This weekend, Sunday, Oct. 2, Patchogue Village will be hosting their first-ever Hispanic Heritage parade on Main Street. The first grand marshal of the parade has been announced as Joselo Lucero, …
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This weekend, Sunday, Oct. 2, Patchogue Village will be hosting their first-ever Hispanic Heritage parade on Main Street. The first grand marshal of the parade has been announced as Joselo Lucero, the brother of Marcelo Lucero, an Ecuadorian immigrant, who was murdered by seven teenagers in 2008 while walking home from work.
The event, scheduled to take place at noon on Sunday, Oct. 2, will feature a bilingual mix of
Hispanic parade dancers from the Greater Patchogue Foundation’s Cultural Heritage
committee, and more.
“This is something very important to our very vibrant Hispanic community, and it has been a priority for us for years,” said Greater Patchogue Chamber of Commerce executive director David Kennedy. “We are looking forward to adding it to our many culturally diverse events.”
According to trustee Lizbeth Carrillo, organizer of the event, the idea of the parade was to not only showcase the Hispanic community with their differences, but to also show all their similarities through bilingual expression.
“We are different, these are our beautiful colors, look at our culture and dance, but at the same time we are the same, just like you,” Carrillo explained of her thought process. “We’re inviting the community to come celebrate.”
She chose “bilingual” as the theme so that no one feels out of place and the English-speaking community can feel more inclusive, as a learning and educational experience about the Hispanic culture.
This year will solely feature the parade with expectations to make the event even bigger and better next year, possibly with food, music, and other attractions.
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