and there's a website also for the east side union high school district.xt here on "comunidad del valle," celebrating the mexica new year. stay with us. damian: we're celebrating the mexica new year here on "comunidad del valle." quetzalli is a dancer with calpulli tonalehqueh. she joins us now here on the show. welcome to the show, quetzalli. quetzalli: thank you. damian: thank you for being here. tell us about, first of all, about your name and your--the origin of your name, quetzalli. quetzalli: sure, i'm quetzalli, and it means precious in nahuatl, which is one of the languages spoken from our ancestors in mexico. damian: and your dad is the one who named you, or is kind of a combination of mom and dad? quetzalli: yeah, my dad, he's always been involved in danza since he came to the states, and so he really connected with it, and so he named me quetzalli. damian: all right, well, there's a big celebration happening this coming weekend at emma prusch park in san jose. is this celebration the largest in the nation, the largest mexica new year celebration

have schools from lincoln high school and san jose unified, alum rock school district, from alisal union school district in salinas. and actually baile folklóricos from east sideown college prep alum rock high school. so we're really excited to be presenting this. calpulli tonalehqueh is going to open with a convocation. and we also have los lupeños juvenil dancing right before our special guest from clark county school district in las vegas, mariachi los gavilanes from monaco middle school. so just-- damian: i heard of them. sofia: just a big chance to have a great big party around arts and culture. damian: well, all right. well, we're looking at the past performance there at the mexican heritage plaza by some folklórico and mariachi groups. this isn't the actual showcase, but just to uh give our folks a flavor. now you mentioned some groups there, the lincoln high school, you're talking about groups that could, they're semi-professional and they're really good at their craft. sofia: they really are. and i have to say, full transparency, i actually started that group. it was an offshoot from a group from hoover middle school and i really strongly believe the