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          GRAND PRAIRIE IS CELEBRATING ITS HISPANIC HERITAGE WITH THE ANNUAL GRAND FIESTA PETRIA. 
          THE EVENT COMMEMORATES MEXICO'S INDEPENDENCE FROM SPAIN. 
          IT INCLUDES A SPIRITED PARADE DOWNTOWN, FOLLOWED BY A SHOWCASE OF HISPANIC CULTURE, MUSIC, DANCE, AND FOOD. 
          NOW, VIRGIL, YOU'VE MADE US PROUD AND THERE WAS A SPECIAL APPEARANCE BY GRAND PRAIRIE, NATIVE AND PROFESSIONAL BOXER VIRGIL ORTIZ JR. 
          GROWN UP IN THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE. 
          I'M VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE PARADES AND THE CELEBRATIONS AND STUFF THEY DID. 
          I, OF ALL THE MINORITIES HERE FOR, FOR EVERYONE HERE. 
          AND, UH, YOU KNOW, IT MEANS A LOT THAT, UH, THEY'RE, THEY RECOGNIZE ME AS PART OF IT. 
          EVEN JUST A PART OF IT. 
          IT MEANS GREAT. 
          IT MEANS A LOT TO ME. 
          THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE CELEBRATE TOGETHER AND, AND, UH, BRING OUT THE BEST OF WHAT WE HAVE AND WHAT WE BRING AS FAR AS CULTURAL TRADITIONS AND PASSION, EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES, BUSINESS, WHAT WE BRING CAN CONTRIBUTE TO OUR GRAND CITY. 
          THE CELEBRATION ALSO MARKS THE START OF NATIONAL HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH, WHICH RUNS FROM SEPTEMBER 15TH THROUGH OCTOBER 15TH.
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