Spirits On The Loch: A Lake County Time Adventure

Saturday-Sunday, October 25-26

Austin Park, Austin Road at Lakeshore Drive, Clearlake

see website for registration details

http://www.spiritsontheloch.com

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/spirits-on-the-loch-a-lake-county-time-adventure-tickets-11207432733

http://www.co.lake.ca.us/Government/Directory/Parks_and_Recreation/Parks_Search/Austin_Park.htm

“Steam will make its triumphant return to California’s Clear Lake the weekend of October 25-26 as the Clear Lake Chamber of Commerce celebrates Spirits on the Loch; A Lake County Time Adventure in Austin Park. This family-friendly celebration is open to the public and will feature music, food, vendors and home-made steam-powered boats.

This affordable, interactive, educational family event will feature a kid’s area, food, highlight local wines, exhibit a multitude of activities and exhibits while a variety of bands fill the air with song. There will be a huge variety of ways participants can be involved with interactive displays, activities and vendors.

Each day will also include two special events; The Eve Regale Masquerade Ball will be hosted Saturday night, and Sunday will see a fleet of miniature steamboats racing for the flag in the Spirits Regatta.

There will also be costume contests so participants can celebrate the imaginary realm of Steam Punk where time travelers have come to the future and recreated present-day technologies through Victorian era methods including steam power. This fictional genre is gaining great popularity, and this two-day lakeside celebration will highlight many aspects of this movement.

Spirits on the Loch: A Lake County Time Adventure is sponsored by The Clear Lake Chamber of Commerce, The Lions Club, Shady Acres Campground, Tatonkaland Trading, A&B Collision, Featherbed Railroad and a huge number of enthused volunteers.

A variety of genre-appropriate entertainers and vendors have already signed-on to participate including:

Matthew Gaulden of Rolling Ball Sculptures from Kelseyville, who is well known for making unique, hand-made, kinetic sculptures for over 10 years.  Mr. Gaulden will be creating a large scale, interactive, marble run machine with a steampunk theme special for Lake County.

Mr. Nutty who illustrates the centuries old technique involving floating colors on a liquid medium to create beautiful flowing patterns.  The post-production use of marbled goods will be shown in hatbands, scarves, bandannas, vest and coat linings, as well as books and props.

Michael Stewart of Quick Silver Mints who creates authentic, handmade medallions. Stewart’s custom dies and designed love coins, dog spirit collars, and other medallions are engineered from the first industrialized tool of Renaissance times.

Red Couch Productions will bring Victorian Red Couch Paddlewheel craft and other antique-looking watercraft.

Andy Graham of Slaparoo will perform and share both the Slaparoo and the new Noodle, ‘The Bass for Drummers’ is a fully-tunable Electric Percussion Stick which allows anyone with a sense of rhythm to tap out patterns and bass lines not possible on a traditional bass guitar or other instrument.

Lake County’s very own Kinetic Sculpture Racer, Elliot Naess, will be displaying his Pear County Chopper.  His pedal-powered amphibious vehicles are well-known for racing along the West Coast; and now, a chopper!

There will be entertainment throughout the event, including the original songs and sounds of Fred and Melissa featuring John Z as lead guitarist plus many more, and the special event Eve Regale Masquerade Ball dinner will have a feature artist.

With the history of steam power on Clear Lake and the enthusiasm for the Steam Punk genre, this event promises to be an exciting blend of old world reality and new world fantasy for present-day fun for all ages.

Clear Lake has a history of steam-powered craft as far back as the 1800s, and we’re bringing back that history along with a little fictional magic to create a two-day celebration of fun, costumes, music, food, and so much more.

Whether you’re a fan of this genre or just enjoy the beautiful clean air and ancient waters of Clear Lake you’ll be guaranteed a good time with activities for visitors of all ages.”