Delavan's Cinco de Mayo celebration Saturday

By DAN PLUTCHAK ( Contact )   Friday, May 7, 2010
ADVERTISEMENT
 

PhotoVideo


Mexican and United States flags line Walworth Ave. in downtown Delavan in preparation for the community's annual Cinco de Mayo celebration.

Mexican and United States flags line Walworth Ave. in downtown Delavan in preparation for the community's annual Cinco de Mayo celebration.

More Walworth County news


For breaking Walworth County news and hourly updates, visit the WalworthCountyToday.com home page throughout the day.


Mexican and United States flags line Walworth Ave. in downtown Delavan in preparation for the community's annual Cinco de Mayo celebration. Dan Plutchak/staff.

DELAVAN -- Delavan will hold its annual Cinco de Mayo celebration from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday downtown.

The community event will include a mariachi festival, live music and food vendors.

Cinco de Mayo, a Mexican holiday, commemorates the victory of the Mexican militia over the French army at The Battle of Puebla in 1862.

The festival caps a week of events commemorating the holiday throughout Walworth County.

In downtown Whitewater Tuesday, the TRIO Mariachi Band, UW-Whitewater’s ALMA Dancers the Waukesha 4-H Club and Razas Unidas dance troupe performed.

At Delavan-Darien High School, DDHS, with a student population that is more than 28 percent Latino, the holiday was recognized with several events.

An all-school assembly was held Wednesday morning, featured two Latino students explaining what Cinco de Mayo is to the student body.




reader COMMENTS

Before you post a comment, consider this:

Note: Walworthcountytoday.com does not condone or review every comment. Read more in our User Policy Agreement
  • Keep it clean. Comments that are obscene, vulgar or sexually oriented will be removed. Creative spelling of such terms or implied use of such language is banned, also.
  • Don't threaten to hurt or kill anyone.
  • Be nice. No racism, sexism or any other sort of -ism that degrades another person.
  • Harassing comments. If you are the subject of a harassing comment or personal attack by another user, do not respond in-kind.  Hit the "Suggest Removal" button on offensive comments.
  • Share what you know. Give us your eyewitness accounts, background, observations and history.
  • Do not libel anyone. Libel is writing something false about someone that damages that person's reputation.
  • Ask questions. What more do you want to know about the story?
  • Stay focused. Keep on the story's topic.
  • Help us get it right. If you spot a factual error or misspelling, email onlineeditor@communityshoppers.com or
    call 1-262-728-3424, extension 108
  • Remember, this is our site. We set the rules, and we reserve the right to remove any comments that we deem inappropriate.

Post Comment

Commenting requires registration.

Username:
Password: (Forgotten your password?)

Comment:

ADVERTISEMENT