2014 Fiesta Association Membership Mixer Returns to San Juan Hills Golf Club on January 17

The San Juan Capistrano Fiesta Association will hold their annual membership drive on Friday, January 17 from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. at San Juan Hills Golf Club in San Juan Capistrano. The event includes an Italian buffet dinner, music, door prizes and no host bar and cost to attend is $20 or complimentary for new members joining that evening.

Fiesta Association 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 56^th Swallows Day Parade Mercado Street Fair on Saturday, March 22, 2014. 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 ninaleone@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.”

2014 Fiesta de las Golondrinas Schedule of Events

New Member Mixer

Friday, January 17 – San Juan Hills Golf Club

Hairiest Man Sign Up

Saturday, January 11 – The Swallow’s Inn/Hair of the Dog Barber Shop

Taste of San Juan

Wednesday, February 20 – El Adobe Restaurant

Kids Pet Parade

Sunday, February 23 – Zoomars Petting Zoo

*(Rain Date – March 2)

El Presidente Ball

Saturday, March 8 – El Adobe Restaurant