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Award-Winning Cemetery Tour Looks at Early Orange County Entertainment

 

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“Ain’t We Got Fun? Amusements in Early Orange County” will be held on Saturday, October 22, 2011. This guided historical tour of Fairhaven Memorial Park and Santa Ana Cemetery features costumed actors portraying historic figures who share stories from Orange County’s past.


Long before 3-D movies, Disneyland, or even television, Orange County already knew how to have a good time. Swimming parties, sports teams, silent movie palaces, and early amusement parks all figured in the busy social lives of early residents. Seal Beach emerges as the “Coney Island of the West”; Santa Ana’s Yost Theater becomes the vaudeville capital of Orange County; baseball greats Babe Ruth and Walter Johnson play in a now-legendary exhibition game; Buffalo Bill rides into town with his Wild West Show. These are the stories of people who worked, and played, hard in early Orange County.


Docents will guide visitors through scenes that played important roles in the history of the county, culminating in a presentation in Fairhaven’s beautiful 1916 mausoleum. Comfortable shoes are recommended for the hour-and-a-half long walking tour.


The event is presented by the Santa Ana Historical Preservation Society and will be held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Fairhaven Memorial Park, 1702 Fairhaven Ave., Santa Ana. Tickets are $20 for adults, $16 for seniors and Members, and $14 for students and children 10 and over. (Children 9 and under are free.)


The unique “cemetery” tour has won a prestigious California State Governor’s Award for Historic Preservation. This is the Society’s 14th annual Living History tour, with proceeds benefiting the organization’s museum and educational programs. The event is produced in partnership with local writers, and actors from the Thespian Club at Orange County High School of the Arts. The tour is co-sponsored by Fairhaven Memorial Park.


Reservations are recommended. Discounted advance sale tickets are available. More information can be obtained by calling (714) 547-9645 (leave a message). You can also email tour@sahps.org.
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Our historical cemetery tour is a proud winner of a
prestigious Governor's Award
from the California State Office of Historic Preservation

 


 

Click here to see a video of our 2009 tour on YouTube.

 

Click here to see a 3 minute video explaining about our historic cemetery tour and how we make history fun!

 

Click here to see several videos regarding past cemetery tours

 

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