SPECIAL EVENTS

Islander By Choice (IBC) presents the Galveston Island Beach Revue. The two-day event-filled weekend begins Friday, May 20th and continues May 21st! This year's event will be a "Centennial Salute to the Hotel Galvez" in honor of the Island landmark's 100th year, as well as a salute to our nation's armed forces.

Always a crowd favorite, the weekend's main event, the Bathing Beauties Contest will be held Saturday, May 21, 2011, on the beach in front of the Historic Hotel Galvez & Spa. The Bathing Beauties Contest includes both contemporary and vintage/vintage-inspired competition categories. The event itself includes "cat-walking" and posing by regional women and men and the awards ceremony, including crowd favorite. Spectators are invited to watch the Beauties line up as the historic Galveston panoramic is re-created. Cash prizes are awarded to the winning contestant from each of the 2 categories.

2011 BEACH REVUE SCHEDULE OF EVENTS (tentative)

Friday, May 20, 2011
Bands & Bombshells Concert
Saengerfest Park
22nd & Strand
7 - 10:30 pm
*Admission is free

Join revelers for live music courtesy of the Brandon McDermott Band & the John Evans Band! Dancing and refreshments in historic downtown Galveston.

Saturday, May 21, 2011
"Salute to the Bathing Beauties"
Hotel Galvez & Spa Lawn
2024 Seawall Boulevard
11 am to 1:30 pm
*Admission is free

Join the Hotel Galvez for a toast to the historic Bathing Beauties Contest and enjoy live music and food and drink on new Centennial Green at Hotel Galvez.

Saturday, May 21, 2011
Bathing Beauties Contest
Beachfront, 20th Street & Seawall Boulevard
2 pm to 4 pm
*Spectators are free

It's the main event! Help pick the crowd favorite and watch the Beauties line up as the historic Galveston panoramic is re-created for 2011!

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