By Brooke Holland, Noozhawk Staff Writer | @BT Holland
August 3, 2021
| 9:17 p.m.
Nearly 24 hours before show time, Old Spanish Days Fiesta organizers on Tuesday evening said all live public viewing is canceled for Wednesday s Fiesta Pequeña on the steps of the Santa Barbara Mission.
The public initially was invited to attend an in-person Fiesta Pequeña on Wednesday afternoon.
Additionally, the Noches de Ronda performances have been called off, according to Old Spanish Days El Segundo Vice Presidente David Bolton.
The free events were scheduled on Thursday, Friday and Saturday at the Santa Barbara County Courthouse Sunken Garden.
More details were not immediately available Tuesday evening.
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Santa Barbara s Old Spanish Days Celebration cancelled its annual Mercado De La Guerra for the second year in a row due to the pandemic.
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Less than a week from the start of the biggest community celebrations on the Central and South Coasts, the surge in COVID-19 cases forced the cancellation of part of it.
Old Spanish Days organizers say safety comes first, so they’ve pulled the plug on “The Mercado at De la Guerra Plaza, in downtown Santa Barbara. The Mercado is a marketplace which normally features four days and nights of live performances on a stage, as well as dozens of food and crafts booths.
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Conklin was 75 when he died of brain cancer at the Serenity House in May.
Thanks to the easing of COVID19 restrictions people were able to mingle at the Old Mission Santa Barbara and share their memories.
Friends said Conklin liked to be in charge and planned every minute of the celebration of life on the steps of the Mission where he was interred in the mausoleum.