{{short description|Mexican folk music and dance group}} '''Los Soneritos''' is a group dedicated to Mexican folk music and dance, founded in 2005 in Colima by Omar Alejandro Rojas Ramos.<ref name="dominguiarte">{{cite web |url= http://culturacolima.gob.mx/v2/presentaremos-a-los-soneritos-en-dominguiarte/ |title= Presentaremos a Los Soneritos en Dominguiarte |date=May 26, 2012 |publisher= Secretaría de Cultura of Colima |location=Mexico |language=Spanish |trans-title=Will present Los Soneritos at Dominguiarte |accessdate=June 14, 2012 }}</ref><ref name="elgrupo">{{cite news |title= El grupo de son jarocho "Los Soneritos", se presentará en el Teatro Hidalgo de Colima |author= Gregorio Martínez Moctezuma |url= http://azteca21.com/n/index.php/secciones/musica/7764 |newspaper=Azteca 21 |location=Mexico City |date=February 6, 2008 |accessdate=June 14, 2012 |language=Spanish |trans-title=Veracruz son group Los Soneritos will perform at the Hidalgo Theaters in Colima }}</ref> Rojas Ramos formed the group while working at a primary school, giving classes in music and dance.<ref name="ucolima">{{cite web |url= http://www.ucol.mx/boletines/noticia.php?id=5674 |title= El Grupo Los Soneritos Bailó y Cantó Música Jarocha en el Foro Pablo Silva |publisher= Universidad de Colima |location=Mexico |language=Spanish |trans-title=The group Los Soneritos danced and sang Veracruz music at the Pablo Silva Forum |accessdate=June 14, 2012 }}</ref> It was formed with the express intention of preserving and promoting folk music and dance to youths and children.<ref name="ucolima"/><ref name="noches">{{cite web |url= http://culturacolima.gob.mx/v2/presentamos-a-los-soneritos-en-noches-de-cafe/ |title= Presentamos a Los Soneritos en Noches de Café |date=May 16, 2012 |publisher= Secretaría de Cultura of Colima |location=Mexico |language=Spanish |trans-title=Will present Los Soneritos at Noches de Café |accessdate=June 14, 2012 }}</ref> The group mostly performs music and dance from its home state of Veracruz such as son, fandango and zapateado, but other similar music such as son from the west of Mexico and the “mitote folkorico” is also in the repertoire.<ref name="dominguiarte"/><ref name="noches"/> Members of the group have done research about traditional music and dance as well as composed their own original pieces.<ref name="ucolima"/>
The performers in the group are young people mostly ranging from age 12 to 16 but members have been as young as seven, or older (21) .<ref name="elgrupo"/><ref name="quadratin">{{cite news |title= Grupo "Los Soneritos" se Presentan Hoy en Noches de Café |url= http://quadratincolima.com.mx/noticias/nota,32843/|newspaper=Quadratin agency |location=Colima |date=July 27, 2010 |accessdate=June 14, 2012 |language=Spanish |trans-title=Los Soneritos present today at the Noches de Cafe }}</ref> These members have included Stefany Reyes Ruiz, Luis Alberto Cisneros Beltrán, Jorge Vladimir Cisneros, Brenda Leticia García, Víctor Benjamín Angulo Cervantes, Leslie Damara Quintero López, Ninfa Fernanda Moreno Rojas and José Armando Rojas Ramos .<ref name="quadratin"/> The group plays various traditional instruments such as the violin, Mexican vihuela, jarana huasteca, requinto, quinta de golpe, marimbol, cajón, guitarrón mexicano, and jawbone and dance over a wooden stage for its sound effects.<ref name="noches"/> All the members of the group can play multiple instruments.<ref name="elgrupo"/> Despite this versatility, Rojas Ramos says that it has been difficult to expand their repertoire due to lack of funds for traditional instruments and costumes.<ref name="ucolima"/>
They have toured various states in Mexico such as Veracruz, Querétaro, Zacatecas and Jalisco as well as the United States on a tour during April 2011 at Denver, Colorado..<ref name="dominguiarte"/> Shortly after they formed they were invited to perform at the VIII Encuentro de Niños Soneros in San Andrés Tuxtla, Veracruz.<ref name="ucolima"/> Since then they have performed at the Teatro del Pueblo of the Feria de Tecomán, the Feria Estatal de Todos Santos,<ref name="noches"/> Foro Pablo Silva García at the University of Colima<ref name="ucolima"/> I and II Encuentro de Jaraneros y Decimistas in Orizaba and the IX Encuentro de Niños Soneros de San Andrés Tuxtla.<ref name="elgrupo"/> In 2012, they have played at the DominGUIARTE Familiar event at the Silverio Palacio Theater and the Casa de la Cultura, both in the city of Colima .<ref name="dominguiarte"/><ref name="noches"/>
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