Fiesta La Ballona is a giant family fun zone, but one area of Veterans Park will especially be targeted for families of all types at the “Contests in the Park” attraction at the Disney Radio stage near the petting zoo, pony rides, carnival and Cycle City.
When Fiesta reconvenes the weekend of Aug. 24-26, Culver City service clubs, schools, city agencies, elected officials and local youth will compete in relay contests at 1:30 on Saturday and Sunday.
The Fire Dept. bucket brigade relay race to Save the City Council and school officials follows at 2:30. Disney actors and Culver City Recreation Leaders will conduct the contests and cheerlead.
“Teams will be chest bumping and raising havoc in the games we have planned for them,” says School Board member Laura Chardiet, who has lined up judges and commentators for the relays and bucket brigade.
Board member Kathy Paspalis and former Board President Scott Zeidman will provide expert analysis at the Disney Radio dais.
Participants start on the walkway spiral leading to the playground area, ascend the twister stair, scale the climbing wall, hang on the rings, slide down the fireman pole, crawl through a rescue tube and bang the bell at the finish of the Wizard of Oz obstacle course.
The Essential Chocolate Ice Cream Eating Contest will be conducted at 4 on Saturday and Sunday in the dining tent.
While Ms. Chardiet is racing against the clock, community service clubs, PTAs, teachers, students and neighborhood kids will compete in the Fire Dept. bucket brigade to save the lives of stranded City Council and Culver City public school officials stranded in a smoke-filled tent at Fiesta La Ballona.
Competitors must transfer pails of water from one vessel to another, minimizing spills and overcoming obstacles.
The bucket brigade is a Fire Dept. ire that resembles training firefighters use to keep their lifesaving skills sharp.
“This one will all be in good fun,” said Fire Dept. captain Jorge Kurowski, who knows about fun, having worked for the Recreation Dept. in his young adult years.
