Carnies and bathing beauties start the show off with a walk down Memory Lane, back to the Roaring Twenties when the area was the home of Neptune Beach, an amusement park with extravagant public baths. Then, following a drum corps, you’ll visit “Glory of the Seas,” a WWII-era maritime officer training station, where you can join the trainees for drills. Ryujin the Dragon Queen spins a tale of ecological warning on the shores of the first estuary marine reserve in California, established in 1980. And finally, Japanese taiko drummers, Balinese gamelan performers, musicians, and contemporary dancers take to the beach for a dazzling ‘Island to Island’ finale that pays tribute to our shared waters and the global community’s efforts to protect them.

This event is free and open to the public. A limited number of advanced reservations are available online. Remaining slots will be held for walk-ups on the day of the event. Tours will be filled on a first-come first-served basis.

CAST and CREW

Creative/Music Director: Janet Koike | Director: Jeff Raz | Writer: Ed Holmes

Site Specific Choreographer: Kim Epifano | Costume Designer: Maria Chenut | Visual Artist: Ginny Parsons

Actors: Ed Holmes, Bob Ernst | Special Guest Artists: Brenda Wong Aoki and Mark Izu

Epiphany Dancers: Brianna Anthony, Nuria Bowart, Colin Epstein, Zach Fish, Lynda Gutierrez, Marria Grace, Antoine Hunter, Hien Huynh, Jenny McAllister, Priscilla Park, Zahna Simon

Maze Daiko Ensemble: Tina Blaine (Bean), Kathryn Cabunoc, Elaine Fong, Janet Koike, Jeannie Mckenzie, Carolyn West

Gamelan Sekar Jaya: Master Artists: I Dewa Putu Berata, I Made Suteja, Emiko Saraswati Susilo | Musicians: Amelia Terry, Austin De Rubira, Clarence Magno, Katie Harrell, Paddy Sandino, Paul Miller, Sara Gaucher, Steve Lew | Dancers: Anna Deering, Monali Varaiya, Rose Nisker, Susan Lamberth

Guest Taiko Artists: PJ Hirabayashi, Meri Mitsuyoshi

Prescott Circus Theatre High Steppers: David Hunt, Director | Oriana Doria Quesada, Artist in Residence

Lead Guides: Julie Baron, Jennifer Radakovich

Production Crew

Production Manager: Yumi Ishihara | Stage Manager: Bethanie Baeyen | Technical Director: Marc Ribaud

Sound Technician: Chris Nishimoto | Prop Designer/Builder: Marc Ribaud

Web Designer: Phong Chung | Graphic Designer: Felicia Ann

Volunteer Coordinator: Tracy Zollinger | Assistant Volunteer Coordinator: Kristan Robinson | Registration Manager: Hiro Cooper

Photographer: Andy Mogg | Videographers: Maurice Ramirez, Pons Maar | Mask Maker: Michael Stasiuk

Island City Waterways History Talk: The People of Neptune Beach

Friday, May 4th | 7-8:30pm | Rhythmix Cultural Works

From madcap motorcyclists to the founder of the health club, from Hollywood’s Tarzan to the creator of the Popsicle – Alameda’s Neptune Beach Amusement Park attracted a fabulous mélange of personality. Meet the only man in both the surfing and swimming hall of fame, and the woman who could outswim all men. Mob the celebrities, egg on the child boxers, compete in necking contests on the Scenic Railway and gasp as a girl plummets from the Whoopee, all while a terrorist threatens to blow up the entire park. Watch as the City Council deals with the scandal of exposed ankles on the beach, and follow Miss America 1925 in her rise out of Neptune’s pool to the nation’s beauty crown. Daredevil aerialists, entrepreneurs, entertainers and athletes alike, the list of amazing people to pass through Neptune Beach could be used to define the term Americana.