Myrtle Beach police will soon venture to Florida and Texas to explore ways to better handle crowds and congestion during the annual Atlantic Beach Memorial Day Bike Festival. Fla. Three other officials with the department, including Chief Warren Gall, are slated to depart April 14 for Galveston, Texas, to attend Beach Party 2000. Both events are predominantly black and have grown over the years like the local Bike Festival, which draws more than 100,000 people to the Grand Strand. Joe Vella, who plans to go to Daytona Beach. Galveston will be offering that kind of entertainment, said Chief Kim Schoolcraft of the Galveston Police Department.
Pedestrians enter free.
Once inside the district, open containers are allowed. Galveston's population is about 60,000. Daytona Beach, with a population of 65,000, also parallels Myrtle Beach in its dilemmas with Black College Reunion crowds. Litter and resident complaints about people urinating in their yards are rampant. Myrtle Beach Lt.