Kids Pet Parade
San Juan Capistrano, Calif. – The San Juan Capistrano Fiesta Association will hold their annual membership drive on Friday, January 11 from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. at San Juan Hills Golf Club in San Juan Capistrano. The event includes food, music, door prizes and no host bar and costs $10 to attend or is complimentary with paid membership or renewal.
Membership provides both financial support to the nonprofit Fiesta Association and members serve as key volunteers at events including Taste of San Juan, Kids Pet Parade, El Presidente Ball, Fiesta Grande, Hoos’Gow Day and the Mercado Street Fair and 55th Swallows Day Parade on Saturday, March 23, 2013. Membership dues are $30.00 per year for individuals and $50 per year for families.
The San Juan Capistrano Fiesta Association is an all-volunteer organization that manages and produces the annual Swallows Day Parade and other Fiesta de las Golondrinas events throughout the year. A nonprofit, nonpolitical organization, the Fiesta Association is led by a board of directors and is entirely self-funded through membership dues, donations and various fundraising activities.
Fiesta Association members are well known in the community for their attire in white shirts, black pants, black vest and black felt hat reflective of a cowpuncher between 1850-1900. All volunteers must be members to participate as volunteers in the Fiesta de las Golondrinas events. Over 250 volunteers are needed on parade day to assist with traffic control and parade line-up in addition to security and booth management at the Mercado Street Fair.
San Juan Hills Golf Club is located at 32120 San Juan Creek Road in San Juan Capistrano. For information about the Membership Mixer, e-mail manonnweiler@yahoo.com or visit www.swallowsparade.org to download information and application.
About the Fiesta de las Golondrinas and the San Juan Capistrano Fiesta Association
The Swallows Day Parade is the outgrowth of a school carnival held in the 1950’s to celebrate the return of the swallows. The carnival later added a local equestrian parade, trail ride and a western dance. Various activities have been added and dropped over the years, but the Swallows Day Parade continues under the leadership of the nonprofit organization known as the San Juan Capistrano Fiesta Association. In 1987, a number of civic organizations joined with the Fiesta Association to form a month long celebration known as the “Fiesta de Las Golondrinas.”
2013 Fiesta de las Golondrinas Schedule of Events
New Member Mixer
Friday, January 11 – San Juan Hills Golf Club
Hairiest Man Sign Up
Saturday, January, 12 – The Swallow’s Inn/Hair of the Dog Barber Shop
Taste of San Juan
Tuesday, February, 12 – San Juan Hills Golf Course
Kids Pet Parade
Sunday, February, 24 – Zoomars Petting Zoo
*(Rain Date – March 3)
El Presidente Ball
Saturday, March, 16 – El Adobe Restaurant
Fiesta Grande
Wednesday, March 20 – The Swallow’s Inn
Hoos’Gow Day
Friday, March, 22 – Throughout San Juan Capistrano
55th Swallows Day Parade & Mercado Street Faire
Saturday, March 23
Barbara Kimler
San Juan Capistrano Fiesta Association
