South Padre Island 10th Annual Sand Castle Days

Above: Kali's mermaid -- One of our contributors asked that somewher on the sculpture there be a "mermaid with breasts." Here she is. Left: Tom's demented Neptune, DuneHead's Dogfish and Steve Spencer's bearded dude Below: The sea creature bar scene, created by Adelaide, Jason, Dave, Javier and maybe some other people I don't know about....

Tues., Oct. 21 - 2 p.m. Our first attempt with a group-build went very well - all things considered. We went the full 24 hours and have a zip disk full of photos shot at 5 minute intervals. It makes a really cool slide show! Though it may take a while for sandy feet to come up with an animation from it all. The phots on this page were shot by Dennis Barrett & Amazin' Walter when the project was finished. Participating sculptors include: Kali Bradford Dan Belcher Rich Varano Barry Swires Javier from San Diego Dave from San Diego Amazin' Walter sandy feet Dennis Barrett Adelaide Bennet Jason Lester Steve "Dunehead" Mutter Tom ? Iris Hernandez Josh Bradford Jay Stevens Nita Stevens Steve Spencer Other People Instrumental to this Project's Success Laurie Gaudi Jerry Boehm (and his colleagues in Kansas City) Geoff & Meg Clifton and KESO (92.7 FM) All the bartenders at Boomie's (Surfer) Jim

Above Left: Dan's shark-riding frog Above Right: Detail of Dunehead's dogfish - a crowd favorite Left: Seahorse and hooktail with eel emerging Below: The finished project from approximately the same angle as the interval shots I will be weeding through those shots in the very near future with the goal of creating an animated gif from them that will capture the whole 24 hours of the event - start to finish. Be watching here for its unveiling! -sf