Page 10 THE SAUGUS ADVOCATE – Friday, July 12, 2019 Revere Beach Partnership to host 16th Annual International Sand Sculpting Festival T he Revere Beach Partnership is proud to announce the dates and theme for the 2019 Revere Beach International Sand Sculpting Festival at America’s first public beach, Revere Beach, which was established in 1896. The annual festival draws upwards of 1,000,000 spectators from all over the country who come to watch master sand sculptors compete for the first-place prize in the Master Sand Sculpting Competition. The festival also features gourmet food trucks, live entertainment, local vendors, exhibitor booths, sand-sculpting lessons, children’s sand-sculpting lessons, fireworks, a drone show and much, much more, all over the course of three days. Sand sculptors for the Master Sand Sculpting Competition are as follows: Helena Bangert of The Netherlands, Dan Belcher of St. Louis, Mo., Deborah Barrett-Cutulle of Saugus, Mass., Mélineige Beauregard of Quebec, Canada, Jonathan ‘Jobi’ Bouchard of Montreal, Canada, Enguerrand David of Belgium, Ilya Filmonstev of the 2019 International Sand Sculpting Festival is celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon Landing. The 2019 Revere Beach International Sand Sculpting Festival will serve to provide an artistic representation and celebration of this significant event of our nation’s history. Hours for the 2019 Revere Beach International Sand Sculpting Festival on Friday, July 26 and Saturday, July 27 are 10:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m., and on Sunday, July 28 are 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Admission is free and open to the public. About the Revere Beach Partnership Formed in 2001, the Revere Russia, Remy Hoggard of England, Maxim Gazendam of The Netherlands, Paul Hoggard of Bulgaria, Sudarsan Pattniak of India, Sue McGrew of Tacoma, Wash., Fergus Mulvany of Ireland, Pavel Mylnikov of Moscow, Russia, Rachel Stubbs of England, Steve Topazio of Tiverton, R.I., Abe Waterman of Prince Edward Island, Canada, Morgan Rudluff of California, Benoit Dutherage of France,Jaku ‘Kuba’ Zimacek of the Czech Republic and Aleksei Rybak of Russia. The 2019 International Sand Sculpting Festival will also feature lessons from highly trained sand-sculpting professionals. Returning, once again, to lead these lessons are Sandi ‘Castle’ Stirling and Raymond Poirier of Ontario, Canada. Wilfred Stijger and Edith van de Wetering, both of The Netherlands, will be helping with the judging, logos and the centerpiece. This year’s festival will take place from Friday, July 26 to Sunday, July 28. The Revere Beach Partnership is proud to announce that the theme for Beach Partnership is a 501(c) (3) nonprofit organization established to carry forth the heritage of Revere Beach as a nearby retreat for New England families, to preserve the beach’s unique historic and natural assets and to plan and oversee the continued improvement of Revere Beach. For more information, visit www.rbissf.com.
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