BAND, COLOR GUARD RAISING FUNDS FOR D.C. TRIP.Byline: Joanne Joanne is a common given name for females, being a variant of Joanna, the feminine form of John and is derived from the Latin name Johanna and has a hebrew meaning of "God is Gracious" People with the given name Joanne: 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 High School's band and color guard are seeking help to travel next summer to Washington, D.C. The 117-member Antelope Valley Brigade brigade Military unit commanded by a brigadier general or a colonel and composed of two or more subordinate units, such as regiments or battalions. Two or more brigades make up a division. and 12 chaperones need to raise more than $800 each to represent Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, at the July 4, 1999, Washington National Independence Day Parade, said parent volunteer and uniform coordinator Jill Torgeson. The $800 pays for air fare, four days in a Washington, D.C., hotel, sightseeing tours, some meals and bus expenses, Torgeson said. The band needs the support of local business and community people, she said. ``It would be really neat if we could come back and say, yes, the whole community was behind us,'' Torgeson said. ``It would be absolutely fabulous Absolutely Fabulous is a British sitcom written by and starring Jennifer Saunders and co-starring Joanna Lumley, Julia Sawalha, June Whitfield and Jane Horrocks. It was broadcast on the BBC from 1992 to 2005, and is popularly referred to as Ab Fab. .'' In July 1997, enough money was raised to send only 38 band members to the same event in Washington, D.C. They were the only representatives from anywhere in California California (kăl'ĭfôr`nyə), most populous state in the United States, located in the Far West; bordered by Oregon (N), Nevada and, across the Colorado River, Arizona (E), Mexico (S), and the Pacific Ocean (W). at that parade, Torgeson said. This year, a band from Northern California Northern California, sometimes referred to as NorCal, is the northern portion of the U.S. state of California. The region contains the San Francisco Bay Area, the state capital, Sacramento; as well as the substantial natural beauty of the redwood forests, the northern has been invited to attend, she said. Torgeson has to raise about $4,000 for five members of her family to go on the trip, including her husband, two children and another band member who lives with them. Band boosters are also in need of sponsorships for an upcoming field tournament Dec. 5 at Antelope Valley High School's Mays Field, Torgeson said. Businesses have until Nov. 10 to purchase ads in the field tournament magazine. Choices include a business card-size ad for $39, a quarter-page for $60, a half-page for $100, a full page inside the publication for $175 or a full-page ad on the outside cover for $200, Torgeson said. For more information on sponsoring the Antelope Valley Brigade, call Torgeson at (805) 948-8552, Ext. 714, or (805) 949-2446. LANCASTER Antelope Valley College Antelope Valley College is a comprehensive community college located in Lancaster, California, USA. It is operated by the Antelope Valley Community College District, with a primary service area of 1,945 square miles covering portions of Los Angeles and Kern counties. trustees endorsed a statewide $9.2 million bond act that would fund several multimillion-dollar projects for the college, officials say. Proposition 1A, the Class-size Reduction Kindergarten-University Bond Act of 1998, appearing on Tuesday's ballot, could provide more than $30 million for Antelope Valley College construction projects, including preliminary work on the long-awaited Palmdale campus, said college public relations public relations, activities and policies used to create public interest in a person, idea, product, institution, or business establishment. By its nature, public relations is devoted to serving particular interests by presenting them to the public in the most director Steve Standerfer. ``If approved by California voters, the measure would provide $8.2 million for construction in 1999 of a 41,218-square-foot Business/High Tech Multimedia Center at the college's Lancaster campus, plus $1.5 million for equipment. The building would be located east of the library and south of the learning center.'' A second building to be funded with the bond measure would be a 13,700-square-foot technical building to be used for vocational training, Standerfer said. The structure is estimated to have a price tag of $7.6 million, he said. A third potential project is the Palmdale campus estimated to cost about $15.3 million, Standerfer said. |
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