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Dignitaries Named for 2019 Swallows Day Parade

by Capo Dispatch
October 26, 2018 10:00AM
in EYE ON SJC, News
Dignitaries Named for 2019 Swallows Day Parade

Jimmy Ferguson, this year's Señor San Juan, places a sombrero atop the head of 2019 Señor San Juan Tony Leone, while this year's Ms. Fiesta, Nina Leone, at right, presents 2019 Ms. Fiesta Annabelle Isky, with a 24-carrot bouquet. Photo: Fred Swegles

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By Fred Swegles 

Silvia Mazzeo Pule is a pretty sure bet to have the biggest, loudest cheering section of anyone appearing in San Juan Capistrano’s 2019 Swallows Day Parade.

For the past 19 years, as principal at San Juan Elementary School, she has participated in the parade with students performing dances or routines, as well as four years as a teacher at the school.

In June, she retired from education, leaving the prospect that she would no longer have a role in the parade surrounded by exuberant children.

Not to worry. The San Juan Capistrano Fiesta Association announced on Oct. 20 that she will be the grand marshal for the 2019 parade.

“I was really sad that I wouldn’t get to be in the parade, and here we are!” she said with a smile. “It’ll be nice to see the kids. When I do the Cougar Paw, everyone just kind of cheers. The cougar is our mascot at San Juan Elementary.”

The 2019 grand marshal selection is in sync with the parade’s theme, “How the West Was Really Won, Celebrating the Women of the West.”

Guests enjoy lunch at a ‘Farewell to the Swallows’ barbecue held Sunday, Oct. 20, at Zoomars in San Juan Capistrano. Photo: Fred Swegles
The Electric Tumbleweeds perform for the San Juan Capistrano Fiesta Association’s ‘Farewell to the Swallows’ BBQ on Sunday, Oct. 20, at Zoomars. Photo: Fred Swegles
The Electric Tumbleweeds perform for the San Juan Capistrano Fiesta Association’s ‘Farewell to the Swallows’ BBQ on Sunday, Oct. 20, at Zoomars. Photo: Fred Swegles
Since San Juan Capistrano’s swallows have departed for South America, the only ones spotted at their farewell party were decorations. Photo: Fred Swegles
Silvia Mazzeo Pule, newly retired principal at San Juan Elementary School, reacts after San Juan Capistrano Fiesta Association president Jim Taylor, right, announced her as grand marshal for the 2019 Swallows Day Parade. Photo: Fred Swegles
Annabelle Isky and Maria Silva, candidates for Ms. Fiesta 2019 in San Juan Capistrano, react after Isky won the vote. Photo: Fred Swegles
Meet Señor San Juan and Ms. Fiesta for 2019, Tony Leone and Annabelle Isky. Photo: Fred Swegles
Pictured from left are 2018’s Señor San Juan Jimmy Ferguson, 2019’s Señor San Juan Tony Leone, 2019’s Ms. Fiesta Annabelle Isky and 2018’s Ms. Fiesta Nina Leone. Photo: Fred Swegles
: 2019 Swallows Day Parade Grand Marshal Silvia Mazzeo Pule, right, is joined by, from left, 2018’s Señor San Juan Jimmy Ferguson, 2019’s Señor San Juan Tony Leone, 2019’s Ms. Fiesta Annabelle Isky and 2018’s Ms. Fiesta Nina Leone. Photo: Fred Swegles

“She is an amazing educator,” said Jim Taylor, Fiesta Association president. “We all know what San Juan Elementary has done for the community. We did a retirement party for her, and I was seeing these kids who went through San Juan Elementary, except now ‘he’s going to Yale, she’s going to Stanford, he’s going to Harvard.’ San Juan Elementary shaped them and prepared them.”

The association issued the announcement at Zoomars during a “Farewell to the Swallows” barbecue. The event recognized the annual October departure of migratory birds that spend the summer in San Juan and then fly 6,000 miles to Argentina to spend the South American summer there. San Juan’s fiesta parade on March 23 will help welcome the celebrated swallows back.

The association named Tony Leone to serve as Señor San Juan for 2019, while Annabelle Isky will be Ms. Fiesta. At a ceremonial passing of the sash, this year’s Señor San Juan, Jimmy Ferguson, placed a sombrero atop Leone’s head while Nina Leone, Ms. Fiesta of 2018 and sister of Tony, presented Isky with a bouquet of 24 carrots.

“Annabelle has given more to the Fiesta Association than absolutely anyone I can think of,” said Randi Peshkin, Ms. Fiesta of 2009. “If anyone deserves to be Ms. Fiesta, she deserved it 20 years ago . . . 10 years ago . . .  five years ago.”

Peshkin cited a multitude of volunteer contributions by Isky over the years. Tony Leone, who goes by the nickname “Seven,” was likewise recognized for multiple roles in producing the parade. “One year,” he said, “I think I marched the parade with family and organizations seven times, and then they had me close the beer stand down.”

Still to be selected are the event’s junior dignitaries, a boy and a girl.

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