Montiel posted on her Facebook account (Stefanie Sullivan) that her group from Texas were running late to perform at the Mexican Fiesta 2023 50th Anniversary on Saturday night and a Milwaukee Police sergeant in a motorcycle escorted the group into Fiesta.
By H. Nelson Goodson
Hispanic News Network U.S.A.
September 6, 2023
Milwaukee, Wisconsin - On Monday, Stefanie Montiel, also known as Stefanie Sullivan posted on her Facebook (FB) account that her Tejano group "Stefanie Montiel's Lone Star Nights Tour" group was the first band to receive a Milwaukee police escort into Mexican Fiesta 2023 in 50 years. According to Montiel's FB post, her Tejano style band including her were running late on Saturday, August 26, 2023 and were stuck in traffic when a Fiesta organizer (volunteer) called police to provide a police escort for the group into Fiesta. The police escort was video recorded by the group from inside the van, which Montiel posted multiple videos of the police escort. (FB post link https://tinyurl.com/4f7zftu6)
According to Montiel, it's the first time in Mexican Fiesta's history that they provided an emergency police escort to an entertainer running late for her scheduled gig at the El Rey/Rosen Automotive Stage at 7:45 p.m. inside the Summerfest grounds.
The Mexican Fiesta rented van transporting the group to Fiesta showed the radio time at 7:18 p.m. on Saturday.
The Milwaukee police motorcycle cop went through Summerfest Gate 6 without stopping as the van transporting the Tejano group followed through as well.
Montiel and her Tejano group made it in time to perform at Mexican Fiesta 2023. Awesome performance by Montiel's band.
Mexican Fiesta is sponsored and operated by the Wisconsin Hispanic Scholarship Foundation, Inc. (WHSF).
According to Mexican Fiesta sources, more than 110,000 people attended the 3-day festival.
Congrats to WHSF/Mexican Fiesta on celebrating 50 years of Mexican/Tejano cultural tradition including music and entertainment venues from Puerto Rico in Milwaukee.
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