Flor de Toloache, the all-female Mariachi band, won hundreds of new fans Saturday night.

The Yard received grants from three sources totalling $1.1 million. The Boston-based Barr Foundation awarded the Chilmark dance colony $950,000 to help continue its year-round programming efforts.

The Wondertwins return to the Vineyard stage on Saturday, March 10 at the Performing Arts Center at the regional high school.

With two performances last weekend, two more coming up in March and April and workshops at Island schools, the Yard is in full winter swing.

The winter is about to get a lot warmer, or at least a lot more creative, as the Yard began its winter series this weekend.