Following the 2020 season, which included just one completed women s event prior to all spring sports events being canceled due to the pandemic, the 2021 season will feature many of the same, traditional events as most previous seasons.
Highlights include the 120th annual Class Day Regatta, scheduled for March 27, and the Windermere Cup/Opening Day Regatta on Saturday, May 1. This year, the annual Cal Dual has been combined with the Windermere Cup, as the Huskies will race against the Golden Bears in the featured races that day.
Fans are encouraged to view the UW s two home regattas via live stream as no one will be permitted to gather along the Cut, due to local health regulations. Additionally, most of the traditional events surrounding Opening Day will not be in place this year, including the log boom and boat parade.
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1. Wallenda s Daredevil Rally Drive-in Thrill Show
Sarasota native and international circus celebrity Nik Wallenda returns to his hometown this weekend and next with his Daredevil Rally Drive-in Thrill Show. The production, which debuted at Benderson Park last June, will again feature the famed funambulist and his star wife, Erendira Wallenda, as well as a cast of acclaimed daredevil performers that includes FMX freestyle jumpers, BMX riders, motorcycles in a steel globe, a wheel of steel and a human cannonball. Tickets start at $20 for general admission, but there are other options, too, including $50 VIP tickets that allow attendees to sit front row on in their own lawn chair. 5 p.m. Friday, 1 and 5 p.m. Saturday-Sunday; 5 p.m. March 4-5, 1 and 5 p.m. March 6-7; Nathan Benderson Park, 5851 Nathan Benderson Circle, Sarasota; 941-870-7444; daredevilrally.com
“We’re really excited to bring this terrific show back to my hometown,” Nik Wallenda said in a statement. “We will feature some performers that were not here last year, which I’m confident the fans will enjoy tremendously.”
Erendira Wallenda, a two-time Guinness World Record holder for aerial stunts, performed during her husband’s TV special over the Masaya Volcano in Nicaragua last March. David “The Bullet” Smith is billed as a second-generation cannonball with six Guinness World Record titles to his name. And the The FMX freestyle jumpers, who have been seen on shows such as “X Games,” will jump their dirt bikes over 75 feet through the air from ramp to ramp.
Normally, Sarasota-Manatee has an idea of what seasonal business will look like by this time of year. Beaches are packed, travel plans are already booked and those who aren t here yet are dreaming of their upcoming vacations to Siesta Key or Anna Maria Island.
But this year, the answer to the question “what will season look like?” isn’t as clear.
After COVID-19 hit, the booking window for new trips to Manatee County shrunk dramatically, Anne Wittine, director of data analysis for Research Data Services in Tampa, told the Manatee County Tourist Development Council Feb. 1. Travelers, who mostly came from within driving distance, were booking last-minute trips – literally days before their date of arrival.