Port Townsend public pool to mark 50th anniversary
Published 12:01 am Friday, July 26, 2013
PORT TOWNSEND — Mountain View Pool will celebrate its 50th anniversary with an all-day celebration next Friday, Aug. 2.
All programs will be free and open to the public.
Lap swim time will be from 6 a.m. to 8 a.m. and again from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
An Aqua Power fitness class will run from 8 a.m. to 9 a.m. A prize will be awarded to the swimmer with the best retro swim cap.
An open swim is set from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. with a bubble party theme and giant bubble wands, as well as noodles, inner tubes, dive rings and more.
Birthday cake
A birthday cake and reception time will run from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. in the pool’s lobby.
Guests are invited to share pictures and stories.
Clips from the films of swimmer/actress the late Esther Williams and scenes filmed in the Mountain View Pool from the 1983 film “An Officer and a Gentleman” will be shown from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m.
A demonstration of synchronized swim skills will be taught afterward in the pool by synchronized swim students.
A special recreational swim with water polo, an “orca” wrestling contest and a water war with balloons, super soaker water guns and splash balls will run from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.
