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2009 News
2009 News
56th ANNUAL KIDS’ FISHING RODEO SET FOR THURSDAY JULY 30
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- Last Updated on Thursday, 23 July 2009 14:07
Media: Kevin Wilkerson (310) 545-8701
Event: (562) 477-6820
One of Long Beach’s longest-running events – the annual Kids’ Fishing Rodeo – celebrates its 56th year on Thursday, July 30.
Presented by Charter Communications Long Beach Sea Festival, the Southern California Tuna Club, the Fred Hall Fishing Show, Anchor QEA and Alfredo’s Beach Club, the Kids’ Fishing Rodeo will be held from 8 a.m.-noon at the Belmont Veterans Memorial Pier
The Kids’ Fishing Rodeo is free to kids 16 and under, but kids under 12 must be accompanied by an adult. In addition, the Rodeo has added a new over-16 fishing contest to the program.
Kids should bring their own rod/reel and tackle, however, the Rodeo will have a limited quantity available to loan on a first come, first served basis. Free bait, snacks and fishing instructions will be provided. There will be several fun fishing related booths and activities on the pier and prizes awarded in several categories.
More than 600 kids are expected to attend the Kids Fishing Rodeo, including a group of 200 from the Long Beach Department of Parks, Recreation and Marine. Additional Kids’ Fishing Rodeo supporters include the Department of Fish & Game, the Boys and Girls Clubs of Long Beach and Kayak Kafe.
For advance registration, log on to www.alfredosbeachclub.com, or call (562) 477-6820 for further information.
The Long Beach Sea Festival is presented by Charter Communications with Associate Sponsorships provided by: the Port of Long Beach; Mercedes Benz of Long Beach; Odwalla, St. Mary Medical Center; TranSystems; Long Beach Department of Parks, Recreation and Marine; Supervisor Don Knabe; The Long Beach Airport; Moffatt & Nichol; Aquarium of the Pacific; Anchor QEA, Fred Hall Fishing Tackle Shows; Long Beach Convention and Visitors Bureau; Grunion Gazette; Long Beach Press-Telegram; Long Beach TV 8 and Professional Business Services.
A complete list of all Sea Festival activities, with event location and information, can be found at www.longbeachseafestival.com.
Charter Communications is a leading broadband communications company and the third-largest publicly traded cable operator in the U.S. Charter provides a full range of advanced broadband services and cost-effective broadband communications solutions to business organizations. For more information about Charter, visit www.charter.com.
OUTRIGGER CANOE RACES HIGHLIGHT KAHAKAI SPRINTS AT MARINE STADIUM IN LONG BEACH
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- Last Updated on Monday, 13 July 2009 11:51
Media: Kevin Wilkerson, (310) 545-8701
Event: Tracy Ames, (949) 598-6491
The spirit of The Islands invades historic Marine Stadium – site of the 1932 Olympic rowing, canoeing and kayaking events – on Saturday, July 18 for the 2009 Kahakai Sprints.
Clubs and individuals in 36 classes from throughout California and the western U.S. will compete in six-person, two-person and individual outrigger canoes, rowing on a 500-meter straightaway course. Knock-out finals will be held on a shorter 250-meter course.
Gates open at 6:30 a.m., with the first race at 8:30 a.m. and the last race scheduled for 3 p.m. Food – including Hawaiian-style dishes - and beverage will be available, and the day includes kid’s races, face painting and a raffle. For further information, call (949) 598-6491 or visit www.kahakai.org.
The Long Beach Sea Festival is presented by Charter Communications with Associate Sponsorships provided by: the Port of Long Beach; Mercedes Benz of Long Beach; Odwalla, St. Mary Medical Center; TranSystems; Long Beach Department of Parks, Recreation and Marine; Supervisor Don Knabe; The Long Beach Airport; Moffatt & Nichol; Aquarium of the Pacific; Fred Hall Fishing; Long Beach Convention and Visitors Bureau; Grunion Gazette; Long Beach Press-Telegram; Long Beach TV 8 and Professional Business Services.
A complete list of all Sea Festival activities, with event location and information, can be found at www.longbeachseafestival.com.
Charter Communications is a leading broadband communications company and the third-largest publicly traded cable operator in the U.S. Charter provides a full range of advanced broadband services and cost-effective broadband communications solutions to business organizations. For more information about Charter, visit www.charter.com.
PIER DAZE PIRATE INVASION FAIRE AND FESTIVAL COMING TO BELMONT PIER
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- Last Updated on Wednesday, 24 June 2009 20:30
Contact: Fred Khammar (562) 477-6820
The Long Beach Pier Daze Pirate Invasion, Faire and Festival will take place at the Belmont Veterans Memorial Pier Saturday, June 27 and Sunday, June 28.
The free event is open each day from 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Highlights include a living history Pirate encampment on the beach, live pirate show with real pirate ships “attacking” the pier, arts and crafts booth and a Kids Zone that includes a treasure hunt and pirate costume contest. A limited number of pirate ship rides will also be available. “Pirate” bands will provide live entertainment and a TV show will be filming a Pirate themed reality show during the event.
For information, visit www.alfredosbeachclub.com or www.belmontpier.com.
The Long Beach Sea Festival is presented by Charter Communications with additional sponsorship provided by: the Port of Long Beach; Mercedes Benz of Long Beach; Odwalla, St. Mary Medical Center; TranSystems; Long Beach Department of Parks, Recreation and Marine; Supervisor Don Knabe; the Long Beach Airport; Coke; Moffatt & Nichol; Aquarium of the Pacific; Anchor Environmental; Fred Hall Fishing Show; Keesal, Young & Logan; Long Beach Convention and Visitors Bureau; Grunion Gazette; Long Beach Press-Telegram; Long Beach TV 8 and Professional Business Services.
A complete list of all Sea Festival activities, with event location and information, can be found at www.LongBeachSeaFestival.com.
Charter Communications is a leading broadband communications company and the third-largest publicly traded cable operator in the U.S. Charter provides a full range of advanced broadband services and cost-effective broadband communications solutions to business organizations. For more information about Charter, visit www.charter.com.
LONG BEACH MUNICIPAL BAND CENTENNIAL SEASON TO INCLUDE 11 SEA FESTIVAL CONCERTS
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- Last Updated on Wednesday, 24 June 2009 20:38
Contact: JLIB_HTML_CLOAKING
The Long Beach Municipal Band, one of the most distinguished and professional municipal bands in America, kicks off its Centennial Concert Season Tues., June 30 in Whaley Park, with the first of 11 concerts under the Charter Communications Long Beach Sea Festival banner set for Thurs., July 2 in Marine Stadium.
The free concerts, which run through August 14, begin at 6:30 p.m.
Highly-acclaimed conductor Larry Curtis returns for his 16th season at the helm of the best of Southern California’s symphony, studio recording and jazz performers. Combining with talented guest vocalists, the band will highlight a variety of jazz, movie, musical and light classical literature concert themes throughout the summer.
The complete Long Beach Municipal Band’s 2009 schedule, with Sea Festival concerts in bold face:
Whaley Park (Tuesdays): 6/30, 7/7, 7/14.
Bixby Bluffs Park (Tuesdays): 7/21, 7/28, 8/4, 8/11.
Los Cerritos (Wednesdays): 7/1, 7/8, 7/15, 7/22, 7/29, 8/5, 8/12
Marine Stadium (Thursdays): 7/2, 7/9, 7/16, 7/23, 7/30, 8/6, 8/13.
El Dorado Park (Fridays): 7/3, 7/10, 7/17, 7/24, 7/31, 8/7, 8/14.
The Long Beach Sea Festival is presented by Charter Communications with additional sponsorship provided by: the Port of Long Beach; Mercedes Benz of Long Beach; Odwalla, St. Mary Medical Center; TranSystems; Long Beach Department of Parks, Recreation and Marine; Supervisor Don Knabe; the Long Beach Airport; Coke; Moffatt & Nichol; Aquarium of the Pacific; Anchor Environmental; Fred Hall Fishing Show; Keesal, Young & Logan; Long Beach Convention and Visitors Bureau; Grunion Gazette; Long Beach Press-Telegram; Long Beach TV 8 and Professional Business Services.
A complete list of all Sea Festival activities, with event location and information, can be found at www.longbeachseafestival.com.
Charter Communications is a leading broadband communications company and the third-largest publicly traded cable operator in the U.S. Charter provides a full range of advanced broadband services and cost-effective broadband communications solutions to business organizations. For more information about Charter, visit www.charter.com.
FAMED TRANSPAC LONG BEACH-HAWAII YACHT RACE ACTIVITIES KICK OFF JUNE 26
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- Last Updated on Wednesday, 24 June 2009 20:19
Contact: Lynn Fitzpatrick, (619) 252-8632 or
Kevin Wilkerson, (310) 545-8701
Fifty entries from seven nations will be setting sail from the shores of Long Beach June 29-July 5 in the famed Transpacific Yacht Race (Transpac), a grueling, 2,255-nautical-mile race to Hawaii that traces its beginnings back to 1906.
The entries include: Ragtime, owned by Newport Beach’s Chris Welch, which will be extending its record number of Transpac Races to 15; Alfa Romeo, skippered by New Zealand’s Neville Crichton; Pyewacket, owned by Roy P. Disney of Newport Beach and America’s Privateer Lynx, a tall ship.
The public is encouraged to visit Transpac Village (located in Rainbow Harbor adjacent to Gladstone’s) beginning June 26 until July 5 to view the fleet and participate in activities. Thursday evening, July 2, features a view a FREE showing of the Disney film “Morning Light” filmed at the 2007 Transpac.
From Rainbow Harbor, staging point for the Transpac fleet, the yachts will start off Point Fermin, the best spectator viewing point, with the start of the 45th Biennial event staggered to allow slower boats to reach Hawaii about the same time as the larger, faster boats. Group 1 will start on Mon., June 29, Group 2 on Thurs., July 2 and the final group on Sun., July 5. The official sendoff from Rainbow Harbor will begin at 9:30 a.m., with the race beginning at 1 p.m. each time.
The race course will then take competitors through cold, wet northeastern Pacific waters, through doldrums, squalls and scorching heat, then to the blustery tradewinds of the Molokai Channel near the finish line off Oahu’s Diamond Head.
For the third time, Transpac is part of the Charter Communications Long Beach Sea Festival, a series of three-month events on and around the waters and beaches of Long Beach. As host city, Long Beach is providing a ceremonial launch and pre-race activities at the Transpac Pier in Rainbow Harbor, where the public can meet the sailors and tour the Lynx. For further information, and to follow the progress of the race, visit www.transpacRace.com.
The Long Beach Sea Festival is presented by Charter Communications with additional sponsorship provided by: the Port of Long Beach; Mercedes Benz of Long Beach; Odwalla, St. Mary Medical Center; TranSystems; Long Beach Department of Parks, Recreation and Marine; Supervisor Don Knabe; the Long Beach Airport; Coke; Moffatt & Nichol; Aquarium of the Pacific; Anchor Environmental; Fred Hall Fishing Show; Keesal, Young & Logan; Long Beach Convention and Visitors Bureau; Grunion Gazette; Long Beach Press-Telegram; Long Beach TV 8 and Professional Business Services.
A complete list of all Sea Festival activities, with event location and information, can be found at www.longbeachseafestival.com.
Charter Communications is a leading broadband communications company and the third-largest publicly traded cable operator in the U.S. Charter provides a full range of advanced broadband services and cost-effective broadband communications solutions to business organizations. For more information about Charter, visit www.charter.com.