PHILADELPHIA, June 23, 2004 (PRIMEZONE) -- Everyone can celebrate Hispanic culture and heritage during the 25th anniversary of the Hispanic Fiesta at Penn's Landing, part of the PECO Energy Multicultural Series. This FREE Festival will take place at the Great Plaza at Penn's Landing, on Columbus Boulevard at Chestnut Street on Saturday July 10th and Sunday, July 11th, 2004, from Noon-8:00 p.m. Independence Blue Cross is the presenting sponsor of the 2004 Summer Season at Penn's Landing.
This year, the Hispanic Fiesta will feature two exciting days packed with music, dance, entertainment and authentic Latin American cuisine. Salsa legend Cano Estremera will headline on Sunday from 7:00 to 8:00 p.m. Other artists featured at this year's Fiesta will include salseros Luisito Carrion and Nino Segarra, the Brazilian samba group Batukis, the merengue group KaRu, and bachata artists Rafy Burgos and Arjelis y Su Grupo NV. Batsheva, an Israeli singer will perform Ladino selections. In addition, fourteen year old Mexican dancer Issac Hernandez will also entertain the crowd.
In addition to the music of mariachi, salsa, bachata, merengue, and samba, the Fiesta will showcase artisan crafts and authentic foods from Puerto Rico, Cuba, Mexico, Dominican Republic, Nicaragua, Colombia, and other parts of Latin America.
This free event, presented by PECO Energy and the Council of Spanish Speaking Organizations (Concilio) is one of the many cultural events of the Philadelphia Puerto Rican Festival. This Festival, now in its 42nd 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 Energy Multicultural Series events. PECO Energy presents a series of free Multicultural festivals throughout the summer season at the Great Plaza at Penn's Landing.
Supporting the region's diverse communities has been a longstanding goal for PECO, who has sponsored the multicultural festivals at Penn's Landing for the past ten years. "All of us at PECO Energy are thrilled to return again to the waterfront to support the multicultural festivals," said PECO president Denis O'Brien. "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."
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 subsidiary of Exelon Corporation (NYSE:EXC). PECO serves 1.5 million electric and 456,000 natural gas customers in southeastern Pennsylvania. In 2003, its sales exceeded 36,753 gigawatt hours (gWh) of electricity and 88.2 billion cubic feet of natural gas to residential, business and institutional customers. PECO's energy delivery services generated $4.38 billion in revenue for Exelon. PECO is one of the largest employers and most active corporate citizens in the Greater Philadelphia Region.
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 2004 Summer Season at Penn's Landing.
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