Dave the Sand Castle Builder Rocks Evanston Sand Castle Contest

Last night we went to Clark Street Beach to see the final results of the day's Sand Castle Building Contest. Local sand castle builder Dave and his family were there and clearly the winners with the masterful work pictured below. Everyone got an award (it's 2013 in Evanston y'all and we are all winners) with several other sand castle creations making for great sand art.

I met Dave last summer when he was building another amazing creation on the beach. Click here to read more about Dave and his sand castle building action. Originally I thought Evanston paid talent like Dave to spruce up the beaches but turns out that's just what Dave does, makes epic sand castles when he goes to the beach!

And as if that's not fun enough, Dave also has a huge bubble maker that creates gynormous bubbles. Pictured below is a group of kids trying to gently blow another bubble into the big bubble. Dave provided loads of fun last night at Clark Street Beach! Thanks Dave!

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Summer Jobs: Sandcastle Builder

Blog Update

Yesterday I saw this guy again, building a big sandcastle on the Greenwood Beach (not Dempster as stated previously, more details on that later) and we actually spoke. Turns out Dave (we'll respect his privacy and use first names only) is for hire and teaches children and adults alike how to make sandcastles. Can you believe it?

If you are interested in learning the trade of sandcastle building, contact Dave directly at dave@creativepromo.net.

Dave is an Evanston resident and can usually be found at Greenwood Beach, he says another guy named Omar works on sandcastles several beaches down. I'll keep you posted as to what I find.

Posted on June 30: As if I needed another reason to fall in love with Evanston, yesterday I discovered this professional sandcastle builder on the Dempster Beach. Our beach hires professional sandcastle builders to spruce up the scenery? This town is awesome.

This guy was a little too busy to chat, so I didn't get any intel out of him but if any of you know where to apply for this job or what city funding makes this happen please contact me directly at thelisadshow@gmail.com.