ASAP GETAWAYS : MONTEREY SHINDIG USHERS IN NEW YEAR.Byline: Daily News A family-oriented, no-alcohol, citywide party will ring in 1997 in Monterey on New Year's Eve for the second year in a row. First Night Monterey will include more than 90 music groups, featuring performances from jazz to gospel and folklorico to reggae, at indoor and outdoor venues from 3 p.m. to midnight Dec. 31. There'll also be a handbell choir and a barn dance, a parade of floats, art shows and demonstrations and a countdown to midnight in Custom House Plaza. Free shuttle buses will deliver partygoers downtown from Monterey Peninsula The Monterey Peninsula in central California comprises the cities of Monterey, Carmel, Pacific Grove, some unincorporated area of Monterey County and the private community of Pebble Beach. College and the Salinas Salinas, city, United States Salinas (səlē`nəs), city (1990 pop. 108,777), seat of Monterey co., W Calif.; inc. 1874. It is the shipping and processing center of a fertile valley famous for its grain and lettuce. Transit Plaza; special free vans for people in wheelchairs also will be available. Sign language interpreters also will be present at some performances. Admission buttons cost $9 per person, with children 5 and under admitted free. Tickets: (408) 373-4778. San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden : Pier 39 will mark the seventh anniversary of the sea lions' arrival at the waterfront shopping area on Jan. 19, about the time the marina mammals return each year to feed on the bay's plentiful herring supply. The Marine Mammal A marine mammal is a mammal that is primarily ocean-dwelling or depends on the ocean for its food. Mammals originally evolved on land, but later marine mammals evolved to live back in the ocean. Center at the pier offers free guided talks at the sea lion sea lion, fin-footed marine mammal of the eared seal family (Otariidae). Like the other member of this family, the fur seal, the sea lion is distinguished from the true seal by its external ears, long, flexible neck, supple forelimbs, and hind flippers that can be habitat from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on weekends. Information: (415) 705-5500. |
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