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Candlelight Memorial Program

MASTER OF CEREMONIES EDWARD ARGUELLES

6:30-7 p.m.: XAVIER MONTES on the harp.

7p.m.: WELCOME by Anne Randall,
Santa Paula Historical Society President.
INVOCATION by Deacon Al Guilin.
DESCRIPTION of dam break on March 12, 1928, by
Santa Paula historian Mitch Stone.

7:15 p.m.: VIDEO DOCUMENTARY "Thornton's Wild Ride,"
by Peggy Kelly, and VIDEO of 1928 dam disaster scenes.

7:36 p.m.: THE INFINITES, led by Diana Nunez, performing
"Halleluj~h," words and music by Leonard Cohen. Singers are
Diana Nunez, Valeria Bermudez, Erick Marroquin, Carolina
Martinez, Gabriela Nolasco, Jesus Parrilla and Angel Saucedo,
accompanied by Robert Nunez Jr.
While they are singing:
PRESELECTED GUESTS PLACE 42 BLUE CANDLES
into the sea of 353 yellow candles.

7:42 p.m.: SANTA PAULA STUDENTS AND 1 TEACHER,
REPRESENTING SANTA PAULA VICTIMS,
PLACE 16 GREEN CANDLES into the sea of
yellow and blue candles. Introduced by Edward Arguelles.

8 p.m.: ''THE SPIRIT OF HEROISM," by John Nichols.

8:05 p.m.: BENEDICTION by the Rev. Maddie Sifantus,
minister of the Universalist Unitarian Church of Santa Paula.

8:06 p.m.: SINGING "Santa Paula Still Stands," adapted by Dave
Ackerman from "This Old Town," by Nanci Griffith.
Performed by Now, Then & Zen members Dave Ackerman,
Dolores Britton and Donna Nelson.

8:17p.m.: CLOSING REMARKS by Carlos Juarez,
Santa Paula Historical Society Vice President.