Music is booming across Pioneer Courthouse Square, and teams in brightly colored T-shirts are scooping, brushing, carving, and otherwise shaping more than 450 tons of beach sand into fantastic shapes. It can only be Yoshida's Sand in the City, one of the nation's premier sand sculpting events. Every July for more than 12 years, Sand [...]

The event Sand in the City had Portland's Pioneer Courthouse Square looking more like the Oregon Coast.

13th Annual Yoshida's Sand In the City event

Yoshida's Sand in the City defines Portland culture and is one of the Pacific Northwest's premiere sand sculpture competitions. Proceeds raised from this event will go to Kids on the Block, an organization that sends specially-trained volunteer puppeteers to deliver more than 500 presentations a year to more than 70,000 children at 155 public and private elementary schools throughout Multnomah, Washington and Clackamas counties. Families will enjoy a day featuring puppets, food, entertainment, music and more.

Footage from Team KINK at Sand in the City 2008 at Pioneer Courthouse Square

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Added: July 23, 2008

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More than 450 tons of sand and 4,500 gallons of water are used as teams craft amazing sculptures at Pioneer Courthouse Square. The event is a fundraiser for Kids on the Block, a program that helps give children the tools they need to make smart and ...

Portland's Sand in the City is one of the best summer events in Pioneer Square. It brings out creatives from some of Portland's great companies, and all for a good cause–Kids on the Block. Click here for more July 2008 activities in Portland Info from Kids on the Block: As the premier fundraising event for Kids on [...]