University of the Incarnate Word professor Art Hernandez joins Armando Tejeda as he celebrates earning his doctorate degree.Not even a brain aneurysm could stop the forward march of musician and educator Armando Tejeda toward his doctorate degree.
In a written encomium to his primo hermano, musician Juan Tejeda said his cousin’s achievement was “due to his belief in himself and in his people, and his persistence and dogged determination.” stands at the entrance to Brooks, the Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center’s annual Tejano Conjunto Festival was started 43 years ago by Juan Tejeda, and the family was among the Canary Islanders originally granted land tracts in San Antonio — a Southside plot which the family still owns and maintains.
Juan and Armando Tejeda perform in front of family and friends at a celebration for Armando Tejeda, who completed his doctorate degree from the University of the Incarnate Word.The cousins have played together ever since, releasing a 17-song album of conjunto music titledArmando Tejeda’s experience also includes playing bajo behind conjunto stars Valerio Longoria, Flavio Longoria, Eva Ybarra, Chalito Johnson, Lupe and Andy Saenz, Santiago Jimenez Jr. and Jesse Borrego Sr.
Tejeda’s wife, Isabel, was busy putting the kids to bed and didn’t answer her phone, so he called his brother Tony next door, who arrived with his spouse, Mary, to take him to the hospital.
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