The only reason we wore sunglasses onstage was because we couldn't stand the sight of the audience.
Nowadays people seem to switch schools, either because they have to, and certain schools only serve certain grades, or because they move to a different place or have some particular interest, but I was in the same school for 13 years.
I was taken in by the bravado and the sounds of Mexico... not so much the music, but the spirit.