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Summer Solstice Celebration 2019
FESTIVAL ACTIVITY GUIDE
June 21 - 23
Santa Barbara, CA
ABOUT THIS GUIDE
Summer Solstice Celebration
It's not perfect! And that is okay...
So you know when you have an idea and you just better get after it, and finish it, instead of making it perfect? Well that is how the 45th Special Edition Annual Festival Guide came about.
Each idea comes from somewhere in the ethers of the mind and is either acted upon or just disappears. Summer Solstice Celebration is where those ideas literally come to life in the form of parade ensembles, floats, and musical collaborations, unique food, art and diverse people working side by side.
We encourage everyone who comes to the Summer Solstice workshop not to hesitate to act on an idea and see what is possible. What you will see in the 2019 parade is what happens when you allow yourself and your whole team, to dream monstrously big, with no holds barred.
This guide is not perfect. We wanted to include more history, more write ups on all the awesome people who have been involved through out the years but quite frankly we had to stop and get it out or it was going to stay hidden in the computer or in the mind without you seeing any of it!
We hope you enjoy what we've created in this document and throughout the 3-day festival weekend and maybe a bit of inspiration for you to"WONDER" a bit more and see what you can get out of this beautiful thing we call life.
OUR HISTORY
Summer Solstice Celebration
It all began in 1974 with a birthday celebration
Summer Solstice Parade began in 1974, as a birthday celebration for a popular artist and mime named Michael Gonzales. In subsequent years, their parade joined forces with a Summer Solstice Music Festival coordinated by Michael Felcher, sponsored by The Santa Barbara Museum of Art, staged at the Sunken Gardens to celebrate the longest day of year.
The Parade and Festival is the largest arts event in Santa Barbara County, drawing crowds of over 100,000 spectators from around the world. From these humble beginnings arose a celebration of life
which is like no other.
Today, the Summer Solstice Celebration has evolved into creative and original display of floats, giant puppets, whimsical costumes and
masks of more than 1,000 parade participants of all ethnic and economic backgrounds. There is dancing, music, drumming and drama that enthralls the spectators. Each year there is an annual artistic competition for the Solstice T-shirt and Poster design that is
sold as a fundraising vehicle for the event.
A PEOPLE POWERED PARADE WITH AN ENVIRONMENTAL FOCUS
Summer Solstice Celebration
Recycled bags turn into paper mache large scale puppets
Used yogurt plastic containers become elaborate masks
Donated fabric is turned into extraordinary costumes!
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