Due to the swine flu outbreak in late April/early June, the annual Cinco de Mayo Celebration was cancelled and rescheduled for this Saturday, September 12. The event has been renamed “Fiesta Grand Prairie” and will feature all the activities and family fun that we’ve come to expect each year in May.

The city’s largest annual parade will kick off activities at 10:00 a.m., at East Main and N.E. 14th Street, proceeding west on Main to City Hall Plaza, 318 W. Main St. Our own Dr. Bret Jimerson will serve as Grand Marshal.

Free entertainment will be staged from noon to 6 p.m., with more than 25 Grand Prairie ISD performing groups, mariachi bands and solo artists.

“Fiesta Grand Prairie” will also feature arts and crafts booths, informational exhibits, kiddie rides and plenty of Tex-Mex food favorites. For more information call 972-237-8100 or go to www.GrandFunGP.com.