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Tony Copeland at Juneteenth Festival La Marque TX

Courtesy of Tony Guitar Copeland | Posted on June 13, 2010

When

Sat, June 19, 2010
12noon

Musicians

About

Terrence Pace says, "When I learned that the City of La Marque, TX had elected its first African American Mayor in the city's history and they've never had a Junetenth Parade or Festival, I met with the Mayor, Mayor Geraldine Sam about doing the first. The city has never included a budget for a festival, so I decided to finance the entire event by providing Huge entertainment and celebration for the community. Even though some city officials did not want to use the city logo on asdvertisements, the Mayor and Mayor Pro-Tem Keith Bell have gone on the record supporting all of the public events Pace Entertainment Group is doing for the city"...

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