REMINDER/Thousands of Volunteers to Dance L.A.'s Longest Conga Line in Front of Disney Hall in Celebration of 12th Annual L.A. Works Day; Volunteers will Transform Eight Community Sites.

News Editors/Feature Editors

REMINDER...for Saturday (June 5)

--(BUSINESS WIRE)

WHO:       More than 2,000 L.A. Works Day volunteers
           International recording artists Ricardo Lemvo and Makina
           Loca

WHAT:      Thousands of volunteers will dance the conga along Grand
           Avenue in front of Disney Hall on Saturday, June 5th at
           1:00 p.m. They will celebrate L.A. Works Day 2004 - our
           city's longest running day of community service - with
           L.A.'s longest conga line stretching from California Plaza
           to Disney Hall, led by the afro-cuban beat of Ricardo Lemvo
           and Makina Loca.

           L.A. Works Day will start at 7:30 am when volunteers
           representing our city's rich cultural blend will converge
           at California Plaza, the gathering place at the heart of
           our emerging "new downtown". From there, they will fan out
           to play music with kids, create community art, paint
           schools and murals, plant trees and clean up the LA River.

WHEN:      Saturday, June 5
           7:30 - 8:30 Registration and kickoff at California Plaza
           8:30 - Noon Volunteers at various projects across downtown
            Los Angeles -- Media sites listed below
           12:15 Lunch at California Plaza
           1:00 L.A.'s Longest Conga Line Led by Ricardo Lemvo and
            Makina Loca

WHERE:     California Plaza
           350 S. Grand Ave.
           Los Angeles

           Please check-in at the media check-in area

           Magnolia Elementary School (Volunteer site)
           1626 S. Orchard Ave., Los Angeles 90006

           Magnolia is the site for interactive activities with over
           200 neighborhood kids that will include playing music with
           the American Gamalan, building kites with rocket
           scientists, one-on-one reading programs, theater with the
           Kaiser Permanente Educational Theater Group, art projects
           and team sports.

           Volunteers will also refurbish this downtown Los Angeles
           school with a fresh coat of paint, landscaping and cleaning
           the grounds.

PHOTO OP:  More than 2,000 volunteers congaing through downtown.