By Daily Press staff
Spend a magical day near the beach at Canyon Charter School’s 110th Annual Fiesta and Silent Auction, scheduled for April 25, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at 421 Entrada Dr.
Throwing a carnival is a time-honored tradition at the school because Fiesta dates to 1894. Back then, the library was a one-room schoolhouse on the Marquez family land grant. Fiesta now symbolizes the celebration of Canyon’s rich Latin heritage. It also is how this highly ranked public school raises funds to enhance the instructional program with additional activities.
Attendees can dance the day away to Mariachis and chomp down on Corn Maiden tamales. The playground will be transformed into an amusement park. The rides include a giant 45-foot ferris wheel, a roller coaster, super spinning slime buckets and an inflatable rat race obstacle course. There also will be game booths like scoop the frogs, mini basketball and a suction dart board. Other favorites include a water balloon toss and a cake walk, where winners take home desserts. Children can redeem their game tickets for prizes, so no one leaves empty-handed.
Shoppers can flip for prizes of their own as Canyon’s newly refurbished auditorium plays host to a silent auction. With an array of over 500 items priced as low as $5 to a high of $5,000, there is literally something for everyone, organizers said. Items such as two passes to the Hollywood premiere of “Spiderman 2,” a week at a beach resort in Cancun, Mexico, and a backstage tour of Nickelodeon’s animation studio will be available to bid on. Other items include fancy hotels, cruises, local restaurants, gift baskets, signed movie, music and sports memorabilia, concert tickets and goodies for the kids.
Admission is free. Parking, including shuttle service to the school, is available at Marix Restaurant, 118 Entrada Dr. For more information, call (310) 454-2566, (310) 821-2221, (310) 399-2121 or Canyon Charter School (310) 454-7510.
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on April 19, 2004. Read the original PDF.