PHILADELPHIA, May 6, 2003 (PRIMEZONE) -- 10 years of festival fun with the PECO Energy Multicultural Series is being celebrated this season on the Philadelphia Waterfront at both locations of Penn's Landing -- the Great Plaza at Columbus Boulevard and Chestnut Street and on Festival Pier, at Columbus Boulevard and Spring Garden Street! Featuring festivities for various cultural organizations throughout the years, PECO is pleased that two new attractions will be added to the events in 2003: the colorful Southeastern Cherokee Celebration on July 26 and the vibrant Russian Festival on August 10.
Reaching out to the diverse communities is a goal for PECO Energy and for the past ten years this has been a huge success at Penn's Landing. "All of us at PECO Energy are thrilled to return to the waterfront with our 10th Anniversary season of support for the multicultural festivals," said PECO president Ken Lawrence. "Penn's Landing is a Philadelphia summertime tradition and the PECO Energy Multicultural Series is a fun way for us to celebrate the wide range of diversity represented in our service territory."
Admission is free for all PECO Energy Multicultural Series events. The schedule of the 2003 PECO Energy Multicultural Series festivals follows:
JUNE
June 8 Italian National Day 1:00 to 8:00 p.m. Great Plaza
June 14 Islamic Heritage
Festival 1:00 to 8:00 p.m. Festival Pier
June 21, 22 Irish American
Festival 1:00 to 9:00 p.m. Great Plaza
JULY
July 13, 14 Hispanic Fiesta 12:00 to 8:00 p.m. Festival Pier
July 26 Southeastern
Cherokee
Celebration 12:00 to 6:00 p.m. Great Plaza
AUGUST
August 2, 3 German Summer Fest 12:00 to 8:00 p.m. Great Plaza
August 10 Russian Mosaic
Festival 12:00 to 8:00 p.m. Great Plaza
August 16 Festival of India 12:00 to 8:00 p.m. Festival Pier
August 17 Caribbean Festival 12:00 to 8:00 p.m. Festival Pier
August 24, 25 African American 12:00 to 8:00 p.m. Great Plaza
Cultural Extravagaza
SEPTEMBER
September 14 Mexican Independence
Day Festival 12:00 to 7:30 p.m. Festival Pier
PECO Energy is proud to be Philadelphia's hometown energy company and one of the region's most prominent civic supporters. PECO is committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce and celebrating diversity inside and outside the Company.
Based in Philadelphia, PECO Energy is an electric and natural gas utility serving southeastern Pennsylvania. PECO and its Chicago-based sister company, ComEd, are subsidiaries of Exelon (NYSE:EXC), a $15 billion leader in the energy industry with the largest retail customer base, a large, diverse power generation portfolio and a leading wholesale energy marketing operation in North America. PECO delivered 36.5 million megawatt hours of electricity and 85 billion cubic feet of natural gas in 2002, generating $4.3 billion in revenue in 2002. An active corporate citizen,
PECO contributed more than $10 million in 2002 to non-profit organizations, events and programs which improve the quality of life in the region. PECO serves 1.5 million electric and 450,000 natural gas customers in southeastern Pennsylvania.
Penn's Landing is Philadelphia's Waterfront district, running along Columbus Boulevard from Washington Avenue to Spring Garden Street. The two main sites for the more than 75 festivals, concerts, and events at Penn's Landing are the Great Plaza, located along the Delaware River at Columbus Boulevard and Chestnut Street, and Festival Pier, on Columbus Boulevard and Spring Garden Street. For more information on event locations and event details, call (215) 922-2FUN or visit www.pennslandingcorp.com. Independence Blue Cross is the presenting sponsor of the 2003 Summer Season at Penn's Landing.
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