10/28/99 For Immediate Release
Media Contact: Maura Rogan
(312) 573-4647


Photo Op As Latin Students Celebrate The Day of The Dead

Who: First through fifth grade students at The Latin School of Chicago.

What: Will parade in honor of the Mexican Holiday, El Dia de los Muertos
(The Day of the Dead), a time when families gather to honor loved ones who have passed away. It is a time of celebration and acceptance of the cycle of life. The costumed students have made larger than life skeleton puppets they will carry in this parade, including music and dance, to celebrate the end of the summer months, the year, the millennium.

When: Friday, October 29, 1999, 2 p.m.

Where: The parade will begin at The Latin School Lower School, 1531 N. Dearborn. The
students will cross North Blvd. into Lincoln Park and will follow the path that circles the gardens in front of the Abraham Lincoln statue.

For more information: Contact Director of Communications, Maura Rogan,
(312) 573-4647.