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It is said that if people hear the same thing over and over again, over a long period of time, some people will begin to accept it as truth, whether it's a lie or not. For years, powerful people have told America that brown people are easily associated with rape, murder, and drugs. They've minimized the honorable and historic role of Mexican American Chicanos in the story of America and have, for many, distorted truth to an astigmatism. Our kids have been hearing the distortion for years. 

The three sponsor and community packages available are the Pachuco Ball Sponsor and Community Partner package, the Calle Cultura Community Presentation package, and the Carros Y Viclas Sponsor and Community Partner package. Each has it's own levels of consideration. There is an event announcement with each of these packets and all sponsor and community partner packets can be accessed for both, viewing and downloading at the portal below. Simply select and view or download the appropriate announcement or packet of your choice.

SPONSOR PACKET

Calle Cultura Community Education

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You may also buy direct and save the fees by calling 303-437-9162. 

In either case, all purchases, except standing room, are assigned table seating at banquet round tables of 10 or cocktail tables of 6.

AFTER PURCHASING TICKETS

Once you have purchased you must call 303-437-9162 for your seating assignment, and to arrange to pickup your hardcopy tickets and reserved seating passes. This should be done as soon as possible. It is important and will save you time and make things smooth for you. 

VIP TICKETS AND TABLES ARE SOLD OUT 

As of Dec 10th, there are 150 Regular Reserved tickets still available.

Remember, Zoot Suits and Vestido de Cholo are not required, nice evening attire is fine, what is important is that people that want to come to this great event, do come, and enjoy the experience. Just come to enjoy the experience. We want you to have fun. All are welcome!

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The Pachuco Ball is coming to Colorado. La Familia and our Community Partners proudly present the 1st Annual Denver Pachuco Ball Concert, Dance, and Fashion Show. It is being offered in partnership with Original Suavecito Clothing Company, Santa Fe Nights, Mi Gente Customs, Beyond Elements, El Semanario the Weekly Issue, and our California partner, Cultura Con Llantas of Riverside, CA.

For the Pachuco Ball Project Team

Our Pachuco Ball community partners currently include La Familia Denver, Original Suavecito, Santa Fe Nights, and Mi Gente Customs and other community partners and sponsors who coming onboard.

The Pachuco Ball evening entertainment will include the Ambassador of West Coast Chicano Soul, Mr. Pepe Marquez, the Aki and the Doo Wops album release celebration, the First Lady of Chicano Soul, Elvia Cadena and her album release celebration, and MC Kly-N-Tel.

There will be a Zoot Suit and Vestido de Cholo fashion show, courtesy of Original Suavecito Clothing, Sante Fe Nights, and Mi Gente Customs. There will be a judging and cash prizes for the "Best Dressed Couple In Zoots" and the "Best Dressed Couple In Vestido de Cholo".

The music represents the the genres of "Chicano Soul" and "Classic Oldies" that has been around for time immemorial and was the musical back drop to the lives of many. The music still endures and is being presented by artists of today who bring new life and energy to it.

We all have, and share, a story and a journey. That makes this effort both a community opportunity and an educationally positive way to share these things with our Colorado extended community of all ethnicities and colors. Accordinly, we hope that many attend, and are able to experience this effort with us. All are welcome, it's about people!

The Pachuco Ball is a dress up ballroom affair. We encourage our guests to bring out your Zoot Suits and Cholo threads. If you need Zoot Suits and accessories, call Jay Salas and Original Suvecito Clothing at 720-530-2973. If vestido de Cholo is your choice, call Brother John Montano at Mi Gente Customs at 719-635-4731. 

TICKETS 

The inaugural Denver Pachuco Ball will be limited to 400 people. 

Accordingly, please note that this his event will sell out early.

Regular Reserved Table Seating $45  

Banquet tabes of 10, As of Dec 10th, VIP tickets and tables are sold out and there are about 150 Regular Reserved tickets still available.

Purchase tickets at the ticket site by clicking on the BUY TICKETS BUTTON

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IF YOU ARE OUTSIDE OF THE DENVER AREA

It is the same process, however, your seating assignments can be made via telephone and your tickets put at the door on will call for pickup at the door on the day of the event. If you are coming from Pueblo, Southeastern Colorado, New Mexico, or Wyoming and Northern Colorado, we highly recommend that you reserve your hotel rooms early. ALL TICKET SALES ARE FINAL - NO REFUNDS. 

PACHUCO BALL - HOTEL INFORMATION

The Pachuco Ball will be held in the beautiful Grand Ballroom at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel - Westminster. Address: 8773 Yates Drive, Westminster, CO 80031. Telephone No. 303-427-4000

The Pachuco Ball group rate, your rate, is $114. There are only 50 rooms in this group block, and they will sell out. To book a room call the hotel desk directly at 303-427-4000. Be sure and mention that you are with the La Familia Ministry Denver group and the Pachuco Ball.

The Calle Cultura Community Education Presentation is part of the La Familia 5280 Swap Meet Project and the Calle Cultura Cultural Education Series. The format for this presentation is a three-speaker presentation using an academic discussion classification viewing of American Homeboy film excerpts, concluding in a community forum audience Q&A. 

COMMUNITY EDUCATION PRESENTATION

The American Homeboy presentation will be offered in Denver and at CSU Pueblo . Location information, schedules for the presentations will be announced December 18, 2025. Sponsorhip opportunities for this effort are available. A sponsorship packet link is availiable below.

We emphasize our belief that we can have a positive impact on all people through the celebration of culture through the arts. We believe that all cultures have specific historical elements that are both positive and challenging. These elements help define any one ethnicity and culture. We also belive that in sharing in challenging times, all people, regardless of race, creed. or political leaning, may benefit. This then is where our mantra comes from, "All are welcome, it's about people". 

Serving Colorado Since 1995

Welcome to the La Familia website. We are a host to La Familia organizations, activities, and events including the 5280 Swap Meet and the Pachuco Ball.

Call La Familia at 303-437-9162 OR 720-691-6538

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CONTACT INFORMATION

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​SPONSOR AND COMMUNITY PARTNER PORTAL

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Please help us to say thank you to Deandra, Katy, Joan, and the staff at the DoubleTree by Hilton Westminster for going above and beyond to reach out and make their hotel available to us for the Pachuco Ball. You have been asking us for two years to change hotels, and we now have. The management team and staff have gone out of their way to give us a new and beautiful venue option. 

FOR ACADEMIC DISCUSSION PURPOSES ONLY

WE DO NOT OWN THE RIGHTS TO THIS FILM - CREDIT TO BRANDON LORAN MAXWELL

ANNOUNCEMENT AND OVERVIEW

Calle Cultura Community Education

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The Calle Cultura Community Education Presentation sponsor information is available as a PDF file. The packet link appears below. Simply click on the link to view or download. 

MI GENTE CUSTOMS

Mujeres, have fun with this and come out in style with your Zoots and high "coif" or bouffan hair-dos, and that Pachuca style bright red lipstick. To help you navigate through some outfit options, Cherie Niola of Sante Fe Nights has secured the services of a unique dress boutique that specializes in antique dresses at reasonable cost, along with shoes and accessories. She has also lined up contacts with stylists that are do those 40's and 50's  hairdo's. For all this, call Cherie at 720-327-8914

This presentation is a vehicle that speaks to the history, resilience, and determination of the Chicano spirit. The goal is to share the contributions of Mexican American Chicanos through a history of sacrifice, struggle, and survival, and speak to the story and journey of a people. Our target audience is young people and adults who are the beneficiaries of those sacrifices and struggles. The Calle Cultura Educational Presentation is part of a three-day project culminating in a celebratory concert and dance event called the Pachuco Ball, whose mission is to portray, celebrate, and share this culture and journey through the arts, and expressions of music, fashion, and dance. 

The Pachuco Ball is also part of a bigger picture project involving cultural education. The other half of the project is the Calle Cultura Community Education Presentation. This is a film and speaker presentation and community forum on the Chicano experience and culture. The forum is an academic discussion with young people and adult community members, which is intended to raise awareness and speak to the history, resiliency, and determination of the Chicano spirit. The forum will use excerpts from a Brandon Loran Maxwell film documentary called AMERICAN HOMEBOY. These film excerpts will be used in conjunction with speaker presentations, and an audience Q&A.

American Homeboy is a documentary film by Brandon Loran Maxwell that explores the origins and complexities of Pachuco and Cholo culture, which emerged from American soil over the past century. Moreover, the American Homeboy film is a portrait of a street revolution. This culture emerged in response to wartime sentiment and social alienation, and the American government's racial discrimination against Chicano people. It's an untold story that seldom heard in the American school system's history, social studies, and political science curricula. 

Chicanos In Vietnam 

and Isolated Mexican Americans

What Does It Mean to Be A Chicano

This project represents part of the story of America, an intensely diverse puzzle. In the cultural diversity of most American communities, all people and groups have roots, a journey, and a story, regardless of ethnicity. That makes this effort both a community opportunity and an educationally positive way to share history and an informed perspective about the Chicano experience with our community.

ANNOUNCEMENT AND OVERVIEW

Calle Cultura Community Education

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Calle Cultura Community Education

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PACHUCO BALL 

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​ANNOUNCEMENT AND OVERVIEW

CARROS Y VICLAS - PACHUCO BALL

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If you would like to get involved or support this effort as a community partner or a sponsor, please select the tools below that will explain and provide opportunities for your organization to participate. Gracias

SPONSOR PACKET

CARROS Y VICLAS - PACHUCO BALL

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Our team welcomes our West Coast special guests and original Pachuco Ball producers, Riverside County, California Judge Jorge Hernandez Aka "Mr. Blue" of Cultura Con Llantas, and Ray and Vanessa Estrella of El Pachuco Zoot Suits in Fullerton, California. 

WE DO NOT OWN THE RIGHTS TO THIS FILM

CREDIT TO MR. MARK MORALES

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The Pachuco Ball team welcomes Colorado's Car and Viclas Clubs. The vision for building the Pachuco Ball to a Colorado tradition incorporates and celebrates various parts of Chicano culture and history. The carros and viclas community is a beloved part of Chicano culture. The investment, work, representation of family, and community giving that the members of this community represent not only speak to positive values, but to unique traditions and the historical journey that are part of the Chicano experience and the proud history of a people. 

Not only is the Pachuco Ball an opportunity to celebrate the traditions, but to inclusively share the traditions with the entire Denver community, regardless of ethnicity. All are welcome! For questions on participation, please call Cherie at 720-327-8914 or Angel at 303-437-9162

We are proud to celebrate the release of the new Aki and the Doo Wops "Dedicated To You" music album. The music represents the the genres of "Classic Old School" and "Chicano Soul". For generations this is the music that provided the musical back drop to the lives of many. The album is masterful and contains a diverse library of classics from Earth, Wind and Fire, HEATWAVE, to the classics of the great Brenton Wood. They will be here to perform the music at the Pachuco Ball.