Posted 3/16/17 – On a hot sunny day that my phone tells me reached 90 degrees, the Sierra Madre Chamber of Commerce hosted it’s annual Wistaria Festival today. Noticing an unusually high incidence of emergency personnel on the boulevard today, I spoke to SM Police Chief Larry Giannone at about 3pm, and as of then, there had been two calls to the festival for heat, one for a sprained ankle, and one for a bee sting. The vine itself appears to have peaked prior to the festival, as there were very few blossoms and quite a few leaves (the vine gets covered with leaves after the blooms, we’re told).
Here are the photos I shot at the festival and the vine today…I didn’t shoot much in the way of video. I did get some video of the Gem City Jazz Cats, including a tribute to their leader Clyde Towles, who worked here in town at Prudential California Realty and passed away recently. Services for Clyde will be Friday the 21st at the Foothills Lutheran Church, 4630 Wheeler Ave. in La Verne at 1:30pm. I’ll be posting the video soon.
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- Sierra Madre Garden Club
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- Ditto
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- Rotary’s famous Tri-tip on the grill
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- Rotary’s Dave Ruprecht handing out samples
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- 15 year old artist Camellia Steele with her dad – Camellia started her art classes here in town at Mission Renaissance Art.
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- More of Camellia’s work
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- Last shot of Camellia’s art
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- SM Friends of the Art booth, they organized the Artist’s Alley on Windsor
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- Band leader Clyde Towles passed away last week
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- Annual Festival Post Office stamp cancellation
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- Mission: Renaissance Fine Art Classes booth in front of their storefront
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- HAM Radio operators help with logistics
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- Volunteer Marta Capoccia helps with loading passengers
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- Unfortunately, the vine was past its prime this year.
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- Kiwanians and Rotarians, talking together…all the stars must be aligned…
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- Kay Sappington at the SMRFA booth
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- Sierra Madre’s 2015 Rose Float entry
