Way Back When – Post-Quake Fiesta

There was a Fiesta celebration after the June 1925 quake, but it was reduced from a week to two days. However, there was plenty of the usual excitement. The first night, there was music, songs, and dancing in Santa Barbara High School’s newly built Peabody Stadium. The horse parade was held at the stadium as well.

“Flashing smiles and flashing searchlights, clinking heels and clinking stirrups, soft music and soft voices – and all Santa Barbara there to see it … the spirit of Old Spain in Santa Barbara … Forgotten for a night were the masses of crumbling ruins on Estado [State Street], forgotten five weeks of strain and trouble; only the laughter and gaiety of ‘A Night in Spain’ were remembered.” – Santa Barbara Morning Press, August 15, 1925

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