BRIEFLY.Water issues subject of talk PALMDALE -- Antelope Valley-East Kern Water Agency general manager Russ Fuller will talk about water issues at 11:30 a.m. May 22 at an 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 Board of Trade luncheon meeting at the Cascades Grill, 3905 Ranch Drive. Fuller will discuss the benefits of storing water and the major challenge of meeting local water demands. The cost is $20 per person. For information or to make reservations, call the Board of Trade office at (661) 942-9581. -- Daily News Drama class festival is set ROSAMOND -- Rosamond High School's advanced drama class will present its Spring One-Act Festival at 7 p.m. today through Friday in the performing arts room at the school, 2925 Rosamond Blvd. The doors will open at 6:30 p.m. for limited seating. There will be seven one-act plays, six of which are directed by seniors and juniors and genres include comedy, drama and Theatre of the Absurd Theatre of the Absurd Body of dramatic works of the 1950s and '60s that expressed the existentialist philosophy of meaninglessness and the absurdity of life. Playwrights such as Arthur Adamov, Edward Albee, Samuel Beckett, Jean Genet, Eugène Ionesco, and Harold Pinter . The seventh is directed by drama teacher Debbie Whitlock. Ticket prices are $5 for general admission, and $4 for students with ID cards from any school, and seniors. -- Daily News Bus schedules, routes talk topic PALMDALE -- A representative from the Antelope Valley Transit Authority Antelope Valley Transit Authority is the transit agency serving the cities of Palmdale and Lancaster and their suburbs. Antelope Valley Transit Authority is operated under contract by Veolia Transport, and is affiliated and offers connecting services with Metro and Metrolink. will be the guest speaker Friday at the AARP's Palmdale chapter's 1 p.m. monthly meeting at the Senior Center, 1002 E. Ave. Q-12. The agency official will talk about bus routes and schedules. -- Daily News Mom's 'Medley' at arts center LANCASTER -- "A Mother's Day Musical Medley" will be presented by the Lancaster Community Orchestra on Thursday evening at the Lancaster Performing Arts Center A performing arts center, often abbreviated PAC, is a multi-use performance space that can be adapted for use by various types of the performing arts, including dance, music and theatre. , 750 W. Lancaster Blvd. An instrument "petting zoo," where children can see instruments up close and try them out, will be from 6:15 to 7 p.m., followed by the orchestra playing selections that signify various stages of childhood and Prokofiev's "Peter and the Wolf For other uses, see . Peter and the Wolf is a composition by Sergei Prokofiev written in 1936 after his return to the Soviet Union. It is a children's story (with both music and text by Prokofiev), spoken by a narrator accompanied by the orchestra. ." Tickets are $15 for adults, $10 for students 18 and under. -- Daily News 'Peace, Praise' performance set LANCASTER -- The Antelope Valley Symphony Orchestra and Master Chorale chorale (kōrăl`, –räl`), any of the traditional hymns of the German Protestant Church. The form was developed after the Reformation to replace the plainsong of the earlier service and as a means of congregational participation in and the 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, Mormon Choir will present "Peace and Praise" 8 p.m. Saturday at the Lancaster Performing Arts Center, 750 W. Lancaster Blvd. They will perform Maurice Durufle's "Requiem," a reworking of the centuries-old Gregorian chant Gregorian chant: see plainsong. Gregorian chant Liturgical music of the Roman Catholic church consisting of unaccompanied melody sung in unison to Latin words. from the Requiem Mass requiem mass Musical setting of the mass for the dead. (Requiem, Latin for “rest,” is the first word of the mass.) The requiem's text differs from the standard mass Ordinary in omitting its joyous sections and keeping only the Kyrie, Sanctus, and Agnus Dei, , and Igor Stravinsky's "Symphony of Psalms The Symphony of Psalms by Igor Stravinsky was written in 1930 and was commissioned by Serge Koussevitzky to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. ." The 8 p.m. performance will be preceded by a curtain-raiser talk at 7 p.m. in the center lobby. Tickets are $20 general admission, $18 for seniors and active duty military with identification, and $10 for those 17 and under. Tickets are available through the center Web site, www.lpac.org, or at the box office, (661) 723-5950. -- Daily News Sacred Heart golf event on Monday LANCASTER -- Sacred Heart School Sacred Heart School may refer to one of these schools: In the United States
The event will be a four-person scramble format with a shotgun start at 9 a.m. Registration begins at 7:30 a.m. The cost is $125 per person and includes green fees, cart, range balls, continental breakfast, prizes and awards banquet. To play, purchase a tee box advertisement, or make a donation for the raffle, call the school office at (661) 948-3613. -- Daily News Joshua School carnival slated LANCASTER -- Joshua School will hold a spring carnival and health fair from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at the school, 43926 2nd St. E. The event will feature food, educational and recreational booths. Admission is free, and food and game tickets are 25 cents each. -- Daily News |
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