Carnaval SF 2008 de Young Friday

What a great success! Carnaval San Francisco held its first ever "Preliminary" King and Queen Competition on February 29th. ANNOUNCING the end of Winter and the commencement of the Spring Carnaval Countdown Season to the first weekend of summer WHEN Memorial Day weekend in the SF Mission district explodes with the West Coast's largest ethnic event. YOU WON'T WANT TO MISS this celebration of life anchoring the SF Bay Area with its only world class ,all cultures and races, UNITY event. ----------------Thanks to thinker.org who hosted this evening as part of the Cultural Encounters: Friday Nights at the de Young Museum in Golden Gate Park. Taking place at the same time was
Artist-in-Residence closing reception celebrating the residency of mask and paper mache/Carnaval artist David Wagner and Carnaval San Francisco exhibit at the de Young during the month of February. The event featured live music by the Carnaval All-Star Band as we began the season of celebrating joy in the present by way of the 30th anniversary of Carnaval San Francisco on May 24 & 25th. To see this competition you needed a coveted ticket to see the competition which gave way to a performance by Fogo na Ropa and a final tour for the contestants in front of the appreciative audience. You'll also need a ticket for the March 29th finals at 1015 Folsom More at carnaval.com/sf08

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items are from 29 Feb 2008.