Singing on a raft at Fiesta Perpetua on Echo Park Lake

Fiesta Perpetua Echo Park singer — **On a raft in the lake the singer twirled a red ribbon to signal the band to begin playing and marching.**

The Fiesta Perpetua on and around Echo Park lake was the brainchild of Carmina Escobar as her contribution to the huge Pacific Standard Time LA/LA.

And it was definitely a Once-in-a-Lifetime” event!

The way it worked was this: a woman went out to a raft in the lake and using three wooden megaphones sang to an audience of paddleboaters and people lining the walkway and lounging on the lawn around the lake.

Singer at megaphone echo park lake — **Singing through the megaphones. Because Echo Park lake is in a “bowl” there were echos which added to the performance.**

audience in boats at fiesta perpetua echo park — Echo Park lake has a facility for renting paddleboats and paddleboaters lined up near the raft to see and hear the performance. Other paddleboaters followed along beside the band as it marched around the lake.

Actually, before she began to sing, a band, the Maqueos Music Filharmonica began to play and march around the lake slowly. In my opinion, the band was the star of the performance. .

Maqueos Music band Echo Park — **Maqueos Music is an academy for young musicians and this band played what sounded as if it were a traditional Mexican song. I think the music was of Yucatan origin. Maybe**

band at Fiesta Perpetua Echo Park — **The band began in two separate locations and began to play, marching toward each other and soon merging into one.**

Because I love Echo Park and the lake and the surrounding area are among my favorite places in Los Angeles, I’m also including photos of the area on a sunny, 85F degree Saturday afternoon in January.