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31st Annual Hispanic Fiesta, A Weekend of Hispanic Heritage at Penn's Landing  |
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The 31st Annual Hispanic Fiesta, hosted by the Council of Spanish Speaking Organizations, Inc. (Concilio), will include a variety of folkloric music, dancing, entertainment, art, crafts and cuisine. As part of the PECO Multicultural Series, the history and heritage of Hispanic culture will be celebrated on the Great Plaza at Penn’s Landing on Columbus Boulevard at Chestnut Street on Saturday, July 10 and Sunday, July 11, 2010, from 2:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m.
This year, the Hispanic Fiesta will feature the music of mariachi, salsa, bachata, and merengue. In addition, the Fiesta will showcase artisan crafts and authentic foods from Puerto Rico, Cuba, Brazil, Mexico, the Dominican Republic, Nicaragua, Colombia, and other parts of Latin America.
Twenty Four Hours, a young group of musicians from Dominican Republic, known for their Latin American and Caribbean roots will highlight Saturday’s entertainment. Haling from Maraciabo, Venezula, Los Aviadores will also take the stage on Saturday. These bright, self-styled musicians with from an unidentified music genre are currently receiving strong airplay in a large number of U.S. radio markets.
Cano Estremera will highlight Sunday’s stage entertainment. Known as White Estremera or “the White One” since he is albino, Estremera is well respected for maintaining the tradition of Puerto Rican music and authentic salsa. Estremera discovered his love of music and singing at a young age, when he would sing religious hymns in school, which eventually led to Estremera uniting with renowned bassist and trumpeter Bobby Valentin. Since then, Estremera has performed at Madison Square Garden and issued numerous solo recordings, including such titles as Salvaje '88, El Nino De Oro, Punto Y Aparte, and Dueno Del Soneo: Vol. 1, among others.
The Mexican group Los Hermanos Flores, who reached international recognition via Hispanic television, will also take the stage on Sunday. There will also be a variety of Latin music dance groups including Edgar Joel, El Danny de la Bachata, Muevete Dancers and more.
This free event, presented by PECO and Concilio is one of the many cultural events of the Philadelphia Puerto Rican Festival. This Festival, now in its 48th year, works to publicize the importance of the Latino culture and the contribution of the Hispanic community to the Philadelphia region.
Admission is FREE for all PECO Multicultural Series events. KYW Newsradio, CBS 3 and CW Philly along with the Philadelphia Inquirer, Daily News and Philly.com are proud media partners of the series.
Based in Philadelphia, PECO is an electric and natural gas utility subsidiary of Exelon Corporation (NYSE: EXC). PECO serves 1.6 million electric and 486,000 natural gas customers in southeastern Pennsylvania and employs about 2,400 people in the region. PECO delivered 84.3 billion cubic feet of natural gas and 38.1 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity in 2009.
Founded in 1881, PECO is one of the Greater Philadelphia Region's most active corporate citizens, providing leadership, volunteer and financial support to numerous arts and culture, education, environmental, economic development and community programs and organizations.
Public Programming at Penn's Landing would not be possible without the continued support of corporate partners such as PECO, Verizon, Pennsylvania Lottery, Live Nation, the Philadelphia Coca-Cola Bottling Company and the Greater Philadelphia Tourism Marketing Corporation, all of whom are committed to serving the Greater Philadelphia community.
The 2010 Summer Program of Free Events at Penn’s Landing is funded and produced by the Delaware River Waterfront Corporation (DRWC). All events produced by DRWC are FREE to the public on the new RiverStage on the Great Plaza, the heart of Penn's Landing, Philadelphia’s premier Delaware River waterfront entertainment destination. The DRWC is a nonprofit corporation created in January 2009, exclusively for the benefit of the City of Philadelphia and its citizens. The fundamental purpose of DRWC is to design, develop and manage the central Delaware River waterfront in Philadelphia. DRWC intends to transform the waterfront into a vibrant destination location for recreational, cultural, and commercial activities for the residents and visitors of Philadelphia.
For more information and event details, please call (215) 922-2FUN or visit www.delawareriverevents.com.
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