The Los Ba&#241;os D.E.S. Society will host three days of festivities with its annual festa celebration on Friday, Saturday and Sunday.</p><p>In its 95th year, two new queens will preside over the bullfights, dinner-dances and processions which will all be part of the society's 2008 festa.</p><p>D.E.S. President Simon Sequeira said will bring an estimated 2,500 revelers to Los Ba&#241;os for the weekend festivities. </p><p>Sequeira said the local celebrations, which began in 1914, have been a focal point of the city's Portuguese community for nearly a century. More than a dozen Portuguese organizations from throughout northern California are expected to attend.</p><p>Celebrations will begin Friday with a traditional Portuguese bullfight at the Los Ba&#241;os Fairgrounds, followed by an evening rosary and dance event. Gates at the fairgrounds open at 5:30 p.m., bullfighting begins at 7:30.</p><p>On Saturday, a Mass will celebrated at 5:30 p.m.</p><p>The main event will come Sunday when the society welcomes its new festa queens during a special Portuguese-language Mass at St. Joseph's Catholic Church at 11 a.m. A procession from the D.E.S. Hall to the church will begin at 9:15 a.m. Sopas will be served in the morning at the hall beginning at 11:30 a.m. and again in the evening at 8 p.m. following a rosary at 7.</p><p>The society named Rachel Brum as the 2008 senior queen with sidemaids Angela and Amelia Wren. Junior queen Haley Ballez and sidemaids Holly and Haven Ballez were also recognized during the Mass.</p><p>The six girls will participate in the annual procession to and from the church, which includes sweetbread-laden children, marching bands, and dozens of other festa queens. </p><p>Along the way, the festa queens will have plenty of company. At the church, the party will be accompanied by young members of the D.E.S. Society who will also ride in a float, carry rosaries and bear pictures and statues of Queen Isabel of Aragon, the celebration's patron saint.</p><p>The festa celebration dates back to the 14th century in honor of the devoutly Catholic queen who married King Denis of Portugal. According to legend, St. Queen Isabel was known throughout her land as friend to the poor and sick.</p><p>The best-known legend about the queen came about when she attempted to sneak bread out of the royal castle to feed peasants affected by a famine. When King Denis caught her, he demanded to know what Isabel had hidden beneath her royal robes. The queen replied that she was carrying roses. </p><p>When her husband demanded she show him, legend has it that God granted a miracle and turned the bread into roses before their eyes, thus persuading the king to assist his wife in helping the commoners. When the famine ended, the tradition of the festa queen began when Isabel began "crowning" virtuous peasant girls every year to give thanks to the Holy Spirit.</p><p>Since then, loaves of Portuguese sweetbread, roses and the crown of Queen Isabel have become symbols of the annual festa celebration, which are typically held throughout the summer months.