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Lights on the water
A Christmas boat parade in Redondo and a fireworks show in Manhattan lit up the waterfront over the weekend for thousands of holiday celebrants. Over two dozen boats participated in the "Salute to American Heroes" parade, organized by the King Harbor Yacht Club on Saturday night. "Bay Watch" star Mitzi Kapture was the grand marshal.
On Sunday night, a holiday concert with the John Brown Band and the Hyperion Outfall Serenaders preceded a fireworks show at the Manhattan Beach pier. The fireworks show was presented by Manhattan Coolers and the City of Manhattan Beach.
| Dana Gilliland’s 30-foot "Boomerang" flew an American flag created from thousands of tiny Christmas lights. Photo by Mark McDermott |  |
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Rudolph the Red Nose reindeer lit the way for Jim Parker and Glenna Forristall’s 46-foot "Passport." "Passport" won the Best Lighting award, despite a protest over the fact that Parker is an electrician. Photo by Kevin Cody |
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| "Adios," skippered by John Chuka, won the Best Costumes award. Children from the Richstone Family Center were dressed in uniforms representing the different branches of the Unite States armed services. Photo by Kevin Cody |  |
| Members of the South Bay Coastliners helped the "Charles St. Clair," skippered by Jerry Fine, win the Best Sounds award. Photo by Randy Angel |  |
| If the reindeers leading Michael O’Brien’s "Defiant" couldn’t fly, the tiny skiff would have sunk under the reindeer’s weight. Photo by Randy Angel. |  |
| The Hyperion Outfall Serenaders’ Fran Freeman rounds up the reindeer with her washboard rendition of "Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer." Photo by Kevin Cody |  |
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Manhattan Beach Blvd. provided amphitheater seating for Sunday night’s fireworks show. Photo by John Post
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