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Thursday, September 2, 2010

Latin American Parade & Festival Draws Thousands

by Ryan ZumMallen | Long Beach News | 09.14.09 |

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A new tradition rang through the streets of Downtown Long Beach over the weekend, as the inaugural Latin American Parade & Festival was held in front of thousands of spectators who cheered wildly at the pageantry representing several Latin cultures. With one of the most diverse populations in the nation, Long Beach celebrated the vibrant life of its people with the parade and subsequent festival which took place on Linden & 1st Street - including more than six hours worth of musical acts, dozens of vendors and activities and a children's center for the ni�os. From this eventful celebration that claimed its place among the city's other large parades such as the Veterans Day Parade, Pride Parade, Martin Luther King Jr. Parade and Cambodian New Year Parade, our photographer Christian Millan (click here to e-mail him) captured these wonderful images. Enjoy!

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Glenn
Many thanks and congratulations to every single individual who helped organize this event. AMAZING!

Bill Orton
A lovely event. Congratulations to the organizers, sponsors and the Councilman for starting up something really great. Truly the place to be Saturday~!

Proud Latina!
What an amazing tradition, thank you Councilmember Garcia for your vision and inspirtaion to make this happen!

David Carlton
Congratulations on a well organized event. Thank you for all the hard work of those who planned and took part in the event. My entire group had a fun time at the festival - Great music, food, and energy brought the city to life !

Robert Garcia
I would like to thank the DLBA, Molina Healthcare, Long Beach Yellow Cab, the Gazette Newspapers, Supervisor Don Knabe, Minuteman Press, the Port of Long Beach and all of our sponsors who made the event a huge success. Also, a big thanks to all of the volunteers and vendors who made the festival a great experience. Can't wait for next year.

LBCreative!
This event was amazing and so much fun. Thank you to everyone who participated & supported this event. Great collaboration between the artists, local businesses and community support. Let's not wait til next year to do this type of thing again.

Tony
just to say...we had a great time at the Latin American festival. Finally to have one . hopes next year will be bigger and better and more options for variety latin american foods to taste!

Henry Salzer
To Robert Garcia: Hi Robert; thanks for bringing this out to life. We were expecting this parade since long time ago. The Latino Community tanks you and that the City Council for including diversity in the events citywide.

Sander
Fantastic coverage!

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