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For Immediate Release

Waterfront's Alive With Sound of Music
Beacon House Block Party Preparations
Almost Complete, as 24th Soberfest Nears

Tickets are selling like hotcakes, hot dogs, hot link sausages and other good things, to assure someone takes home a donated $2,500 jackpot as work proceeds on the 24th Annual Beacon House Block Party Saturday, Aug. 9 in San Pedro.
Founded in 1974, the clean and sober summer celebration was the first event of its kind in Los Angeles County, offering live music, food, fun and fellowship for the community of all ages, in a safe, alcohol and smoke-free setting.
Hours are 11 a.m. to midnight at this year's one-day-only festival to take place in a U-shaped venue at Beacon House, 1003 S. Beacon St., extending along stretches of Beacon, 10th and 11th streets. Dozens of game and vendor booths will join the ever-popular Dunk Tank.
Community enjoyment and entertainment is the byword as always.

No admission has ever been charged to enter the Block Party grounds overlooking Los Angeles Harbor,. but a $5 donation is suggested to help defray increasing annual cost for equipment rentals, food and power. No one will be turned away for lack of funds, however.
A VIP and alumni brunch is at 10:30 a.m., for returnees among more than 4,000 men who've sought Beacon House alcohol and drug recovery, as well as city, county and state officials and community leaders. Alumni come from as far as Texas for the event.
Formal opening ceremonies are 12:30 p.m. featuring American Indian Changing Spirit Lodge of Long Beach, a recovery program for men of many tribes, with drumming, chanting and a burning sage purification ritual.

Returning again is the 'Metallic Art" Car Show featuring upwards of 30 dynamic low-rider restored and customized cars with owners from several automobile clubs displaying and discussing their distinctive rides. Dozens of low-rider bicycles will also be on exhibit.
"They'll each be speaking as individual artists. This is not a function of car clubs, though many are represented," says Mario Mungaray, Beacon House program assistanmt and coordinator of the low-rider presentation.