Sandcastle festival returns to Seaside this weekend

Published 5:00 pm Thursday, September 19, 2002

SEASIDE – Creatures and castles arise from the sand in front of the Turnaround this weekend as the Seaside Chamber of Commerce hosts the third annual Sand Sculpture and Beach Festival.

The event emerged in the year 2000 as a way to continue to celebrate Seaside and the beach after the peak of the summer season.

A free sand sculpture workshop taught by Bert Adams is scheduled from 3 to 5 p.m. at the Turnaround today, followed by solo and team sculpture competitions 11:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.

A highlight of the event will be the solo masters division, in which experts create sand-sational works over the course of the weekend.

The festival also includes plans for a Christmas scene created by sand-sculpting team Hard Sand Cafe, with which visitors can have photographs taken for the holidays.

Registration in an array of categories will precede the competition Saturday morning.

More information, including a detailed list of events and competition rules, is available by contacting the Chamber of Commerce at www.seasidechamber.com or at (800) 444-6740.