[Editor’s Note: With the historic Fiesta La Ballona scheduled to launch two weeks from today, the weekend of Aug. 24-26, at Vets Park, Mr. Culver City sketches a data-based profile.]
By the numbers
Fiesta La Ballona's fast figures
62: year anniversary
108: booths
103: highest recorded temperature
132: attractions
173: volunteers
760: cups of beer consumed last year
20,000: expected guests
Latest and greatest for 2012 Fiesta La Ballona
Most at Fiesta La Ballona
• Highest participation of groups, businesses and agencies in 40 years
• Most attractions in 40 years
• Largest group of volunteers in 40 years
• Most roving performers in 40 years
• Greatest percentage of homegrown performers in 30 years
• Most sponsors in 30 years
• Greatest number of cycling activities
• Largest bike valet
• Highest rate of recycling
• Greatest marketing mix
• Largest Fiesta La Ballona display at Historical Society Center
• Most dessert choices
First at Fiesta La Ballona
• Fire Dept. muster and bucket brigade in 45 years
• Vintage Culver City cars, trucks, bikes and pokey together in 40 years
• Culver City High School water polo exhibition in 40 years
• Service club and schools challenge in 32 years
• Pokey in 25 years
• Fiesta La Ballona Grand Marshal in 25 years
• Bike parade in 21 years
Scoutarama
• Fire Dept mist zone
• Health and lifestyle fitness sessions
• Culver City Historical Society “Honoree of the Year”
• Tennis and Paddle Tennis Fest
• Five-person bicycle competition
• Middle School committee chairperson
• Run, swim and cycle events the same year
