PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 4, 2002 (PRIMEZONE) -- Festival Pier at Penn's Landing, Columbus Boulevard and Spring Garden Street, will be transformed into a great fiesta on Sunday, September 15, 2002 from noon to 7:30 p.m. as the Mexican Cultural Center celebrates the annual Mexican Independence Day Festival in Philadelphia. Celebrate Mexican culture with food, music, dancing and crafts. PECO Energy sponsors the Multicultural Series, and Independence Blue Cross is the presenting sponsor of the entire 2002 summer season at Penn's Landing.
According to the Mexican Cultural Center, this date is significant for all Mexicans, because it represents the birth of a free country, proud of its own ancestry and its own identity. But it also has become a traditional reunion of all Latino communities: Mexicans, Puerto Ricans, Colombians, Venezuelans, Cubans, etc., all together celebrating the richness of their culture. The ingredients in this "fiesta" recipe are Latin music with mariachi bands, Mexican regional dances, arts and crafts, exciting prizes -- all of these spiced up with the authentic flavor of our Mexican cuisine.
For Latinos, "fiesta" means also "family," so all relatives are invited -- parents, children, grandparents, cousins, uncles and friends. Thousands of people from across the Delaware Valley have already witnessed the success of the event. This Festival, presented by PECO Energy and the Mexican Cultural Center invites everyone, to be a part of the Festival and show your support to the Latino Community in the Delaware Valley. Y QUE VIVA MEXICO!
"All of us at PECO Energy are thrilled to return to the waterfront with another 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.
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.
PECO, an Exelon Company, delivers electricity to 1.52 million customers and natural gas to 442,000 customers in southeastern Pennsylvania. Based in Philadelphia, PECO and its sister utility, ComEd in the Chicago area, are subsidiaries of Exelon Energy Delivery. Its parent, Exelon Corporation (NYSE:EXC), is one of the largest energy service companies in the U.S. with the largest retail utility customer base, one of the largest power generation fleets and a leading wholesale energy marketing operation in North America. In 2001, PECO delivered 35.1 million megawatt hours of electricity and 81.5 billion cubic feet of natural gas, generating $3.9 billion in revenue for Exelon.
Festival Pier at Penn's Landing is located on Columbus Boulevard and Spring Garden Street. For more information on this and any other event at Penn's Landing, please call 215.922.2FUN or visit www.pennslandingcorp.com.