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© 2006 Reena Rose
Sibayan / The Jersey Journal
JERSEY CITY, NJ, MAY 5,
2006 -- Pedro Girando, left, Manuel Jimenez, and Jose Gutarra
of the Mariachi
Serenata sing Mexican songs to the small crowd that gathered at the start
of the "Bar
Majestic Cinco de Mayo Two-Block Parade & Fiesta" at the corner of
Grove and
Grand Streets in the
Historic Downtown district.
Olivia Giordano, 12,
left, with pet dog Toby, Charlotte Silverman, 7, and
Drew Silverman, 12,
wave their balloons and shake their maracas as they
ride in the back of a
convertible down Grove Street.
Jean Flanaelly who
works with the mayor's cultural affairs unit, buys
some strawberry margaritas from a booth at the
Cinco de Mayo
Fiesta sponsored by Bar
Majestic on Grove Street.
Robin Stewart, left,
unit director of the Hudson County Boys & Girls Club, and Mustafa Rourk,
right, technology
teacher at the club, laugh as local bar owner PJ Ryan, an honoree of the Bar
Majestic Cinco de Mayo
2-Block Parade & Fiesta, places a sombrero on Jersey City Mayor
Jerramiah
Healy. Proceeds from
the sale of sombreros and maracas donated by Jersey City developers and
Bar Majestic owners Paul
and Eric Silverman will go to the Hudson County Boys & Girls Club.