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From the Desk of Kate Schwab, Marketing & Communications Director
Here Comes "World A'Glow!"
I love a parade - don't you? And there's just nothing like the Downtown Santa Barbara Holiday Parade - the only nighttime parade in town! It may sound like a cliche, but there's just nothing like a small town holiday parade, and this one, with it's 63-year history, is no exception.
After years of standing at my State Street volunteer vantage point, watching everyone from band marchers and cheerleaders, karate-kickers and gift-wrapped Girl Scouts, energetic elementary school elves and adults wrangling balloons under overhanging trees,
I've learned that this Downtown Parade has got it all.
And that there is nothing like the face of a young child, a'glow with the certainty
that there really is a Santa Claus.
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This festive family parade includes floats, bands, and entries of all kinds, including the Prince & Fairy to begin the Parade and to welcome the holiday season to Downtown Santa Barbara.
Consumer Fire Products, Inc. is this year's Presenting Sponsor for the Parade and our Christmas Tree Sponsor. Their generosity is allowing our community to keep this Christmas tradition alive. ___________________________________________ Parade Prince and Holiday Fairy
Congratulations to our Holiday Prince, Christian Johnson and Parade Fairy, Mikayla Bohn.
Their winning artwork ensured them a spot in the Parade as the official lighters of the Christmas Tree, kicking off the Downtown Santa Barbara holiday season!
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"World A'Glow" by Christian
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"A Bright World" by Mikayla
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R2-D2 created by an operator from the official R2 Builders Club
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Following directly behind the Prince and Fairy (and presumably offering tree-lighting advice) is the 2016 Holiday Parade Grand Marshal: R2-D2. An American cultural and film icon from Star Wars fame, R2-D2 is included in "The Smithsonian's History of America in 101 Objects," and has been inducted in the Robot Hall of Fame. His appearance marks the first time a droid from a galaxy far, far away has served as a parade Grand Marshal. Members of the world champion Dos Pueblos Engineering Academy team, armed with light sabers, have been recruited to serve as Storm Trooper guards for R2-D2's float.
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A Special Thank You to Our Supporting Sponsors:
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Heads up - here are the events Downtown Santa Barbara is planning
for the next two months, and YOU can participate!
December 2015 1st Thursday & After Hours Thursday, December 3 (5-8 pm; 7:30-9:30 pm)
63rd Annual Downtown Santa Barbara Holiday Parade Friday, December 4 (6:30 pm)
Hometown Holiday NITES Thursday, December 3 Thursday, December 10 Thursday, December 17
Downtown Holiday Performances Weekend days
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January 2016
1st Thursday & After Hours
Thursday, January 7
(5-8 pm; 7:30-9:30 pm)
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Kicking off on 1st Thursday (December 3), this Downtown Santa Barbara Holiday shopping-oriented program includes culture, dining, shopping, services,
performances - all geared to make your Holiday shopping
just a little bit easier and a lot more fun!
These Downtown Santa Barbara merchants invite you in for extras
to add to your holiday experience:
(5 East Figueroa- Inside Isabella Gourmet Foods)
Free chocolate and cheese pairing with any wine tasting.
Free gift wrapping with be provided with purchase
Look like a star with our expert gift wrapping of your holiday purchase
Fashion Eyes (730 State) Free sunglass hardcase or retainer with a purchase of sunglasses $50 or more
"Corks 'n' Kernels" popcorn paring with the purchase of a glass of Estate wine
Enjoy discounts on art and accessories, Thursdays only
Tis the holiday season! After dashing from shop to shop, unwind at Intermezzo with our very merry Cask Burger paired with a glass of Margerum M3 for only $21!
Enjoy a complementary holiday snack upon your visit!
Enjoy free travel sized products of shampoo and conditioner with purchase
Vita Travel Store (12 W. Anapamu)Clearance Sale! All products (excluding technology; further discounts to Travel Club Members). December 3 = 20% off; Dec 10 = 30% off; Dec 17 = 40% off; further discounts for customers who join our new "Ecco-Matic" Rewards Program!
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December 1st Thursday
Presented by the Bank of Santa Barbara
Downtown Santa Barbara comes alive once a month, for 1st Thursday, the monthly art crawl on downtown streets! Look for art, music, dance, poetry, demos, lectures, book signings and more - free for all participants. December's theme is "World A'Glow," in honor of the Holiday Parade.
- Sullivan Goss (11 E. Anapamu) celebrates the opening of their highly anticipated show of the year, the annual 100 Grand exhibit.
- Local Santa Barbara artists Tami Snow and John Baran explore a playful, colorful fusion of abstract and contemporary art in "Art for Animals" at Ca'Dario Gallery (31 E. Victoria).
- Sundial Studios (715 Kimball Ave) features the acrylic whimsical landscape work of artist Mary Hattrup.
- Meet authors Melissa Broughton (Cowboy Dad) and Petrine Day Mitchum (Hollywood Hoofbeats) at The Book Den (15 E. Anapamu).
- Jodi House (625 Chapala) presents an evening of art and music, hosted by members and staff.
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1st Thursday: After Hours
Your evening continues with
1st Thursday: After Hours (7:30-9:30 pm) at:
Santa Barbara Historical Museum
(136 East de la Guerra St.)
Join The Museum tonight to keep the party going, Museum-style! Be entertained by DJ Darla Bea, mixing the best holiday music with reinvented favorites, along with pop-up performances and fun. Celebrate Santa Barbara history and explore the Museum's exhibitions
with a chance to win prizes, a no-host bar, light fare-all while socializing with
Downtown friends and arts supporters.
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Keep the fun going in Santa Barbara's Historic Cultural & Theatre District as the Santa Barbara Historical Museum, Granada Theatre, the Ensemble Theatre Company at the New Vic,
the Arlington Theatre and the Lobero Theatre host
1st Thursday: After Hours every month, proving that there's always something happening in the Downtown Cultural District - you just have to know where to look.
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Save the Date:
Santa Barbara International Film Festival
And Film Fest
The 31st annual Santa Barbara International Film Festival will take place from Wednesday, February 3rd through Saturday, February 13, 2016. Always an exciting week and a half in Downtown Santa Barbara, this year promises to be especially thrilling.
Award honorees include Johnny Depp (Maltin Modern Master Award), both Brie Larson and Saoirse Ronan (Outstanding Performers of the Year Award), and cast members of the blisteringly true drama, "Spotlight," including Michael Keaton, Mark Ruffalo and Rachel McAdams, all receiving the American Riviera Award. Click here to purchase tickets or passes.
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The flavors of Santa Barbara can be experienced and tasted within each of our restaurants, tasting rooms, lounges and bars until the very last bite or sip. And, for eleven straight days, savory gets even sweeter in Santa Barbara during Film Feast, our community wide invitation to explore the best plates and pours throughout Santa Barbara during the Santa Barbara International Film Festival (February 3-13).
You are invited to indulge in special menus, tasting flights and more,
all based on the theme, "A Perfect Pairing."
This is where the greatest things come together. Ocean meets mountains.
Sunny meets year-round.The good life meets the great life.
Click here for more info.
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Non-Profits to Know
The Mission of Peoples' Self-Help Housing is to provide affordable housing and programs leading to self-sufficiency for low-income families, seniors,
and other special needs groups on California's Central Coast.
"Stuff the Bus," in collaboration with Santa Barbara MTD, helps gather toys for the children of PSHH's affordable housing units. With Santa Claus aboard a Downtown Shuttle, volunteers gather the loaded toy boxes of unwrapped toys - often the only present under the tree for many of these kids. To donate a toy (ages infant to 15), call 699-7220, or look for the colorfully wrapped donation boxes (including at the Downtown Santa Barbara offices). The "Stuff the Bus" bus, loaded with full toy boxes, will make its way down State Street on Wednesday, December 16th.
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Here's the BUZZ on new Downtown Santa Barbara members:
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Downtown Santa Barbara Board of Directors
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President
*Gene McKnight
IGF Partners, LLC
Vice President
*Matt LaBrie
LYNX Management Inc.
Treasurer
*Traci Taitt
The Towbes Group
Secretary
*Michael Jordan
HUB International
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*Executive Committee members |
Lynn Adams
Santa Barbara Arts
David Asbell Lobero Theatre
David Beardon Santa Barbara Frame Shop and Gallery *Ginny Brush County Arts Commission
Kim Clark
Noozhawk Marge Cafarelli
Urban Developments
Genny Cummings Indigo Interiors
David de L'Arbe Santa Barbara Travel Bureau
William Duval Law Office of William Duval |
Jerry Estrada
Santa Barbara Metropolitan Transit District
Larry Feinberg Santa Barbara Museum of Art Joanne Funari The Bank of Santa Barbara Allison Griffin Sonos, Inc.
Ed Holdren
Holdren's Steaks & Seafood
Jarrell Jackman SB Trust for Historic Preservation
Kathy Janega-Dykes Visit Santa Barbara
Laura Knight Pascucci
*Dave Lombardi Distinctive Framing 'n' Art |
*Jamie Perez
Montecito Bank & Trust
Randy Rowse Paradise Cafe Brad Sherman
Nectar and Aldo's Italian Restaurant
Sarah Sinclair
Santa Barbara Independent
Craig Springer
SB Center for the
Performing Arts
*Tammy Steuart Metropolitan Theatres
*Bob Stout Wildcat Lounge
Tina Takaya Opal Restaurant and Bar
Randy Weiss Union Bank
*Mark Whitehurst CASA Magazine |
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Downtown Santa Barbara Staff
Executive Director
Marketing & Communications Director
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Julian Castillo
Plaza Crew Supervisor
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Events Coordinator
State Street Team
Brandon Alt, Stone Roshell |
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And I Quote:
"If you're not in the parade, you watch the parade. That's life."
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Downtown Santa Barbara | 27-B East de la Guerra Street | 805-962-2098
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