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El Ballet Folklorico Nueatra Herencia of Lubbock, Texas is a non-profit organization founded September, 1996. Under the direction of Debbie A. Rodriguez, the group began with twelve dancers and three singers. It now has over twenty five members from New Home, Slaton, Tahoka, Shallowater, Lubbock, and Wilson. El Ballet Folklorico Nueatra Herencia has performed such function as weddings, quinceaneras, jamaicas, and schools. Yearly performances for the dance group include Lubbock's Fourth on Broadway, Competencia Folklorico del mar in Corpus Christi, Texas, Viva Atzlan Dance Competition, Lubbock's Arts Festival, Texas Tech Mexican-American Cultural Awareness Week (sponsored by Texas Tech Hispanic Student Society), Sixteenth of September celebrations, West Texas A&M University Canyon, Texas (sponsored by Omega Delta Phi), and Lubbock's Broadway on Lights. The Ballet's first annual production in May of 1998 was "La Batalla De puebla" commemorating Cinco de Mayo followed by "El dia de los Muertos" in November of the same year. The group has performed not only in Lubbock but in many of the surrounding communities which include: Amarillo, Plainview, Littlefield, Dimmitt, Brownfield, San Angelo, Snyder, Hereford, Canyon, Slaton, Morton, Tahoka, and Lamesa.