PHILADELPHIA, July 28, 2004 (PRIMEZONE) -- Celebrate Jewish, Russian, Ukrainian, Moldavian and Central Asian cultures as part of the Russian Mosaic Festival. The Russian Mosaic Festival is a new addition this year to the PECO Energy Multicultural Series at Penn's Landing. This FREE Festival will take place at the Great Plaza at Penn's Landing, on Columbus Boulevard at Chestnut Street on Sunday August 8, 2004, from Noon -- 8:00 p.m. Independence Blue Cross is the presenting sponsor of the 2004 Summer Season at Penn's Landing.
The Russian Mosaic festival has an exciting day planned packed with music, dance and entertainment. Vocalist Veniamin Zhitomirskiy will perform romantic Jewish songs and Vladimir Lapin will also perform Romantic Russian ballads. Alla Lebedeva and Buma Sandler will perform Jewish folk song. Other artists featured at this year's Festival will include the folk band Fata Morgana, the performance group Land of Children, and Mark Sobol's group performing Russian, Jewish and Kleizmer music in jazz interpretation. Russian dancing will also be a highlight in this year's event as the several different ballet troops will perform along with the Rising Stars Children's Arts and Cultural Center dance troop, who will be a special highlight this year.
In addition to the music and dancing, Russian, Jewish, Georgian and Moldavian cuisine will be available. Popular Philadelphia restaurants "La Cigal" and "Paradise" will participate as Food vendors selling authentic Russian and Georgian dishes. "Liliya's Continental Cuisine" from Cherry Hill, specializing in Moldavian cuisine will also participate in the festival. There will be several artisans presenting traditional Russian crafts including woodcarvings and paintings.
This free event, presented by PECO Energy and many other non-profit organizations including: The Creative Collective Arts Center, Russian-Americans Chamber of Commerce for the Greater Philadelphia area and Mid-Atlantic -- Russia Business Council. Kabala Learning Group and Russian Christian Mission will represent different aspects of the rich and diverse spiritual life of the community. This is the first year of the festival as the participants hope to publicize the importance of their community's culture in the Philadelphia region.
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."
Admission is free for all PECO Multicultural Series events.
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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