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Marina
Greens attracts red hot chili
Photos by Luis Peña
Words by Ken Hanson
The 21st
annual Chili-Cook Off attracted approximately 40,000 people
to the Long Beach Marina Greens last weekend. The yearly event
changed names from Beach Fest back to the Long Beach Chili
Cook-Off after three years under the Beach Fest moniker.
Celebrities and citizens alike attended the two-day event,
which offered goods, services and live music. Rock artist
Bob Mould and blues band Booker T. and the MG's headlined
the day-long bill Saturday and Michael Franti and Spearhead
closed out the Sunday Rock 'N' Reggae festival along with
K.D.T.U., an acid jazz band.
The chili contest, held Sunday, was the biggest draw, but
many people attended Saturday and were treated to a salsa
and buffalo wing competition. Both days' events lasted through
the evening and the Queen Mary provided an artistic backdrop
to the setting.
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Attendees
at the Chili Cook-Off browse one of the more than
50 booths Saturday.
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Steve Cropper,
plays to the crowd Saturday night as Booker T. and
the MG's close out the days events.
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Queen
Mary, below left, lites up the horizon as the sun sets
at the cook-off.
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Mark
Zafardino, above, prepares his recipe
for Sunday's contest.
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Dave
Pirner of Soul Asylum, gets the crowd worked
up Saturday afternoon.
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Cook-Off attendees, could purchase a vairety
of items including Laker T-shirts.
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