CENTRO Tampa and Tampa Hispanic Heritage, Inc. Kick-off Hispanic Heritage Month Celebrations

TAMPA, Fla., Aug. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- CENTRO Tampa's fifth annual Festival del SABOR and Tampa Hispanic Heritage, Inc.'s official kick-off celebration will be held on Saturday, September 11, 2010 at Centennial Park in historic Ybor City from Noon until 7:30 p.m..  The event will mark THHI's 31st anniversary whose main objective is to preserve and promote the Hispanic culture in Tampa Bay.  This event will also mark CENTRO Tampa's 5th anniversary as the leading Spanish-language newspaper in the Bay area.

The event's goal is to showcase the SABOR or Flavor of Tampa Bay's Hispanic culture through food, music, and art.  Festival del SABOR will once again feature the popular Latin recipe contest and cook-off to find Tampa Bay's Best "Arroz con Pollo."  Amateur cooks are encouraged to participate in order to win up to $1,000 in prizes.  Prizes will be awarded for best recipe, best presentation, and most creative recipe.    The recipe contest is proudly sponsored by Ferman Acura and Mazda on Florida Avenue in Tampa.

This is a family-oriented event that engages the community at large to enjoy a day of fun for the entire family.  The children's area will be sponsored by the soon to open Glazer Children's Museum.  The stage is set to provide local talent an opportunity to perform as in the case of Colombian artist Kike Barrios.  Additional musical acts will be announced at a later date.  The selection of the 2010 Tampa Hispanic Heritage Cultural Ambassador will also take place during the popular kick-off celebration.  This year expect an event full of culture, folklore, Latin music and food.

The Tampa Hispanic Heritage official kick-off at CENTRO's Festival del SABOR will be hosted by the Ybor City Saturday Market and co-produced by Coda Sound.  The main sponsors are McDonald's and Publix. Gold sponsors include Ferman, Moffitt Cancer Center, and Verizon. Media sponsors include The Tampa Tribune, News Channel 8, TBO.com, Univision Tampa, Telefutura, Maxima 92.5FM, and Verizon FiOs.  Thanks to Hillsborough County and the City of Tampa for their support.

For more details and sponsorship / exhibitor opportunities please contact Giovanni Gutierrez, Sales and Marketing Manager for CENTRO Tampa, at 813-259-8475 or [email protected].  

CENTRO Grupo de Comunicacion is a Spanish-language print and online media operation of the Florida Communications Group.  The Florida Communications Group (FCG), owned by Media General, includes newspapers, broadcast television and online operations in West Central Florida. It incorporates Media General's converged operations in Tampa, including The Tampa Tribune, TBO.com and WFLA-TV (NBC).  FCG also includes Highlands Today, Hernando Today, 12 weeklies, and several shopper and niche publications. 

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