Bedell, Nelson, Harbert Insurance
$150 donation
DeLaVeaga Properties
$100 donation
David Beccaria
$100 donation
Don and Bon Santos
$100 donation
Fargoe and Galvin Glass
$50 donation
Frank Hill
caricatures
Kennolyn Camps
games
Labor Ready
manpower
Outdoor Visions
$50 donation
santacrukids.com
web site
Soquel Texaco
$100 donation
Ted Maddock Signs
graphic design
Tom Schot Benches
$50 donation
Woodworm:
prizes and balloons

T-shirts are all sold out!

The Sesquicentennial Celebration
took place on
Sunday, September 29, 2002
from
noon until 5 pm on Porter Street in downtown Soquel.

It was a great success! There were thousands of happy attendees and the music was wonderful...thanks to our many volunteers.

The festivities included a barbeque at Soquel Elementary School on Porter Street, tours of the Daubenbiss House and Porter Memorial Library, merchant booths and bluegrass music and a brass band. Historical displays were on hand, as well as tours and music at the Congregational Church on Soquel Drive, and an antique car show. Children enjoyed the games.

Other related events:

Monthly lectures at the Porter Library
at 3050 Porter Street, Soquel
The programsare free and open to the public. For more infomation, call 475-3326

Please feel free to email us to contribute information, photos, or stories to our site.

We are also looking for artifacts of Soquel's past. For more information, email David Beccaria

or Kitty Hansen at kitty@santacruzkids.com

RAFFLE and T-SHIRT SALES, need 10 people, walk around and sell tickets to the raffle and T-shirt sales, 12-3pm,

SET UP, 10 people, set up booths, BBQ at the Grange, and school site, meet at the school site at 9:00am

CLEAN UP, 10 people, tear down and clean up booths, BBQ at Grange, and school site. Replenish garbage can bags, and handle trash at end of event

TRAFFIC and PARKING, need 15 people, to direct traffic and parking, 2 hour shifts

PETTING and BUTTING ZOO, need 4 people, 2-hour shifts

INFORMATION BOOTH, need 9 people, give directions and answer questions, 3 at a time for 1-1/2 hours each.

CHILDREN'S GAMES: 23 people needed, set up, tear down games at the school site, popcorn and lemonade stand, 2-hour shifts

ANTIQUE CAR DISPLAY, need 3 people, be at the car show and help, 2 hour shifts

MUSIC: need 5 people, set up, trouble shoot, tear down music equipment at Soquel Elementary school site

All Day
(see map for locations)
Historic Soquel Photos at the Soquel Library on Porter Street
Historic Class Photos at the Soquel Elementary School on Porter Street
Sandy Lydon, Historian, Video at the Lighthouse Christian Fellowship on Soquel Drive
Historic Tours and Music at the Soquel Congregational Church on Soquel Drive
Antique Car Display in the parking lot adjacent to the Elementary School on Porter Street
Booths of all kinds at the Booth Area on Porter Street
Children’s games at the Game Area on Porter Street
Raffle at the Information Booth (see items above) in the Booth area on Porter Street
Caricatures by Frank Hill at the Booth Area on Porter Street

Events at Soquel Elementary School Site
on Porter Street
(see map for locations)
12:00 – 1:00pm, Music by The Monterey Brass Heralds
1:00 – 2:00pm, Music by The Brookdale Bluegrass Band
2:00 – 2:15pm, Music by The Watsonville Band
2:15 – 2:30pm Introduction & Proclamations of Community Leaders 2:30 – 3:15pm, Music by The Watsonville Band
4:00 – 5:00pm, The Mike Hadley Band

Congregational Church of Soquel
(see map for locations)
12:00 pm - 5:00 pm, Historic Displays, Tours of the Sanctuary and Church Campus, Children's Crafts, Free Bounce House, New Horizon's School Open House, Complimentary Cookies and Lemonade

1:00 pm - 2:00 pm in the Courtyard Steel Drum Band
3:00 - 4:30 pm in the Courtyard Old-Timey and Bluegrass Music
"The Birch Lake Ramblers"
"Eric Burman and the Lunatic Fringe"
Congregational Church Ensemble during the day

Events at Other Locations
(see map for locations)
12:00 noon – 2:00pm, Tea and music at the historic Daubenbiss House, Soquel Drive near Robertson Road
4:00pm, Unveiling of the new plaque dedicating the Bargetto Bridge to Lawrence Bargetto by the Bargetto family.

Barbecues and Other Food
(see map for locations)
D’anna’s Deli: near the courtyard of D’Anna’s off Porter Street
Aldo’s: Barbecued Calamari near the parking lot behind Aldos (off Porter Street)
Lighthouse Christian Fellowship: Barbecued Tri-Tip Sandwiches at the Soquel Grange Hall off Porter
Michael’s on Main Restaurant in the Booth area
The Fish Lady serving clam chowder in the Booth area