UNION-TRIBUNE
September 25, 2008

POINT LOMA - The 45th annual Cabrillo Festival, which honors the first European explorer to visit what is now San Diego, will take place this weekend in Point Loma.

The event will run from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at the Cabrillo National Monument - at the southern end of Catalina Boulevard - and from 11 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Sunday at Ballast Point on the Point Loma Naval Base, which is at the southern end of Rosecrans Avenue.

Festivities will include a concert starting at 4 p.m. Saturday near the Cabrillo statue, with performers such as the Navy Band Southwest Brass Ensemble and American Indians singing Kumeyaay bird songs.

The Sunday open house at the naval base will feature a 1 p.m. re-enactment of Cabrillo’s landing. There also will be dancing, storytelling and music from the Mexican, Portuguese, Spanish and American Indian cultures.

Information: cabrillofestival.org.

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Posted on September 25th, 2008 by hunwut
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