Santa Barbara Zoo Hosts a Fiesta Crowd of Los Dignatarios

Fiesta flower girls and playful tiger welcome hundreds of guests to the Celebración de Los Dignatarios hosted at the Santa Barbara Zoo. (Melissa Walker / Noozhawk)
Santa Barbara Mayor Helene Schneider arrives at the event looking radiant in red for the festive occasion. (Melissa Walker / Noozhawk)
Guests were greeted by Fiesta flower girls and a mariachi band at the entryway. (Melissa Walker / Noozhawk)
A mariachi band provided entertainment. (Melissa Walker / Noozhawk)
An event performer in a playful tiger costume. (Melissa Walker / Noozhawk)
Melissa and Emma Torres with Marygrace Monteleone. (Melissa Walker / Noozhawk)
Loni and Daniel Babai. (Melissa Walker / Noozhawk)
Michael Antherson, Jana Hall and Malisa Harrison with author Jason Lahman. (Melissa Walker / Noozhawk)
Marlene and John Perrizo. (Melissa Walker / Noozhawk)
Randee and Kirk Martin. (Melissa Walker / Noozhawk)
Laurie Parker and George Leis of Union Bank. (Melissa Walker / Noozhawk)
2014 Spirit of Fiesta Talia Ortega Vestal, left, and Junior Spirit Natalie Mowers. (Melissa Walker / Noozhawk)
Denise Sanford, Old Spanish Days division chief, dance and entertainment, and Carlos Plascencia. (Melissa Walker / Noozhawk)
From left, Primer El Presidente Cas Stimson, Kathy McClintock, Diana Bottoms and 2014 El Presidente Dennis Rickard. (Melissa Walker / Noozhawk)
Spirit of Fiesta Talia Ortega Vestal takes center stage. (Melissa Walker / Noozhawk)
2014 Spirit of Fiesta Talia Ortega Vestal and Junior Spirit Natalie Mowers enchanted hundreds of onlookers at the Santa Barbara Zoo. (Fritz Olenberger / Old Spanish Days)
From left, Father Larry Gosselin, Jill Nida and Gary Simpson. (Melissa Walker / Noozhawk)
2014 Spirit of Fiesta Talia Ortega Vestal with Kim Clark, Noozhawk’s vice president of business development, right, and online media consultant Doreen Stevenson. (Melissa Walker / Noozhawk)
Heather Hodina and Jeffery Steele. (Melissa Walker / Noozhawk)