PECO Multicultural Series Continues At Penn's Landing

Series of Festivals Celebrate the Diversity That Makes Philadelphia Unique


PHILADELPHIA, May 3, 2006 (PRIMEZONE) -- Penn's Landing Corporation is proud to produce another season of free programming this year on the Great Plaza, the heart of Penn's Landing, and Philadelphia's premier riverfront entertainment destination. The 2006 Program Season will feature a diverse schedule of events including the eleven multicultural festivals the make up the PECO Multicultural series. The annual PECO Multicultural Series will begin June 10, 2006 with the International Islamic Festival and continue throughout the event-packed 2006 season, concluding on September 10 with the Mexican Independence Day Festival.

This year during the PECO Multicultural Series, the growing Russian Mosaic Festival will move their event to September and the Hispanic Fiesta will continue to present internationally recognized stage entertainment. Additionally, the Caribbean Festival and Irish American Festivals, which saw record crowds in 2005, expect more than 10,000 people to attend their events in 2006.

Supporting the region's diversity 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 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 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 2006 PECO Energy Multicultural Series festivals is:



 JUNE

 June 10     Islamic Heritage Festival Noon to 8:00  p.m.  Great Plaza
 June 17     Asian Festival            Noon to 6:00 p.m.   Great Plaza
 June 25,26  Irish American Festival   Noon to 8:00 p.m.   Great Plaza

 JULY

 July 8, 9   Hispanic Fiesta           Noon to 8:00 p.m.   Great Plaza
 July 15     Southeastern Cherokee     Noon to 8:00 p.m.   Great Plaza
             Celebration

 AUGUST

 Aug. 19     Festival of India         Noon to 8:00 p.m.   Great Plaza
 Aug. 20     Caribbean Festival        Noon to 8:00 p.m.   Great Plaza
 Aug. 26, 27 African American          Noon to 8:00 p.m.   Great Plaza
             Cultural Extravaganza

 SEPTEMBER

 Sept. 9     Russian Mosaic Festival   Noon to 7:00 p.m.   Great Plaza
 Sept. 10    Mexican Independence      Noon to 8:00 p.m.   Great Plaza
               Day Festival

PECO 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 is an electric and natural gas utility subsidiary of Exelon Corporation (NYSE:EXC). PECO serves 1.6 million electric and 470,000 natural gas customers in southeastern Pennsylvania. In 2004, the company delivered 37.5 million megawatt-hours (Mwh) of electricity and 87.1 billion cubic feet of natural gas to residential, business and institutional customers. PECO's energy delivery services generated $4.49 billion in revenue for Exelon.

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 our presenting sponsor Independence Blue Cross and the continued support of PECO Energy, Commerce Bank, Pennsylvania Lottery and the Greater Philadelphia Tourism Marketing Corporation, all of whom are committed to serving the Greater Philadelphia community.

Penn's Landing Corporation is the non-profit organization responsible for funding and producing public programming at Penn's Landing. Independence Blue Cross is the presenting sponsor of the 2006 Summer Season at Penn's Landing. All events produced by Penn's Landing Corporation are FREE to the public and on the Great Plaza, the heart of Penn's Landing, Philadelphia's premier riverfront entertainment destination.

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For more information on event locations and event details, please call (215) 922-2FUN or visit www.pennslandingcorp.com. The Penn's Landing Corporation website is a virtual resource for the waterfront which can help plan a visit to easily park, play and stay all day at Penn's Landing.



            

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