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Awards, Highlights and Honors
- 1976-81 Mike Chavez Awards: Best Female Vocalist of the Year
- 1981-82 KFLZ Music Awards: Best Female Vocalist of the Year
- 1982 Tejano Music Awards: Female Vocalist of the Year
- 1982 Mike Chavez Music Awards: Besr Female Vocalist of the Year
- 1982 KlWW Music Awards: Female Vocalist and Female Entertainer of the Year
- 1983 Tejano Music Awards: Female Vocalist and Female Entertainer of the Year
- 1983 Tejano Music Awards: La Reina, "Album of the Year"
- 1983 Tejano Music Awards: "Si Vivi Contigo","Single of the Year"
- 1983 Mike Chavez Awards: Best Female Vocalist of the Year
- 1983 KFLZ Music Awards: Female Vocalist of the Year
- 1983 KlWW Music Awards: Female Vocalist and Female Entertainer of the Year
- 07/83 Governor Mark White sent Canales "The Yellow Rose of Texas," the highest honor the Governor of any state can give to an entertainer.
- 07/83 San Antonio Mayor, Henry Cisneros, named her "Alcalde de San Antonio." Mayor Cisneros also named her "First Lady of Song of South Texas."
- 07/83 The Bexar County Commissioner's Court proclaimed this day, July 24,1983, "Laura Canales Day."
- 07/83 Commissioner Paul Elizondo presented her with "El Hidalgo De San Antonio Del Condado de Bejar."
- 07/83 State Representative Walter Martinez gave her a resolution from the "Texas House of Representatives," for her tremendous contributions.
- 09/83 Grand Marshall at the "The Fiestas Patrias Parade," in Houston, Tx.
- 1984 Tejano Music Awards: Female Vocalist and Female Entertainer of the Year
- 1984 Mike Chavez Awards: Best Female Vocalist of the Year
- 1984 KFLZ Music Awards: Female Vocalist of the Year
- 1984 KIWW Music Awards: Female Vocalist and Female Entertainer of the Year
- 1985 Tejano Music Awards: Female Vocalist and Female Entertainer of the Year
- 1985 Tejano Music Awards: "Despues Del Coraje," Song of the Year"
- 1985 Mike Chavez Awards: Best Female Vocalist of the Year
- 1985 KFLZ Music Awards: Female Vocalist of the Year
- 1985 Houston Tejano Music Awards: "State Female Vocalist of the Year"
- 1986 West Texas Hispanic Music Awards: Female Vocalist of the Year
- 1986 Tejano Music Awards: Female Vocalist and Female Entertainer of the Year
- 1987 West Texas Hispanic Music Awards: Female Vocalist of the Year
- 1987 Mid-West Hispanic Music Awards: Female Vocalist and Female Entertainer of the Year
Television Appearances
Siempre En Domingo, Mundo Latino, Latin Tempo,
Johnny Canales Show, Noche De Estrellas, Domingo Show,
Aqui Rojelio, En San Antonio
Out-Of-State Appearances
Florida, Illinois, Minnesota, Utah, Idaho, Oregon, Washington, Ohio, Arizona, New
Mexico, California, Oklahoma, and the entire Republic of Mexico.
VIP's and Critics Comments
She's the hottest thing around.. .there are some genuine superstars in Tejano music
but there isn't another one and especially a woman, who has captured the imagination of thousands of people.
Mayor Henry Cisneros before 8,000 people at San
Antonio's El Mercado, July 24,1983
The crowd had been warmed to a boiling point by Canales. . .the McAllen singer has
a voice that wouldn't quit for a speeding freight train.
Jim Beal: San Antonio Express-News
Laura Canales is still "La Reina." Oscar Gonzalez and Laura Canales, both perenial
favorites at the Tejano Music Awards, had plenty of fans in attendance Sunday night
as both were greeted with thunderous applause and cheers when they were announced as winners.
Ramiro Burr: The Monitor, McAIlen, Texas
March 12,1986
The delirious crow began screaming and whooping as, overhead, the face of popular
McAllen singer Laura Canales was projected on the giant screens.. .the persistent
cheers and screams provided evident that, without a doubt, "La Reina de la Onda
Tejana," remains of the most popular entertainers on the Tejano Music scene today.
Ramiro Burr: The San Antonio Light,
April 6,1986
Contrary to a flurry of rumors circulating in the Tejano Music industry, Laura Canales,
widely acknowledged as the "Queen of Tejano Music,"is not about to relinquish her
throne.
Ramiro Burr: The San Antonio Light,
April 1986
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