Pageant of the Masters

Last night my parents treated the whole family to a night at the Pageant of the Masters in Laguna Beach. This is an amazing, annual summertime event in which famous pieces of art are recreated with live people! It really is a pageant in that the show moves along fairly quickly from one piece to the next. A full orchestra provides the soundtrack for the pageant and an MC narrates each piece. We saw recreations of Norman Rockwell, Vincent Van Gogh, Sargeant, and the Last Supper just to name a few. The pictures below are from previous pageants, but I wanted to give you an idea as to how this is done. Before you enter the amphitheater, there are many booths with local artists showing their works, live music, and food vendors. The location of the pageant is less than a mile inland from the beach. On the hillside above the stage, there are multi-million dollar homes. The sky was clear last night and we could see the constellations. It was a wonderful evening!