CONTACT:  Betty Macias betty.macias@smgov.net (310) 458-8688
                                                or Donna Gentry gengrp@aol.com  (310) 828-7010

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:  April 25, 2007                                     

 

Cinco de Mayo Fiesta, Vintage Car Show and Artists At Work

A Free Community Event With Live Entertainment, Games, Dance Contest, Food

The City of Santa Monica’s Virginia Avenue Park is hosting a free Cinco de Mayo Fiesta, Vintage Car Show and Artists at Work event on Sunday, May 6 from 1:00 p.m. to 6 p.m.  Come sing and dance to a fabulous entertainment line-up including Mariachi Voz de America, Los Pochos (música norteña), Ballet Folklorico, Danza de la Pluma (Oaxacan indigenous dance) and Salsa music and dance contest. The emcee of the festivities will be award winning performance artist Maria Elena Gaitan.  Cinco de Mayo activities will also include children’s activities, and delicious food including carne asada, tamales and fresh fruit juices by Mama’s Hot Tamales and Cha Cha Chicken.
 

The Pico Passport will add to the fiesta with their production of: A Vintage Car Show - a display of Classic Autos including a vintage fire truck and a 1913 Morgan three-wheel Racer. Pico neighborhood business owners, area residents and City of Santa Monica employees will provide the estimated 50 vehicles. Trophies and awards will be presented as part of the competition among the vehicles. The Pico Passport will also showcase Pico Artists at Work—celebrating the Fiesta and their artistic skills will be painters, photographers and sculptors from Pico Boulevard.
 

Virginia Avenue Park is located on the northwest corner of Pico and Cloverfield in Santa Monica. Visitors and neighbors are encouraged to walk, bicycle or park for free at Santa Monica College “Structure C” at the corner of Pico and 17th Street.  A Big Blue Bus chartered for the event will shuttle attendees from Santa Monica College at Pico and 16th Street eastbound and back at Pico and 22nd Street (eastbound). Directional signs will be visible at the college on Pico and 17th Street.  Virginia Avenue Park is served by Blue Bus Line No. 7 and is accessible for persons with disabilities. For disability-related accommodation requests, or to request this information in an alternate format, please call (310) 458-8688 or TTY: (310) 458-8696 by May 2, 2007.

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