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Menendez
Birthday Celebration
& Los Floridanos Luncheon
Mark your calendars for the weekend of celebration Feb.
27th thru Feb. 29th.
UPDATED
INFO:
It's Festival time! The Menendez Birthday
Festivities will be Feb. 27th thru Feb. 29th.
We
will again host a Friday Luncheon for visiting Spanish
and Menorcan dignitaries and performers. The Luncheon
will be open to the public. Members and guest need to
make reservations by sending a check to P.O. Box 4043,
St. Augustine, Fl 32085 or paying at the February Breakfast.
Cost for attendees will be $7.00. Make your reservations
now so we may have a good count. Be sure to come and enjoy!
Last year we had 85 attendees with live entertainment.
Don't
forget to wear your Los Floridanos gear during the weekend.
Our flags will also be flying on the Bridge of Lions and
Bayfront in honor of our descendants, if you haven't seen
them you won't want to miss them. It's a moving sight.
Below is a schedule of most of the events
Friday,
February 27
12:00
Los Floridanos Luncheon for Dignitaries and Es Rebost
at Government House
NOCHE
NAUTICA (Nautical Night)
Celebration, on the Bavfront, Plaza & Colonial Spanish
Quarter Museum,
FIESTA EL CAPITAN (Party for the Captain)
At Colonial Spanish Quarter Museum
Public Invited - Free admission
4:00
pm Naval Junior ROTC Unit, Nease High School.
Menendez High School Marching Band march up St. George
Street, Cuna Street to
Bayfont; then South Lawn of the Castillo de San Marcos.
Ships assemble at Porpoise Point.
Escort of dignitaries from Fort to Bayfront by re-enactors.
ES REBOST and Paso Fino Stallion horses participate.
(Additional escort leads audience from Spanish Quarter
to Bayfront)
5:00 pm Patriotic Opening - Bayfront, Castillo de San
Marcos south lawn.
Navy Band Southeast of Jacksonville
Official Opening - Mayor George Gardner
Honors to dignitaries \
Spanish & U.S. National Anthems - Mayors salute colors
5:30pm Outback Crabshack starts serving dinner with Cervezas
and Sangria. Reasonably priced dinner
till tickets available.
Closing Entertainment starts with Sea Shantey song fest,
and Archeologist Chester DePratter's
Demonstration.
Men of Menendez (16th century re-enactors)
At
the Bavfront
5:30pm Salute & Herald to ships - cannon fire from
Castillo
Ships empty guns as a sign of friendship, Bayfront re-enactors
return salutes.
Arrival and introduction of ships.
Don Pedro Menendez disembarks from his ship.
Volly of Joy - re-enactors, gun and cannon fire end the
evening.
Dignitaries and ES REBOST are escorted from the bayfront
to the Colonial Spanish Quarter gate.
6:30pm
FIESTA EL CAPITAN continues in Colonial Spanish Quarter
Museum
till Renactors, captains & crew gather for Captain's
Party.
8:15 pm Champion stallions of the Paso Fino Breeders Club
dance to Luis Mario's Latin Band High School. Drama Students
perform.
Flamenco de La Costa dancing.
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 28
DISEMBARKMENT
OF MENENDEZ FROM HIS SHIP & GRAN PASEO PARADE
At the Colonial Spanish Quarter Museum
10:30am
FIESTA EL CAPITAN continues with food by Outback Crabshack.
Living History Pavilion demonstrates life in the 16th
Century.
Theatre Wagon - Com media dell'Arte.
History Stories, Jugglers, Fire-eater, Jesters, Crafters,
Dancers
Sangria & Beer sales
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At the Bayfront
11: 15 am Dignitary Procession from Aviles Street-to Bayfront,
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ES REBOST sings on the Bayfront.
Don Pedro Menendez disembarks from his ship.
12:00
GRAN PASEO (Grand Parade) down the Bayfront with Menendez
leading.
At
the Plaza de la Constitucion
12:40pm Birthday greetings from the King's Balcony, Government
House.
Proclamation and Introduction of visiting dignitaries.
Menendez and parade continues up St. George Street.
At
Colonial Spanish Quarter Museum
FIESTA EL CAPITAN continues with food by Outback Crabshack.
1:15pm
Concert by St. Augustine High School Guitar Ensemble
Performances by Paso Fino stallion, EI Chino del Batey,
2:00pm ES REBOST performs
Commedia del'Arte performs on stage, 16th century comedy
Best Look Alike Menendez mustache and beard contest, poster
signing
Maribel with Aire de Sevilla dance Sevillanas, Murrell
Weissinger
High School drama students perform.
4:30pm Champion stallion horses, Paso Fino Breeders Club
dance.
Local Entertainment.
NOCHE
DE GALA At the Lightner Museum
7:00
pm 16th Century Masked Ball, the Lightner Museum. Ticketed
event. Reservations(904-825-5087)
SUNDAY
FEBRUARY 29
At the Colonial SlJanish Quarter Museum
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10: 30am to 5:00 pm
FIESTA EI CAPITAN continues with food by Outback Crabshack.
Champion stallion horses of the Paso Fino Breeder's Club
High School Drama Students perform
Local dance or music
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