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Viva la Celebración : Great Bend celebrates Cinco de Mayo
Parade, festival set for Saturday
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Marta Sanchez holds 3-year-old Rey, who, with his 4-year-old sister Renata, got to take a swing at a pinata Wednesday during a Cinco de Mayo program in Jack Kilby Square. Patty Fletchall, ESL teacher from Barton County Academy, holds the pinata. - photo by Susan Thacker
Great Bend residents are used to celebrating Cinco de Mayo on a Saturday, in spite of the literal translation of the Mexican holiday’s name: Fifth of May. This week, the festival will be held from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, May 8, but there was also a Cinco de Mayo program on May 5 at the bandshell in the courthouse square.