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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.