2010 Schedule of Events
Event Poster - Event
Brochure
THURSDAY, SEPT. 16,
10:00AM
Cabrillo Festival in Ensenada, Baja California, commemorating
Cabrillo’s
arrival in Todos Santos Bay, 1542. Photos of Ensenada
Cabrillo Festival
MONDAY, SEPT. 20, 2:00 PM
Cabrillo and Miss Cabrillo Festival visit the San Diego City Council,
City Administration Building.
TUESDAY, SEPT. 21, 9:00 AM
Cabrillo and Miss Cabrillo Festival visit the San Diego County Board
of Supervisors, County Administration Building.
SATURDAY, SEPT. 25, 9:00 AM - 5:00
PM
Cabrillo National Monument. Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo and the
Age of
Exploration exhibit in the visitor center exhibit room (9 AM - 5 PM);
16th-century Spanish soldiers/sailors living history encampment in
front of visitor center (11 AM - 4 PM); In Search of Cabrillo
film in the visitor center auditorium (10 AM, 2 PM and 4 PM); Junior
Ranger Programs (inquire
at the visitor center information desk, 9 AM - 5 PM); Cabrillo Store
(9 AM
- 5 PM).
SATURDAY, SEPT. 25, 4:00 - 5:00 PM
Commemorative Ceremony and Wreath Laying honoring Juan Rodríguez
Cabrillo (Joao Rodrigues Cabrilho) at Cabrillo National Monument,
San Diego's
National Park. Keynote address by Joseph Sanchez, Ph. D., National
Park Service Historian and Superintendent of the Spanish Colonial
Research Center and Petroglyph National Monument in Albuquerque,
New Mexico. Band
concert by Navy Band Southwest and Kumeyaay wildcat songs by Jon Meza
Cuero
and the Aukas.
SATURDAY, SEPT. 25, 6:00 PM
Cabrillo Discovery Celebration Dinner-Dance, S.E.S. Hall, 281 8 Avenida
de Portugal, Point Loma. 6:00 PM no host cocktails, 7:00 PM Dinner,
followed by dancing. Sponsored by Cabrillo
Civic Club #16 of San Diego and Portuguese American Social and Civic
Club. For information, call 619.426.0769 or 619.221.8084.
SUNDAY, SEPT. 26, 11:00 AM — 3:30
PM
Cabrillo Festival at Ballast Point, Naval Base Point Loma, south
end of Rosecrans Street. FREE ADMISSION. There will be music, dancing,
children’s activities and foods of Native Americans, Mexico,
Portugal and Spain. Kumeyaay basket making and acorn preparation
demonstrations, knot tying and 16th century Spanish soldiers living
history encampment. Re-enactment of Cabrillo’s landing on Ballast
Point begins at 1:00 PM narrated by San Diego TV personality Jack
White.