ALMOND FEST, PARADE ON TAP THIS WEEKEND.Byline: Charles F. Bostwick Staff Writer QUARTZ HILL - Quartz Hill's annual Almond Blossom Festival The Almond Blossom Festival is an annual arts, social, and entertainment festival held every year on the first weekend of August at Willunga, South Australia, Australia. and parade will go on Saturday and Sunday after being rescheduled because of snow three weeks ago. A parade along 50th Street West kicks off the festival, which includes a carnival, craft and food vendors and musical entertainment. The festival will run from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, with carnival rides continuing until 10 p.m., at George Lane George Lane (born 1940 ) is a British "mental calculator" and author. He is a three-times world champion and one of only three Grandmasters of Mental Calculation, as recognised by the Mind Sports Organisation. Park, 5520 W. Ave. L-8. Admission is free. The 33-entry parade featuring community queens, a Lancaster School District Lancaster School District may refer to:
Pet owners will parade with their animals along 50th Street West starting about 9:30 a.m., before the main parade. The carnival rides are a new addition to the festival. Also featured will be the traditional pony rides, rock-climbing wall and a large slide. Saturday's entertainment includes Tony Capko's jazz trio The term trio in jazz usually refers to a group comprising a pianist, a double bass player and a drummer. The pianist is usually considered the leader of these trios, and trios are usually named after their pianist. between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m., Cervantes playing `60s rock from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. and The Lost Canyon Rangers playing country music from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday's entertainment includes Blue Diamond playing a mix of rock, oldies Oldies is a generic term commonly used to describe a radio format that usually concentrates on Top 40 music from the '50s, '60s and '70s. Oldies are typically from R&B, pop and rock music genres. and country music from 10 a.m. to noon, the Sunland String Band playing country from noon to 2 p.m., and Boulevard Knights playing contemporary music from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. The festival was originally planned for March 11-12, but was delayed because of a cold storm that dropped snow on the Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley . That was not the first time that bad weather interfered with the festival. Snow or rain canceled it at least three times between the 1950s and 1990s, records show. The festival began in 1949 as way to celebrate the first signs of spring. It was named for the thousands of almond almond, name for a small tree (Prunus amygdalus) of the family Rosaceae (rose family) and for the nutlike, edible seed of its drupe fruit. The "nuts" of sweet-almond varieties are eaten raw or roasted and are pressed to obtain almond oil. trees that once covered the Quartz Hill area, but are now almost gone because of a tree disease in the 1960s and later drought and development. |
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