Article: Sights, sounds of a growing Latino presence: Mexican balladeers at a health fair are a sign of change in Carroll County.

Byline: Laura McCandlish

Jun. 12--With a teal electric bass, a keyboard that mostly emitted sounds of an accordion, and a drum set, a homegrown grupera-style band - Herencia de Mexico - lured mainly Hispanic residents to Westminster City Park. Suavely dressed in salmon and black shirts, black cowboy hats and jeans, offset by cream ostrich-leather belts and boots from their native Toluca, the state capital just west of Mexico City, band members headlined at a minority health fair on a recent Saturday, crooning Spanish ballads heavy on romance. "In Mexico, that's the music they listen to since birth," said Ben Aceves, 22, an agent for the band, who moved to ...

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