I'm glad that you had the chance to experience this Ube. It cost the town a lot of $ and manpower to get the riot under control. Many families looked forward to this event each year. Not to mention the commerce that it brought into the community. I was heartbroken over it, because I really looked forward to it each year since I've been in the area. It was a beautiful thing. So sad that beligerent young people with nothing to lose personally, are able to destroy something so wonderful. Where is their sense of right and wrong? I was not raised that way and I just cannot comprehend how these people could have felt comfortable behaving the way they did. We could say that they were under the influence, but it seems to me that participating in this "party" was premeditated. My daughter wanted to be able to take her son to this when he was old enough, and she actually started crying when she heard what had happened. Whatever happened to respecting the rights and properties of others?