US Open Sandcastle Competition
Sand Castles at Imperial Beach
Phone Numbers
619-424-6663
7/22/11 – 7/24/11
Friday July 22, 2011
The Sandcastle Dance kicks off the weekend at the Imperial Beach Boys and Girls Club. This 21 and up event is filled with live music and great company, and is a wonderful way to start off what is sure to be a fun filled weekend! Saturday July 23, 2011
In Imperial Beach, California, on Saturday, July 23rd, the street festival begins. Vendors set up for the weekend activities. Continued with entertainment, food, arts and crafts, and lots of fun. Visitors stroll up and down Seacoast Drive, closed to traffic for the event, taking in the sights, sounds, and other sensory experiences of everything the U.S. Open Sandcastle Competition has to offer. The musical entertainment, selected from a wide variety of family friendly local acts, draws a huge crowd every year. The Kids-N-Kastles Competition is held on Saturday afternoon. Sunday July 24, 2011
On Sunday July 24th, the official U.S. Open Sandcastle Competition will be held. This is the championship of sandcastle building where the professional sand carvers vie for the title of Master's Champion. Professional and amateur sand carving teams throughout the U.S. will compete in the sandcastle building competition with more than $21,000 in cash prizes. Trained representatives for the US Open Sandcastle Competition will judge all categories. The weekend festivities conclude when the teams are presented with titles and cash prizes presented at the Awards ceremony. Sandcastle building begins at 9:00 am and concludes at 2:00 pm. Sculptures are only available for viewing until 4:00 pm due to the tides.
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