Well the ticket admission thing in the middle school auditorium does not appear to have worked out well.
July 31 was just another foggy day at the beach this year.
Feast of Lanterns board president Sue Renz said her phone has been ringing off the hook.
“They will call and say, ‘when are you going to be doing the Feast of Lanterns at the beach with the pageant and the fireworks?’ And I have to say to them, ‘we aren’t doing it there this year,'” said Renz.
For decades, the pageant and fireworks took place at Lover’s Point, but this year it’s moving to the middle school. That means no fireworks, a scaled back show and $20 tickets. There’s room for about 700 people at the middle school theater, but only a dozen tickets have been sold.
KION said just a dozen tickets were sold about 2 days before the pageant. There were a couple of lanterns on the beach though.
My Facebook Feast OF Lanterns page had some hardcore fans plotting to stage a sit in on the beach, complete with lanterns.