{"id":51587,"date":"2025-11-18T19:36:30","date_gmt":"2025-11-18T19:36:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/51587\/"},"modified":"2025-11-18T19:36:30","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T19:36:30","slug":"sanding-ovations-returns-to-treasure-island-after-storms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/51587\/","title":{"rendered":"Sanding Ovations returns to Treasure Island after storms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>TREASURE ISLAND, Fla. \u2014\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sandingovationsmasterscup.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Sanding Ovations<\/a> returns for its 17th year after 2024\u2019s hurricane season canceled the popular sand sculpting festival.<\/p>\n<p>Sculptors make their own molds, and by compacting sand and water, they make their own building blocks \u2014 or \u201csandstone.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s pretty basic,\u201d said Meredith Corson-Doubleday, festival co-founder. \u201cIt\u2019s construction work.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Corson-Doubleday knows many in her barrier island community who remain displaced.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut they are all here. I\u2019ve seen so many of them that are staying in condos, staying in hotels just so they can be here for this weekend,&#8221; she said. &#8220;They\u2019re not gonna miss it because their house isn\u2019t ready. They\u2019re not gonna miss it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s theme \u2013 a museum vibe, where one could walk through a gallery of sculptures and contemplate the art.<\/p>\n<p>Enter The Dali Museum, as an event partner.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe sculptors are going to go to the museum Thursday night. They are so excited to go,\u201d said Corson-Doubleday.<\/p>\n<p>Dali also inspired the centerpiece \u2014 where each of the dozen sculptors depicts Dali\u2019s artistic idea blooming from his head.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019ll see some melted clocks, long-legged elephants, pyramids,\u201d said Corson-Doubleday.<\/p>\n<p>And as Sanding Ovations returns, Corson\u2013Doubleday hopes visitors see a reflection of a rebuilding and recovering community in their work.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s art. It\u2019s art \u2014 just a different form,\u201d said Corson-Doubleday.<\/p>\n<p>Look for a beer garden, Saturday night fireworks, touring bands and kite flying showcases.<\/p>\n<p>And dozens and dozens of vendors, from boutique beachwear to mini donuts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TREASURE ISLAND, Fla. \u2014\u00a0Sanding Ovations returns for its 17th year after 2024\u2019s hurricane season canceled the popular sand&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":51588,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[115,4094,7149,596,202,204,203,199,201,200,135,7148],"class_list":["post-51587","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-st-petersburg","tag-news","tag-on-the-town","tag-on-the-town-app","tag-pinellas-county","tag-st-pete","tag-st-pete-headlines","tag-st-pete-news","tag-st-petersburg","tag-st-petersburg-headlines","tag-st-petersburg-news","tag-tampa","tag-virginia-johnson"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51587","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51587"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51587\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/51588"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51587"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51587"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51587"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}