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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Metropolitan Tucson Convention & Visitors Bureau
Kimberly Schmitz
Director of Communications & PR
kschmitz@visitTucson.org
520.638.8350
Patronato de Kino
Gloria Alvillar
520.400.5437
Raul Ramirez
520.237.3790.
www.patronatodekino.org
TUCSON CELEBRATES HISTORIC ARRIVAL
OF FATHER EUSEBIO FRANCISCO KINO
Tucson, Ariz., October 22, 2008 - The Patronato de Kino, a not-for-profit organization, will celebrate the First International Festival called "LA ENTRADA DE KINO" on Saturday, November 15, 2008 at 9 a.m. at the west bank of the Santa Cruz River at Congress Street near downtown Tucson.
La Entrada means The Entrance. The main event will be a re-enactment of Father Eusebio Francisco Kino's entrance to Tucson. Members of the O'odham and Pasqua Yaqui tribes will accompany him. A cabalgata, a procession of horsemen, from local equestrian groups will follow. The two tribes will honor Father Kino with traditional music and dance.
Following the Entrada, presentations in English and Spanish about Padre Kino and the environment in the Pimeria Alta, the world and New Spain will be given at the Sentinel Building on Bonita Street. In addition to local anthropologists and historians, historians from Magdalena de Kino and Hermosillo, Sonora will also participate. The talks are targeted for a wide audience of all ages. Music and art exhibits from Tucson and Sonora will enhance the celebration.
Father Kino, a Jesuit missionary, was a man of peace who worked tirelessly to promote peace in Northern Sonora and Southern Arizona. He introduced cattle, horse breeding, wheat and many fruits such as figs, pomegranates and grapes to the region.
The Patronato de Kino, cognizant to today's difficult times, has organized this festival to encourage all to follow Father Kino's legacy of peace and co-existence.
The full program for the festival is being developed and will be available at the Patronato's web site: http://www.patronatodekino.com/.
For further information you may contact Gloria Alvillar at (520) 400-5437 or Raul Ramirez at (520) 237-3790.
The MTCVB is an independent, non-profit organization dedicated to promoting the Tucson area as a convention, visitor and film production destination. It is financially supported by the City of Tucson, Pima County, the Town of Oro Valley and its nearly 800 individual and business members.
Visit the MTCVB website at http://www.visittucson.org/ or call 1.800.638.8350 for further information.
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