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OverviewThe Texas Citrus Fiesta has remained an exciting celebration since its beginnings in 1932. At that time, Mission civic leaders decided to promote the citrus industry through a festival featuring decorated streets and store windows, a parade, coronation of a king and queen, a court with ladies-in-waiting, a queen's ball, exhibits for citrus growers, and a variety of contests and activities. Social leaders, working through their clubs, added a style show of costumes covered with fruit, vegetable, and flower pieces. Children marched in their own unique parade. The Golden Grapefruit Golf Tournament was added in 1934. Today, directors of the Texas Citrus Fiesta continue these traditional events and others added since 1932. The creativity inspired by the festival, the recognition of regional participants, and the experienced planning needed to accommodate thousands of residents and visitors combine to make Mission's annual Texas Citrus Fiesta a premier event in the Lower Rio Grande Valley. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Karen Gerhardt Fort , Inc. Mission Historical MuseumPublisher: Arcadia Publishing Imprint: Arcadia Publishing Dimensions: Width: 16.50cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 23.50cm Weight: 0.318kg ISBN: 9781467131544ISBN 10: 1467131547 Pages: 127 Publication Date: 12 January 2015 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Awaiting stock  The supplier is currently out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out for you. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationImages from the archives of the Mission Historical Museum, Inc., illustrate the first 50 years of the Texas Citrus Fiesta (1932-1982). Author Karen Gerhardt Fort, a native Texan, has written many books and articles on Texas history and four previously published titles for Arcadia. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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