BLOOMIN' FUN POPPIES TO SHARE TOP BILLING AT WEEKEND FESTIVAL.Byline: Peggy Hager Staff Writer LANCASTER - Few poppies are blooming on 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 hillsides, but there will be lots Saturday and Sunday at Lancaster City Park - along with music, art and activities for children. Lancaster's 11th annual California Poppy California poppy: see poppy. California poppy Annual garden plant (Eschscholzia californica) in the poppy family, native to the western coast of North America and naturalized in parts of southern Europe, Asia, and Australia. Festival is expected to attract 45,000 visitors. ``It's affordable family fun right here in Lancaster,'' said city spokeswoman Anne Aldrich. ``It's named after the poppy, but it's so much more than the poppy.'' Jazz musicians This is a list of jazz musicians on whom Wikipedia has articles. Some of the most notable jazz musicians
There will be carnival rides for youngsters, fresh vegetables and flowers will be sold at a farmers market, and harpists and arts and crafts arts and crafts, term for that general field of applied design in which hand fabrication is dominant. The term was coined in England in the late 19th cent. as a label for the then-current movement directed toward the revivifying of the decorative arts. , kilted kilt n. 1. A knee-length skirt with deep pleats, usually of a tartan wool, worn as part of the dress for men in the Scottish Highlands. 2. A similar skirt worn by women, girls, and boys. tr.v. bagpipers List of Bagpipers Uilleann Pipes
As for the poppies, visitors can buy seeds or live plants. California poppies have been planted around the park. ``People can find poppies at the poppy festival,'' said Aldrich. ``They may be in pots, they may be seeds, but there will be poppies.'' The National Weather Service weekend forecast calls for mostly clear skies Clear Skies could refer to:
``They're predicting that it's going to warm up and calm down before the weekend, and we're counting on those predictions,'' said Aldrich. ``It won't be too hot; it won't be too cold; it'll just be a wonderful day to be out in the park with the family.'' The festival will run from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and Sunday at Lancaster City Park, 43011 10th St. W. Admission is $6 for visitors age 13 to 61 and $3 for seniors 62 and older and for children 6-12. Admission is free for children under 5. Parking is $2 per car. A tram will provide transportation to and from the parking areas. For more information on the event, call (661) 723-6077 or visit www.poppyfestival.com. SONGS AND DANCE Lancaster's 11th annual California Poppy Festival will run Saturday and Sunday at Lancaster City Park, 43011 10th St. W. Performances include: --Poppy Stage: JazHarp Quartet at 1:45 p.m. and jazz vocalist Diane Schurr at 3:30 p.m. Saturday; jazz singer Kevyn Lettau at 1:45 p.m. Sunday, followed by The Yellowjackets at 3:30 p.m. --Primrose Stage: Third Door Down at 11 a.m., tHr3 at 12:30 p.m., At Random at 2 p.m. and John Spears and the Whiskey Runners at 3:30 p.m. Saturday. On Sunday the Primrose primrose, common name for the genus Primula of the Primulaceae, a family of low perennial herbs with species found on all continents, most frequently in north temperate regions. Stage will feature L.N.E. at 11 a.m., SideSleeper at 12:30 p.m., Saxophone saxophone, musical instrument invented in the 1840s by Adolphe Sax. Although it uses the single reed of the clarinet family, it has a conical tube and is made of metal. Symphonette at 2 p.m. and Off Limits at 3:30 p.m. --Lupine Stage: Celtic Spring Celtic Spring are an Irish American dance and fiddle band from California who combine traditional Celtic music with Irish and Cape Breton step dancing. The members of Celtic Spring are all members of the Wood family, consisting of the father, Greg, on bodhrán (traditional Irish at 12:15 p.m., Whirligig at 2:15 p.m. and The Fenians at 4 p.m. Saturday. Radio Unica KUTY-AM (1470) will take over the stage Sunday. --Community Stage: Local bands, individual performers and dancers, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. both days. Hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. both days. Admission is $6 for visitors age 13 to 61, and $3 for seniors age 62 and over and for children 6-12. Admission for children under 5 is free. Parking is $2 per car. A tram will provide transportation to and from the parking areas. CAPTION(S): 3 photos, box Photo: (1 -- color -- ran in AV edition only) Recreation coordinator John Sanders John Sanders is the name of
(2 -- color -- ran in AV edition only) A worker helps erect the framework of a stage tent for the California Poppy Festival. (3 -- ran in AV edition only) Sean Ponso and Donna Plummer put up a sign for the California Poppy Festival to be held this weekend in Lancaster. Jeff Goldwater/Staff Photographer Box: SONGS AND DANCE (see text) |
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