Bisbee daily review., 1908-08-28
LONG BEACH
IS TO HAVE A
SEA FESTIVAL
Great Preparations Are Being
Made for the Event Next
Week from tuesday to Sat-
urday-Many Visitors.
Especial to the Review.)

/ Especial to the Review
| LONG BEACH, Cal, Aug. 27.-Prac-
tically ali of Long Beach just now is
given up to preparation of the Fes-
tival of the Sea, which is to be given
here from Tuesday until Saturday Of
next week. The purpose is to make
this the greatest exhibition of its kind
| ever given in the southwest and the
hope is to have it do for Long Beach
| what the Festival of Roses has done
for Pasadena. Carrying out the cen
| tral thought which vii! be the sea,
the queen viii be q mermaid and the
stage on which she will make her first
appearance before her enTaptured sub
! jects will stand in the midst of the
breakers. This platform will be maze
to represent an immense sea she'll
resting upon the waves and will be so
| decorated as to be q miracle of beauty
| under the brilliant lights which will
cover it. An immense grand stand is
being constructed along the beach fac
/ ing the throne where the public mas
| sit in comfort and follow the discovery
| of the mermaid, her transformation
into a modern ruler of bewilderins
beauty. Her coronation and confirma-
| ton in the reign, her union with King
Rex and the accompanying pageant OF
! the court. Following this will be a
| striking program by the best pTofes-
| sional talent available filling in the
evening WITH entertainment which can
not fail TO delight every spectator.
| This will be repeated every evening of
the week and will be the feature Va
the festival.
The entire downtown portion of the
city and the water front will be elab-
orately decorated and brilliantly IL
/ Illuminated. Throughout the length of
the principal streets will be strikingly
| decorated booths of unique and artistic
design adding to the startling pro-
( fusion of the street adornment. I'm
der the blaze of thousands of many
colored electric lights the city at night
Will present a scene of beauty beyond
the power of words to describe.
| There will be entertainment for
every hour of every day and evening
In addition to multitude of shows
such as frequent all these great gath
erings, there will be continuous free
performances for the benefit of the
| general public. Stands will be erected
in various portions of the town on
which will be given an endless series
IOf performances by the best obtain
able artists interspersed by free con-
certs from bands and the other lead
ing musical organizations throughout
| this section of the state. The commit
tee On sports is bringing together some
of the best individual performers in
the state and some of the leaders
among the organized bodies in that
! line so there will be no lack in this
particular
| Among the best of these features
! win be the contest between the three
Iairships belonging to the Los Angeles
Aeroplane Club. These daring aero
nauts will each give two ascensions
daily and each contest will be well
worth going many miles to see. In
addition there will be illuminated bal
| loon aScensions day and night and the
| flaming diver will drop from a great
| height into the sea, surrounded
| throughout the entire fall by sheets
| of flame. These. and many other al
most equally spectacular stunts will
serve to keep the interest of the crowd
at fever heat from early morning I'M
til late at night and will leave not
singleA dull hour in the entire week
Beginning on Wednesday there will
be a special parade for each day of
1.-THE festival and two on Saturday.
| Ten magnificent and costly floats
typical of Long Beach and tle sea
have been built for the parades and
| it is enough in their praise to say
they were modelled after those used
at New Orleans in the Madri Gras and
constructed by the same artists. There
will be a floral, industrial, auto, baby
and carnival parade, and each will
vie with all the others in size, artistic
design of the individual floats and
beauty of the decorations.
Three grand balls viii be given dur
ing the week. The first on Tuesday
evening will be in the Auditorium in
honor of the newly crowned queen and
will be made one of the brilliant so
ciety events of the year. The festival
ball will be given on Thursday night
and the grand carnival bali following
the burlesque beauty show and car
nival parade on Saturday night will
furnish brilliant and fitting close TO
the weeks festivities.