Old Spanish Days – Fiesta

Santa Barbara, CA. July 31 - August 4, 2024

David Bolton
El Presidente Anterior

David Bolton was 2023 El Presidente for Old Spanish Days, Inc., and also serves as the organization’s official Fiesta Historian. He has served on the OSD board since 2015. David’s responsibilities on the board have included El Primer and El Segundo Vice Presidentes, El Secretario, Division Chief of External Relations and Education, Press Chair, and television liaison for Fiesta Pequeña and El Desfile Histórico. He has chaired La Primavera, Parade Marshals, Announcers, Governance, Bylaws and Nominations Committees. He has also been actively involved in several other OSD committees including Fiesta Pequeña, History and Archiving, the Presidentes’ Party, the Parade Committee (El Desfile Histórico), and various Fiesta administrative committees. In 2019, David was knighted by Spain’s King Felipe VI as a Commander in the Royal Order of Isabela la Catolica.