15th Annual Dia de los Muertos at Hollywood Forever on Nov. 1st
Hollywood, CA – Its all the rage – now, but Hollywood Forever Cemetary has been celebrating Dia De Los Muertos for years, fifteen years in fact. And on the occasion of its Quinceanera, Hollywood Forever has invited Univision’s Jackie Guerrido and Rick Quintero to be this year’s hosts for the 15th Annual Dia de los Muertos. Festivities will take place on Saturday, November 1st, 2014 from 12pm until 12am at Hollywood Forever located at 6000 Santa Monica Blvd, Los Angeles. Tickets are now on sale at hollywoodforever.ticketfly.com
Dia De Los Muertos a Mexican and Latin American decades old tradition, which celebrates loved ones that have passed, is fast becoming a popular in the U.S. The celebration of the dad is now often portrayed in film, TV shows, commercials, and animation.
In anticipation of the celebration, Hollywood Forever held a press day to give journalist a taste of what is in store on November 1st, the day of the 12 hour celebration. Attendees were treated to a taste of the traditional, and very tasty, pan de muerto (bread for the dead), there was face painting, music by Grammy winning Mariachi Divas, a quinceanera fashion show and a traditional waltz performed by the Hollywood Forever Quinceanera (Karina Noelle) and her court. It was more than a press day, it was a “press party”.
In 1999 Tyler Cassity, on of the founders of Hollywood Forever and Deisy Marquez conceived this festival of life as a platform which would synthesize creativity for the means of remembering the departed spirits of our lives. They traveled to Mexico to learn of the tradition passed on from decades of the traditional celebration. Home to the oldest memorial park in Hollywood dating back to 1899, Hollywood Forever is the only cemetery in the country which opens its gates and welcomes its surrounding community to commemorate El Dia de Los Muertos.
Rick Quintero was in attendance, in between his morning traffic gig on Univision’s morning show Primera Edicion and Fox 11’s Good Day LA. he was there to join in the fun. ““I was honored to be asked to be part of Hollywood Forever’s Dia de los Muertos Quinceañera. I think Jackie and I make a great team and I look forward to co-hosting with her.” Indeed they do. Guerrido is an award-winning entertainment journalist, television host and actress and also works at Univison, best known for her daily weather report on Primer Impacto
In honor of its 15th year Dia de los Muertos celebration, Hollywood Forever has partnered with Quinceañera Magazine for this special anniversary and is offering a very special young lady the opportunity to win a dress for her upcoming quinceañera sponsored by Paradise Bridal. In addition, Quinceañera Magazine will be holding a casting to select Miss Quinceañera Cover Girl for their next issue and partake in a Quinceañera Pageant Show. All girls with an upcoming quinceañera are encouraged to participate by registering on-site at the Quinceañera Magazine booth.
It wouldn’t be a quinceañera celebration without performances by some of the top female music artists rocking the main stage including Carla Morrison, Gaby Moreno, La Santa Cecila, Los Cenzontles and Mariachi Divas de Cindy Shea. Main stage performances begin at sundown and continue throughout the night.
Hollywood Forever’s Dia de Los Muertos has become a tradition in Los Angeles. Over 40,000 attendees are expected this year and most come dressed up for the traditional celebration, with their Muerto make up and outfits, many build altars for the loved ones, and some come and all day and night and enjoy the food, performances, and enter altar contests where the $3,000 prize is an incentive to work on making the best altar that day.
Vons and El Jimador are the main sponsors this year. And, thinking of safety first, Hollywood Forever partnered with Uber to offer a $25.00 discount for first-time Uber users. To take advantage of this special offer, please visit:https://get.uber.com/go/ddlm2014 and enter code: ddlm2014.
Admission to the event is $20 – children under 8 and seniors over 65 are FREE until 4pm. To pre-purchase tickets and avoid lines day of the event, please go to: hollywoodforever.ticketfly.com
2014 Dia de los Muertos schedule is now available online at: http://www.ladayofthedead.com/event-info/. For more information please visit: www.hollywoodforever.com and www.ladayofthedead.com
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