By Craig Michaels
This Saturday from 4pm to 9pm, bring your friends and family down to the Salton Sea for SeaFest 2016. The inaugural celebration aims to shine a light on the cultural, social and natural environment that makes the Salton Sea so special and unique. Local communities are encouraged to create social engagement events in their neighborhoods to bring awareness of the fragile state of the Sea. It’s a day to connect people, both young and old, with the sea and inspire them to play, learn, and serve the outdoors.
SeaFest will feature water crafts, local food, games and music. The Desert Recreation District will be holding an open house at their North Shore Beach & Yacht Club facility. It will be a chance for residents and locals to tour the facility and discover all the programs that are available.
At dusk, SEAthletes will illuminate the water with lighted water crafts with the goal of shining a light on the sea.
This Saturday also celebrates the inaugural outrigger season for the KAI WAI Club. This will be the first day for the KAI WAI kids to take the outrigger canoes out on the water at the Salton Sea. KAI WAI, a division of SEAthletes, partners with the Desert Recreation District and the California Department of Parks and Recreation to provide year-around programing for kids and adults both locally and across Coachella Valley. The KAI WAI Kid advocacy program exists to give every kid the opportunity to recreate on the Salton Sea.
KAI WAI’s mission is to engage the next generation. The young people at the Salton Sea today will be the future stewards who will be preserving the diversity and wonder of the sea. Kids and adults can tune into the new internet radio station, saltonsearadio.com. This platform will allow them to live-stream events such as Sea Fest and to engage the kids through music and the adults with SEATalks. I was honored to voice the station liners you hear in between songs.
You can find more information about SeaFest at: www.saltonseafest.com
Written By: Craig Michaels Productions
Phone: (760) 880-3848
