ALL'S FAIR ON STREET; THOUSANDS PARTICIPATE IN CAMARILLO FIESTA.Byline: Sylvia L. Oliande Daily News Staff Writer After moving to several sites throughout the city and enduring a few rough years of slightly diminished attendance, the Camarillo Fiesta and Street Fair might have found a new, permanent home in one of the oldest sections of town. Part farmers' market farm·ers' market n. A public market at which farmers and often other vendors sell produce directly to consumers. Also called greenmarket. , part old-fashioned fair, part carnival and part craft show, the street fair has something for many tastes, and thousands of people walked Ventura Boulevard Ventura Boulevard is one of the primary east-west thouroughfares in the San Fernando Valley; as it was originally a part of the El Camino Real (the trail between Spanish missions), Ventura Boulevard is the oldest route in the San Fernando Valley. It was also U.S. on Saturday taking it all in. The fiesta actually began Friday night with a small carnival and will continue from 11:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. today. ``I'm an optimist, so I'm always expecting something good,'' Mike Morgan
Hollywood Boulevard is a boulevard in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States, beginning at Sunset Boulevard in the east and running northwest to Vermont Avenue, where it straightens out here last night. I think we've found a new home.'' Merchants of all kinds lined up in the middle of the town's main drag, which was closed to traffic between Fir Street and Arneill Road. They showed items from flowers and jewelry jewelry, personal adornments worn for ornament or utility, to show rank or wealth, or to follow superstitious custom or fashion. The most universal forms of jewelry are the necklace, bracelet, ring, pin, and earring. to health club memberships and face painting. Game booths and carnival rides competed for attention with bluegrass bluegrass, any species of the large and widely distributed genus Poa, chiefly range and pasture grasses of economic importance in temperate and cool regions. In general, bluegrasses are perennial with fine-leaved foliage that is bluish green in some species. bands, a clog-dancing troop, mariachis and Cajun bands on the main stage. A testament to the city's rural and suburban cultures, men in cowboy boots and hats mixed with people in T-shirts and tennis shoes tennis shoes npl → zapatillas fpl de tenis tennis shoes npl → (chaussures fpl de) tennis mpl tennis shoes tennis . The festival served a dual purpose this year, continuing the decades-long tradition and promoting the city's downtown area. Ventura Boulevard is part of a revitalization effort the city has undertaken to lure people to shopping areas. It seemed to work, as customers wandered through the stores along the boulevard, some seeing them for the first time. ``With all the new retail development in the city, it is nice, especially for the longtime residents, to see the real downtown area be the center of attention again,'' said Barton Stern, president of the Camarillo Chamber of Commerce. When the event was established more than 50 years ago, it was held in October and commemorated the birthday of the city's namesake, Adolfo Camarillo. Many people said they were annual visitors to the fiesta, which has been held at Constitution Park, the community center, the Old Camarillo House and, last year, at Camarillo High School. Most visitors said they were experiencing the fiesta for the first time, and they liked it. ``It's really nice,'' said Vita Vasquez, who attended with her neighbors and her grandchildren GRANDCHILDREN, domestic relations. The children of one's children. Sometimes these may claim bequests given in a will to children, though in general they can make no such claim. 6 Co. 16. . ``We drove by last night and decided to check it out. It's bigger than I thought it was going to be.'' CAPTION(S): 3 Photos PHOTO (1--Color in Conejo Edition only) As thousands roam Ventura Boulevard on Saturday during the Camarillo street fair, a trio of young girls enjoys the thrills aboard the Round Up ride. (2--3--Color) Connie Steele of Simi Valley Simi Valley (sē`mē, sĭm`ē), city (1990 pop. 100,217), Ventura co., SW Calif. in an oil, fruit, and farm region; laid out 1887, inc. 1969. , above, performs with the Santa Rossetta Cloggers, while Oxnard-resident Christine Colvin, at left, enjoys the hat she purchased. Joe Binoya/Special to the Daily News |
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