FESTIVAL! RIBBON CUTTING! TOURNAMENT!
Photographs by Bill Alkofer
Chances are that if you have a newspaper gig, that at least once a week you'll get to shoot a festival, ribbon cutting or tournament (especially if you work Saturdays).
You get to know the mini-donut guy and the kettle korn dude by first name.
You share a smoke with the beefcake fella in the Event Staff t-shirt. ("Hey look, Dave. The Balloon Clown has a new rubber nose.")
Herewith, some jollifications.
A man matched he description for a wanted felon. He mugs for the media as he is detained at the Fullerton Flea Market. He was released and allowed to continue to shop for bootleg DVDs. More photos...
Japanese tourists sit in front of a painting during the ribbon cutting for new penguin exhibit at the Aquarium of the Pacific.
Riders in the Long Beach AIDS fundraiser bike ride took off early from the Junipero Beach parking lot.
In the Breamar competition at the Queen Mary Scottish Festival, athletes hurl a 14 pound rock. Beth Burton is ranked number one in the nation.
Luke Angell, 5, takes in the bagpiper parade at the Queen Mary's 21st annual Scottish Festival. He's Scotch-Irish. His haircut is not.
On St. Patrick's Day weekend, students at Millikan High School held their 5th Annual St. Badricks's Day Festival. Volunteers shaved their heads to raise money for cancer research.
At the start of a race during Lakewood Days, children bust through a sign that initially said "Good Luck Fun Runners!"
Kynlie Garcia seemed less than enthusiastic about posing for her mom's photograph during a Mardi Gras festival.
John Dalsay of The Belligerint Bufflebros does a gainer as he flies off his entry at the Red Bull Flugtag festival.