Celebrating Old Spanish Days 2021
A Complete Guide to This Year’s Fiesta, with Profiles, Listings, and More
By Terry Ortega | August 5, 2021
As Santa Barbara continues to navigate the pandemic’s shifting safety guidelines, Old Spanish Days will bring a slightly modified celebration to the city, with plenty of Fiesta spirit to share. We’re happy to bring back our annual guide, which can help you plan your activities, the 97th Annual S.B. Fiesta Stock Horse Show, the food and entertainment offerings at Our Lady of Guadalupe Church, and more.
The following pages will teach you a bit about this year’s Fiesta Luminaries: La Presidenta Stephanie Petlow; the Spirits of Fiesta, Ysabella Yturralde and Savannah Hoover; and The Native Daughters of the Golden West’s pick to represent Saint Barbara this year, Patricia Oreña.
In addition, our executive arts editor, Charles Donelan, dives into the Santa Barbara Historical Museum’s ongoing Project Fiesta!, which includes film of Fiestas past, costumes, carriages, and more. And finally, learn about this year’s Fiesta Guide cover girl, and my mother, Mary Dominguez Ortega.
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