LA MESA HOSTS MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL SUNDAY JAN. 17

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January 15, 2010 (La Mesa) The public is invited to join La Mesa’s 14th annual Multicultural Festival. The event will be held this Sunday, January 17 from 3:30 to 5 p.m. at the La Mesa Community Center, 4975 Memorial Drive, La Mesa.

 

Rudolph Johnson, CEO of Neighborhood House Association, will be a guest speaker. Entertainers include Moreton Bay Fig Morris dance troupe, Ballet Folklorico and en Aztlan, and singer Lila Brown-Smith. Helix Charter High School Bagpipe band and the Oak Oark Music Conservatory elementary school will also perform.

 

The City will also present its Human Relations Award of Excellence to 16 middle school students. 

 

Sponsored by the city of La Mesa Human Relations Advisory Commission, the celebration honors the vision of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. with speakers, song and dance.

 

View our videos from last year's event:  http://www.eastcountymagazine.org/407_multicultural_festival_videos

 

For more information, visit

http://www.cityoflamesa.com/DocumentView.a spx?DID=1401
 


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