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CINCO DE MAYO FIESTA

When	Friday 4 May, 6:00pm til late
Where	City Hotel (Upstairs to start), corner of King & Kent, Sydney CBD
What	Free entry, REAL Mexican Food specials, live Mariachis, Latino DJ, $6 Mexican beers, $5 tequila shots + awesome tequila bar thanks to our friends at Sauza, margaritas, pinatas, prizes, giveaways etc. Everyone over 18 is welcome.
Dress	Wear anything you like but prizes for best Mexican or Star Wars costumes (May the 4th be with you!)
No Cover	Free Entry
RSVPs	Not required but always appreciated

At Network Canada we love excuses to party, and because Canada Day isn’t coming up for a little while, we thought we’d go for another honoured North American celebration…CINCO DE MAYO. A Mexican holiday that's actually more popular in Canada & the US than it is in Mexico! So...

Chicos,

~Once again, we stand with our Mexican neighbours and pay tribute not only to the 150th anniversary of the heroic Battle of Pueblo, but to the nation that has blessed us with tequila, tacos and vague-but-blissful memories of our Reading Weeks/Spring Breaks.~

~ Miliones de gringos all across North America will celebrate of our proclaimed Mexican nacional holiday as an excuse to tip back a few margaritas or even partake in tequila body shots. We've got it easy here in Sydney...they go sky-diving every year to celebrate in Vancouver!~

~Last year’s event was awesome, but this year we’re REALLY taking it to another level.~

~We’re starting things off Upstairs at City Hotel from 6pm with some fun & games, great drink specials and very authentic Mexican food. By 8pm or so, we’ll take over the entire bar (upstairs & downstairs) which is when the party kicks into 2nd gear!~

We're celebrating a day early which means that it coincides with the official STAR WARS DAY (May the 4th be with you) so if you don't have any Mexicana in your closet, pull out the Wookie (that's not a euphemism)! Canadians be proud, according to Wikipedia "In 2011, the first organized celebration of Star Wars Day took place in Toronto, Ontario, Canada at the Toronto Underground Cinema."

About the Food
It's REAL MEXICAN FOOD!!! No, we’re not joking. We’ve actually got Mexican chef, Cisco, on the night making only authentic Mexican food. Raised in California, he’s the first of his family born outside Mexico but he keeps the family tradition alive through his passion for Mexican food and culture. In fact, most of the recipes on the night will be his late grandmother’s including hand-made corn tortillas which we'll be using for authentic tacos! And if that’s not cool enough, his father was part of the first group to ever celebrate Cinco de Mayo in the US in the 1960’s. And if that’s still not cool enough, he’s a hockey player and a fan of the Canucks (and the Kings but we'll forgive that). He only cooks from the heart and is doing this purely as a favour to us to make sure we get truly traditional Mexican food on the night. Thanks in advance Cisco…you’re awesome and you’ve already done your family proud.

Check back here or Facebook for any updates.

Let's do it again, por favor!

besame,

red de Canada

P.S. The first 5 people to email back saying "Network Canada throws awesome parties" all win double-passes to see the new French-Canadian movie masterpiece, Café de Flore at Dendy Cinemas all over.

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