The Sandcastle Building Contest is scheduled for the weekend of 14-15-16 February 2003 with prizes of RD$25,000 (1st), RD$10,000 (2nd) and RD$5,000 (3rd).
On Saturday from 10:30am to 3pm, the children?s competition will be held for sandcastle builders of up to 14 years of age. There will be live music, art exhibits and theater on the beach, followed by a performance of the rock group Toque Profundo from 10:30pm to 1:30am.The open competition will take place on Sunday 16 February, with registration to commence on the morning of the contests, directly on Cabarete Beach. Teams from Canada, the United States, France, Italy and the DR will participate in the castle-building activity from 10am through 5pm, however the general program will include art exhibits, a musical parade of the Palo group (from Velero to Villas Taina, Cabarete), body painting and more from 8:30am until 10pm. An awards ceremony will close the weekend event on Sunday at 6pm.
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