Fiesta Flips the Script on the Cusp of 100th Anniversary

Fiesta Flips the Script on
the Cusp of 100th Anniversary

This Year’s Spirit and Presidente
Break the Mold in More Ways Than One

By Camilla Barnwell | Photos by Fritz Olenberger & Ingrid Bostrom
August 2, 2023

Spirit of Fiesta Jack Harwood is ready for the festivities to begin. | Credit: Ingrid Bostrom

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Have we entered some kind of post-COVID alternate universe? On the cusp of Fiesta’s 100th anniversary, the most hide-bound, traditionalist organization in town has given us our first male Spirit and our first openly gay Presidente. 

One thing seems certain — nothing will ever be the same again.

A 19-year-old named Jack Harwood has made it cool for guys to be the Spirit of Fiesta.

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