PHILADELPHIA, June 25, 2003 (PRIMEZONE) -- Everyone can celebrate Hispanic culture and heritage during the 24th anniversary of the Hispanic Fiesta at Penn's Landing, part of the PECO Energy Multicultural Series. This FREE Festival will take place on the Festival Pier at Penn's Landing, on Columbus Boulevard at Spring Garden Street on Saturday July 12th and Sunday, July 13th, 2003, from Noon -- 8:00 p.m. Independence Blue Cross is the presenting sponsor of the 2003 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 artist Frankie Negron will headline on Sunday from 7:00 to 8:00 p.m. Other artists featured at this year's Fiesta will include salsa legend Hector Tricoche, the Brazilian samba group Batukis, the merengue group Los Brothers Band, and bachata artist Henry Castro. Luisito Figueroa, a 13 year-old salsa artist and finalist from Star Search, will also be showcased. In addition, Miguel Angel Guzman of Telemundo's Protagonistas de la Musica will also entertain the crowd.
In addition to the music of mariachi, salsa, bachata, merengue, samba, and a little Latin R&B, 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 41st year, works to publicize the importance of the Latino culture and the contribution of the Hispanic community to the Philadelphia region.
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 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 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.
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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