Margarita in the Spotlight

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Margarita in the Spotlight

By: Maria Frazer

Narrated by: Adriana Gaviria

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This middle grade story has it all: humor, heart, and country music - including original songs!

Margarita McCoy plays banjo and sings backup in her stepsister Stephanie McCoy’s wildly popular country music band.

Margarita isn’t particularly passionate about music, but she loves Stephanie and would do anything to help her - and that includes being thrust into the media spotlight after an article in the New York Times calls out country music for its lack of diversity. Since Margarita’s father is Mexican American, the McCoys' record label wants to use her to show that they aren’t as whitewashed as the article says.

For Margarita, the media frenzy is overwhelming and quickly has her considering how exactly she should define herself and her identity. How Mexican American is she? How should she use her 15 minutes of fame? And how come no one ever taught her about Selena Quintanilla?

Margarita in the Spotlight is a fun and empowering story about identity, family, music, and the power of finding your voice - featuring original music that will delight your ears and get your toes tapping!

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About the Creator

Maria Frazer became a fan of country music as a kid when her school bus driver played country radio on the ride to school each day. Like Margarita, she is of mixed Mexican-American and white heritage, and loves her family, community, and breakfast tacos. Maria lives in Texas, where she was born and raised.

About the Performer

Adriana Gaviria is an actress, voice-over artist, writer, director, advocate, and creative producer. She is founding member and artistic producer of The Sol Project, lead producer of SolFest, and founder of North Star Projects. She serves on the national advisory boards of 50 Playwrights Project and FIU Theatre Alumni, the executive team of Parent Artist Advocacy League, and the national steering committee for the Latinx Theatre Commons. BFA, Florida International University; MFA, Yale School of Drama. Adriana embraces the human spirit and aims to empower, inspire and build community through her work.

Photographed by Jeff Galfer

From backup singer to front and center

Margarita ''Daisy'' McCoy doesn’t want attention. Instead, she happily plays second fiddle—er, banjo—as a backup singer in her big sister’s country music band. Margarita admires the effortless way her sis performs for adoring fans—as well as her blond hair and freckles, a look that seems perfectly suited for a country music star. Margarita is given the stage name ''Daisy'' by the band’s management team to obfuscate her Mexican heritage, creating a conflict between Margarita’s onstage persona and her actual self. As Margarita wades the waters of fame, cultural identity, and coming of age, the listener falls in step with her every victory, failure, and realization as she steps into her own limelight. This is a story that many can relate to, and a character everyone will root for, featuring pitch-perfect and original country music and narration that will stick with you well after the listening experience is over.

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Overall, this was fun. But seriously, it was “too dangerous” for Margarita to go to a movie opening or continue in the band after negative comments appear about her in Social Media, but NOT too dangerous for her to be a speaker at a justice rally? I guess middle readers need to start getting their politics fed to them young! I get the point, but understand going in that there is some heavy-handed ness in this story.