Ovelia said Abilene could benefit from having a large amphitheater at Sears Park, like the one in Stephenville. Jimenez's family, including his famous brother Flaco Jimenez, have been in San Antonio for three generations. He has taken his compressed, danceable tunes around the world, from small cantinas and music festivals to the Oval Office, Carnegie Hall and Moscow. He did a one-week music residency in the Eastland schools a couple of years ago. Playing a piano-style accordion that is much larger than Jimenez's, Czech and Then Some also used horned instruments to showcase a different style of accordion music.
Members are of Czech descent and sang some tunes in their native language.
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