Sun and Salsa Festival
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The Sun and Salsa Festival is an annual festival put on in the Kensington
Business Revitalization Zone (BRZ) of Calgary
, Alberta
.
It takes place along 10 Street and Kensington Road, which both have parts closed off to traffic.
Attendance of the festival has grown to around 100,000 in 2010.
, Best Presentation Salsa & Most Creative Salsa.
It has a variety of merchant booths (food and merchandise). It includes a fashion show to showcase the area's fashion retailers. As well it includes various entertainment, such as musical acts and dancing, on multiple stages.
The festival serves as a fundraiser for its charities, which as of 2010, are the Brenda Strafford Centre and Brown Bagging for Calgary's Kids.
Starting in 2005, the festival has featured the Miss Sun and Salsa Pageant. Each year, it selects a "Miss Sun and Salsa", "Sun Princess" and "Salsa Princess" to promote the Kensington community and the festival. They represent the festival around the year, inside and outside of Calgary.
note: The "Sun Princess" and "Salsa Princess" titles started in 2006
Kensington, Calgary
Kensington is a Business Revitalization Zone in Calgary, Alberta, focused around the intersection of Kensington Road and 10th St. NW, also known as the Kensington-Louise Crossing Business Association. It resides primarily in the Hillhurst and Sunnyside neighbourhood, and successful marketing has...
Business Revitalization Zone (BRZ) of Calgary
Calgary
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, Alberta
Alberta
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It takes place along 10 Street and Kensington Road, which both have parts closed off to traffic.
Attendance of the festival has grown to around 100,000 in 2010.
Features
The festival features a competition for the best SalsaSalsa (sauce)
Salsa may refer to any type of sauce. In American English, it usually refers to the spicy, often tomato based, hot sauces typical of Mexican and Central American cuisine, particularly those used as dips. In British English, the word typically refers to salsa cruda, which is common in Mexican ,...
, Best Presentation Salsa & Most Creative Salsa.
It has a variety of merchant booths (food and merchandise). It includes a fashion show to showcase the area's fashion retailers. As well it includes various entertainment, such as musical acts and dancing, on multiple stages.
The festival serves as a fundraiser for its charities, which as of 2010, are the Brenda Strafford Centre and Brown Bagging for Calgary's Kids.
Miss Sun and Salsa Pageant
Miss Sun and Salsa Pageant winners
| Year | Miss Sun and Salsa (winner) |
Sun Princess (2nd place) |
Salsa Princess (3rd place) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Dallas Wylie | n/a | n/a |
| 2006 | Bebeci Chen | Stacey Roy | Kristin Quinn |
| 2007 | Adwoa Yamoah | Jessica Tsang | Veronica Millan |
| 2008 | Hannah Coskey | Nicole Tomas | Kelsi Vescarelli |
| 2009 | Ashlea Moor | Laura James | Kelli Flemmer |
| 2010 | Casar R. | Ivana V. | Samantha P. |
| 2011 | Samantha Begelfor | Jessica B. | Alyssa H. |
note: The "Sun Princess" and "Salsa Princess" titles started in 2006