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Easter Festival has become a struggling tradition
Easter Festival has become a struggling tradition
Formed more than 50 years ago at the request of city and Chamber of Commerce officials to spike a normally slow tourist period, official urgency for the St Augustine Easter Festival has waned.
By George Gardner
For Easter Festival Committee
St. Augustine’s annual Easter Festival 2014 opened with the transfer of the Royal Family and continues through April with the annual Knighting Ceremony, Blessing of the Fleet, signature parade – the Parada de Los Caballos y Carruajes, carriages drawn by horses wearing hats donated by famous women – and Menorcan Fromajardes Celebration and Royal Family Tea, wrapping up a traditional festival period struggling to stay alive in changing times.
The City of St. Augustine got a little darker for Historic City News readers last Monday night as the 20th season of Nights of Lights drew to a close. The annual winter celebration of light started its 10-week long run on the Saturday before Thanksgiving and ended on Sunday, February 2.
Historic City News congratulates Firefighter Art Naidzich on recording the fastest time out of 100 competitors in the firefighter division during Saturday’s Fight for Air Climb.
A new exhibit honoring our rich and diverse agricultural community will open to the public in the Rotunda Gallery tomorrow morning; inside the St Johns County Administration Palace, located at 500 San Sebastian View in St Augustine.
Adam Shockey, President and CEO of Tour Saint Augustine Inc, and his friend, Elaine Fraser, Owner, Marketing and Public Relations Consultant for Ponce de Leon’s Fountain of Youth Archaeological Park and Owner and Executive Director for Oldest Wooden School House Historic Museum and Gardens, are inviting all Historic City News readers to join “Team Tourism” when they volunteer to be celebrity waiters for the 19th annual “Tips for Kids Sake”.
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