narrativesin between the songs. An educational as well as enjoyable collection,Fiesta Mexicana strives to instruct young listeners about tempo inmusic, the value of balance, and more positive social lessons as well asan introduction to Mexican heritage and the Spanish language. Adelightful music collection that will have parents and listeners of allages tapping their feet to the beat, Fiesta Mexicana is a joy toexperience and enthusiastically recommended for public librarychildren's collections, gift-giving, and even children'sparties! The songs (not counting the many narratives) are "SaludoJarabeado" (1:08), "La Pasion" (1:15), "Xipe"(3:28), "Torito Coiteco" (3:35), "La Acamaya"(3:16), "Los Enanos" (2:44), "El Raton Vaquero"(2:58), "El Trenecito" (2:36), "Tixtla" (6:57),"La Bamba (rock 'n' roll)" (1:34), and "LaBamba (son jarocho)" (4:57).