May 11, 2005
Cinco de Mayo Celebration
Olga Martinez dances a cumbia with Robert Williamson at the celebration Cinco de Mayo hosted by the restaurant Cilantro Tamales. Singer and dancer, Jane Trejo-Beverly, recruited her sisters and a group of friends and organized her first folkloric Jalisco dance show. Cinco de Mayo marks the victory of the Mexican army over the French at the Battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862.
July 4, 2005
The 2005 Naples Fourth of July Parade
Jane Trejo-Beverly hangs flowers on the Cilantro Tamales float Monday morning before the start of the Fourth of July parade in Naples. Jane often sings at the restaurant and looked forward to singing on the float in the parade
Photo by Silvia Casabianca
Jane's float was awarded "Best Float" at the 2005 City of Naples Fourth of July Parade.
November 16, 2005
The 12th Annual Taste of Bonita
In her small space next to the Cilantro Tamales tent, Jane Trejo-Beverly performs the hypnotic twists and turns of ballet folklorico, a style of dance that accompanies Mexican mariachi music. Trejo-Beverly sings and dances with a female mariachi group in the Bonita Springs area.