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"Lummis Day"
2007
The Second Annual
Festival of Northeast Los Angeles
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Sunday, June 3, 2007
11am - 7pm
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Come Celebrate the Spirit and Diverse Culture
of L.A.'s Northeast Neighborhoods
with Food, Music, Art, Poetry and Dance !
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Lummis Day, 2007 - A Huge Success !!
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2nd Annual Lummis Draws 3,500 To Sycamore Grove Park and Lummis Home
Over 3,500 people took part in events at Sycamore Grove Park and Lummis Home on Sunday, June 3, 2007, as the second annual Lummis Day easily doubled the celebration's 2006 inaugural attendance.
Sunday morning's opening Poetry Reception was standing-room-only, with hundreds turning out to hear poets reading their work at the historic Lummis Home.
At Sycamore Grove Park, a wildly eclectic line-up of performances presented a rapidly-paced smorgasbord of entertainment and cultural attractions with broad appeal. At 3:00 pm, Los Angeles Fire Department estimated peak attendance at 2,500. Many Festival-goers arrived later for late-afternoon music performances, puppet shows and Mexican, Filipino and Aztec folk dancers.
The third annual Lummis Day will take place on June 1, 2008. Information will be posted on www.LummisDay.org
Lummis Day takes its name from Charles Fletcher Lummis, who joined the L.A. Times as the paper's first city editor in 1876. Lummis was also one of the city's first librarians, founded the Southwest Museum and helped introduce the concept of multi-culturalism to Southern California.
The second annual Lummis Day was presented by Occidental College and sponsored by the Arroyo Seco Neighborhood Council, the Historic Highland Park Neighborhood Council, the Eagle Rock Neighborhood Council, the Glassell Park Neighborhood Council, the Greater Cypress Park Neighborhood Council, the Lincoln Heights Neighborhood Council, the Autry Center for the American West, public radio station KPFK 90.7, SIPA (Search to Involve Pilipino Americans, Los Angeles City Council Districts 1 and 14, the Arroyo Seco Journal, the Boulevard Sentinel and Poets & Writers Inc.
Supporting organizations included the North Figueroa Association, the Department of Recreation and Parks, Heritage Square Museum, the MTA, the Highland Park Heritage Trust, the Arroyo Arts Collective, Time Warner Cable, the L.A. Poetry Festival, Rock Rose Productions, Future Studios, Orchestrada Audio and other community organizations.
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Lummis Day, 2007 - Free !!
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The rainbow of Northeast L.A.'s traditional and popular culture will be represented in music, dance, poetry, puppetry, art, food and native American ceremony at the second annual Lummis Day: The Festival of Northeast Los Angeles, from 11:00 am to 7:00 pm on Sunday, June 3, at Lummis Home, (200 East Ave. 43) and Sycamore Grove Park (4900 N.Figueroa Street).
Admission to all Lummis Day events -- at Lummis Home and Sycamore Grove Park -- is free.
Download a 2007 Lummis Day Flyer and Schedule
Six Neighborhood Councils Sponsor "Lummis Day"
“Lummis Day” is presented by Occidental College and sponsored by the Arroyo Seco Neighborhood Council, the Historic Highland Park Neighborhood Council, the Glassell Park Neighborhood Council, the Greater Cypress Park Neighborhood Council, the Lincoln Heights Neighborhood Council, and the Eagle Rock Neighborhood Council, making it the first time since the formation of Los Angeles' neighborhood council system that a single non-municipal event has been jointly sponsored by six neighborhood councils.
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Contact: Eliot Sekuler (818) 535-9178
Or email: lummisday@yahoo.com
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Celebrating the Holidays, 2007
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A Lummis Day float was among the highlights of the Northeast L.A. Holiday Parade which drew a record 20,000 spectators along its North Figueroa Street route. The float, which depicted an early 20th Century "noise" celebration hosted by Charles Lummis, was created by Lummis Day organizing committee members Carmela Gomes, Stella Archer, Franklin High School teacher and drama coach David Levine and the students of Franklin High School. |
Pictured above are, aboard the float, from left: Jaquiline Cerna, Carlos Licea, Chantell Garcia, David
Fernandez, Jesse Espinoza, Paulina Espana, Arely Garcia, Madelyn Martinez, Ignacio Espinoza
On the street, from left: Stella Archer, Edwin Gonzalez, Carmela Gomes, Rudolfo Padilla |
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Watch for updated information about
Lummis Day 2008 !
Just some of the many volunteers who made
Lummis day 2007 such a big success ! |
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Take the Metro Gold Line to SouthWest Museum Station for Lummis Day
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