Celebration Seabrook: By Patty Andrew
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n the bright October sun and blue skies, the City of Seabrook hosted Celebration Seabrook in honor of the 60th Anniversary of its incorporation. Nestled on the shore of Galveston Bay, Seabrook created a community in the 1800’s. However, as the City of Houston was annexing land around Harris County in the early 1960’s, Seabrook chose to incorporate in 1961 to maintain its uniqueness as a city and to honor its heritage. So, the city-by-the-sea rightly threw a fabulous music and art fest on October 9th to mark this important moment in history and the vibrant place it has become. Celebration Seabrook featured food, live music, and fun for all at the lush grassy acreage of the Rex L. Meador Park. The famous painted pelicans of Seabrook welcomed visitors at the entrance. Food Trucks lined up on the North side of the area next to convenient picnic tables that dotted the field. Colorful vendor booths offered art, jewelry, and more to eager shoppers. The City itself even sold commemorative t-shirts and hats for this big day. Art of all descriptions enhanced the festival grounds including beautiful chalk drawings in the vendor pavilion. The city sponsored a historical display of Seabrook photographs from the past with descriptions of what was. Visitors crowded around the posters to learn about the past and marvel of what has occurred over the decades in their beloved city. Families flocked to The Kid Zone where fearless children scurried up the rock-climbing tower that loomed over the area. More adventure awaited at the bounce houses and slide as kids clamored over and over to experience the excitement. Because this is Texas by the water, a mechanical shark beckoned young and old alike to take a chance on this bumpy adventure. The innovative Kid’s Beach invited youngsters to enjoy the yards of sand for hours of active play.
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The Kid Zone’s Art Area offered plenty of opportunities for the children to creatively express themselves. Kids sported colorful designs from face painting next to their smiles as they colored a t-shirt and decorated pumpkins. The Evelyn Meador Library offered additional arts and crafts as well as information on their wonderful facility that adds so much to this community. Celebration Seabrook is the current rendition of the annual festivals that the city routinely sponsors. As in previous years, live music is the glorious highlight of the event, and this year was no exception. Celebration Seabrook hosted three popular country artists to provide musical entertainment to event attendees: Hayden McBride, Jake Worthington, and Sam Riggs. The guitars pound out rock rhythms among the country lyrics. Some of the musicians sported hair of the 2020’s with man buns, dreadlocks, and shoulder length waves under various gimme caps. Most impressively, all of the day’s performers gave kudos to the others. As the sun set over the last tunes of the day, a couple of jets from the nearby airshow paid their respects before heading back to base. It was a nice send off for a successful day of Celebration Seabrook.