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INDIO, CALIF.–Not all dates are the kind you see on Match.com or in jewelry ads. Convincing you to buy diamonds to celebrate Valentine’s Day, jewelers say women surveyed want them as gifts. Marilyn Monroe said “diamonds are a girl’s best friend,” but Queen Scheherazade her sights on something else.\u00a0 Love comes in many sizes and shapes, and the beautiful young miss will be cozying up to ostriches and camels this week to officiate exciting and strange races where riders mount these desert creatures for crazy excitement like you’ve never seen! You’ll discover\u00a0 it isn’t all that bad when you take your sweetie for a drive out to the California desert to see the Indio Date Festival<\/a>–dates guaranteed!\u00a0 This year’s Date Festival and Riverside County Fair line up looks especially promising with a headline concert provided by Wynona, but that’s just icing or whipped topping on the date shake. See datefest.org<\/p>\n February 15, 2013<\/strong> Saturday, February 16<\/strong> Sunday, February 17<\/strong> Monday, February 18<\/strong> Tuesday, February 19<\/strong> Wednesday, Feb 20<\/strong> Thursday, February 21<\/strong> Saturday, February 23<\/strong> Sunday, February 24<\/strong> INDIO, CALIF.–Not all dates are the kind you see on Match.com or in jewelry ads. Convincing you to buy diamonds to celebrate Valentine’s Day, jewelers say women surveyed want them as gifts. Marilyn Monroe said “diamonds are a girl’s best friend,” but Queen Scheherazade her sights on something else.\u00a0 Love comes in many sizes and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[29],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10924"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10924"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10924\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10924"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10924"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10924"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nOpening Ceremony & Blessing of the Dates – Feb 15 at 9:30am
\nCamel & Ostrich Races at 3pm – Grandstand Arena
\nNightly Musical Pageant at 6:15pm – Pageant Stage<\/p>\n
\nCamel & Ostrich Races at 1pm – Grandstand Arena
\nBull-O-Rama at 5:00 pm – Grandstand Arena
\nLIFEHOUSEat 8:00pm – Fantasy Springs Concert Pavilion<\/p>\n
\nCamel & Ostrich Races at 1 pm – Grandstand Arena
\nFlying U Rodeo, Fiesta del Charro at 5:00 pm – Grandstand Arena
\nWynonna & The Big Noise at 7:30 pm – Fantasy Springs Concert Pavilion<\/p>\n
\nThe Presidents’ Day Grand Parade 9:00am
\nCamel & Ostrich Races at 11am – Grandstand Arena
\nBattle of the Bands at 12pm
\nCooking with Dates at 1:30pm – Taj Mahal Building
\nWGAS Motorsports, Freestyle Motor cross\/Monster Trucks at 3:00 pm & 7:30pm<\/p>\n
\nThe Ultimate Elvis Review February 19th at 2:00pm – Magic Carpet Stage
\nCamel & Ostrich Races February 19th at 3:00pm – Grandstand Arena<\/p>\n
\nEvaro’s Latin, Disco, & Motown Music 2 & 4 pm<\/p>\n
\nParrotheads “Tribute to Jimmy Buffet” 2:00pm & 4:00pm
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\nFriday, February 22<\/strong>
\nCamel & Ostrich Races at 3:00 pm – Grandstand Arena
\nVoz De Mando at 7:30 pm – Fantasy Springs Concert Pavilion<\/p>\n
\nLivestock Auction at 10:00am – Livestock Pavilion
\nCamel & Ostrich Races at 11:00am – Grandstand Arena
\nWGAS Motorsports Monster Trucks & Trophy Karts at 3:00pm & 5:00pm
\nAaron Lewis at 7:30 pm – Fantasy Springs Concert Pavilion<\/p>\n
\nCamel & Ostrich Races at 1:00pm – Grandstand Arena
\nSuper Fiesta Mariachis 3:00 pm – Fantasy Springs Concert Pavilion
\nWGAS Motorsports, Demolition Derby at 6:00pm – Grandstand Arena<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"