LACK OF FUNDING FOR FIESTAS RESULTS IN CHANGES FOR ANNUAL CELEBRATION

organization. He also indicated that to the best of his knowledge he has never heard of funds being cut to Fiestas Del Llano due to poor attendance or gate revenue, but at the same time he indicated maybe his staff was aware of this and he was not.
But as they say, “the show must go on”.
And go on it will with the traditional “Grito de Dolores” ceremony being observed on Wednesday, Sept. 15 starting at 4 pm and ending at 9 pm.
The event will be held at Guadalupe Park, 1st Place and Avenue P with support from the Guadalupe Neighborhood Association. The “Grito” will be a relaxed evening of food, songs, dances, and historic ceremony. There will also be a “Salsa de Chile Contest” sponsored by El Editor bilingual newspaper which is celebrating 34 years of serving the community.
Live music will be provided by Rudy Cavazos y el “Conjunto del Barrio” and Julian Escamilla, Guadalupe Barrio DJ. For more information on the Grito event call 789-5013 or 771-9572.
The public will be able to participate in the commemoration of when Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla proclaimed independence from Spain in Dolores, Mexico, in 1810. Mexico’s National Anthem, the United States’ National Anthem, ringing bells, the waving of the Mexican flag and a picture of the Virgin of Guadalupe will signify Mexico’s fight for independence at this traditional ceremony. This event is free and open to everyone.
This should remind some residents of a time when the “Fiestas del 16” were more traditional, a community based event, and held in the barrio Guadalupe.
And of course were free.
In conjunction with the Fiestas del Llano festivities, the 2010 Miss Hispanic Lubbock Pageant will be held at the Lubbock Memorial Civic Center Theater ...