At the largest sandcastle competition in Northern California, elementary school students — guided by a team of architects, engineers, contractors, designers, and techies — put their heads together and their hands in the sand to create stunning sculptures.
A scene of magnificent sea creature creations, mythical monsters and children’s characters, will emerge from the sand at Ocean Beach on Saturday. The 40th annual Sandcastle Classic, benefitting Leap, an arts education nonprofit, is taking over the shore.
Now, the architecture program serves 7,000 students — and culminates with the community celebration of oceanic proportion: the annual Sandcastle Classic. The event is free to the public and will feature celebrity hosts, live performances, and nearby food trucks. Individuals can also register to help craft a community castle, based on a predetermined design.
“I think it's a really good way for a lot of the architecture firms and the companies just to kind of really stay grounded in their communities. A lot of our job is to build for people within the communities. But sometimes, you know, it's, you kind of want to remember exactly who you're building for,” says Lee.
Nineteen teams have registered for this years’ festivities, each representing a different Bay Area school partnership. They have all chosen a different theme from the spectrum of sand possibilities, including “Sand Francisco,” “Castle of the Future,” and “Food, Glorious, Food.”
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