Texas Citrus Fiesta

Nonfiction, Art & Architecture, Photography, Pictorials, History, Travel, Museums, Tours, & Points of Interest
Cover of the book Texas Citrus Fiesta by Karen Gerhardt Fort, Mission Historical Museum, Inc., Arcadia Publishing Inc.
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Karen Gerhardt Fort, Mission Historical Museum, Inc. ISBN: 9781439649305
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing Inc. Publication: January 12, 2015
Imprint: Arcadia Publishing Language: English
Author: Karen Gerhardt Fort, Mission Historical Museum, Inc.
ISBN: 9781439649305
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing Inc.
Publication: January 12, 2015
Imprint: Arcadia Publishing
Language: English

The Texas Citrus Fiesta has remained an exciting celebration since its beginnings in 1932. At that time, Mission civic leaders decided to promote the citrus industry through a festival featuring decorated streets and store windows, a parade, coronation of a king and queen, a court with ladies-in-waiting, a queen's ball, exhibits for citrus growers, and a variety of contests and activities. Social leaders, working through their clubs, added a style show of costumes covered with fruit, vegetable, and flower pieces. Children marched in their own unique parade. The Golden Grapefruit Golf Tournament was added in 1934. Today, directors of the Texas Citrus Fiesta continue these traditional events and others added since 1932. The creativity inspired by the festival, the recognition of regional participants, and the experienced planning needed to accommodate thousands of residents and visitors combine to make Mission's annual Texas Citrus Fiesta a premier event in the Lower Rio Grande Valley.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

The Texas Citrus Fiesta has remained an exciting celebration since its beginnings in 1932. At that time, Mission civic leaders decided to promote the citrus industry through a festival featuring decorated streets and store windows, a parade, coronation of a king and queen, a court with ladies-in-waiting, a queen's ball, exhibits for citrus growers, and a variety of contests and activities. Social leaders, working through their clubs, added a style show of costumes covered with fruit, vegetable, and flower pieces. Children marched in their own unique parade. The Golden Grapefruit Golf Tournament was added in 1934. Today, directors of the Texas Citrus Fiesta continue these traditional events and others added since 1932. The creativity inspired by the festival, the recognition of regional participants, and the experienced planning needed to accommodate thousands of residents and visitors combine to make Mission's annual Texas Citrus Fiesta a premier event in the Lower Rio Grande Valley.

More books from Arcadia Publishing Inc.

Cover of the book Jersey Shore Food History by Karen Gerhardt Fort, Mission Historical Museum, Inc.
Cover of the book Lake Mead by Karen Gerhardt Fort, Mission Historical Museum, Inc.
Cover of the book Glen Rose, Texas by Karen Gerhardt Fort, Mission Historical Museum, Inc.
Cover of the book Ramona by Karen Gerhardt Fort, Mission Historical Museum, Inc.
Cover of the book The Osborn by Karen Gerhardt Fort, Mission Historical Museum, Inc.
Cover of the book Haunts of the White City by Karen Gerhardt Fort, Mission Historical Museum, Inc.
Cover of the book Jamestown and Western Tuolumne County by Karen Gerhardt Fort, Mission Historical Museum, Inc.
Cover of the book The St. Albans Raid: Confederate Attack on Vermont by Karen Gerhardt Fort, Mission Historical Museum, Inc.
Cover of the book Great Falls of Paterson by Karen Gerhardt Fort, Mission Historical Museum, Inc.
Cover of the book Harrison by Karen Gerhardt Fort, Mission Historical Museum, Inc.
Cover of the book Granada Hills by Karen Gerhardt Fort, Mission Historical Museum, Inc.
Cover of the book Cottage Grove by Karen Gerhardt Fort, Mission Historical Museum, Inc.
Cover of the book Organized Crime in Miami by Karen Gerhardt Fort, Mission Historical Museum, Inc.
Cover of the book The Space Shuttle Endeavour by Karen Gerhardt Fort, Mission Historical Museum, Inc.
Cover of the book Roxborough by Karen Gerhardt Fort, Mission Historical Museum, Inc.
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy