CAR RALLY, SURF SOUNDS WILL REVIVE '60S MOOD IN PALMDALE.Byline: Jim Skeen Daily News Staff Writer Palmdale will revisit the 1960s Saturday in a charity event featuring a car rally and the surf sounds of Jan & Dean. The event, which will benefit Palmdale's emergency food bank and Toys for Tots Toys For Tots is a program run by the United States Marine Corps Reserve which donates toys to children whose parents cannot afford to buy them gifts for Christmas. The program was founded in 1947 by Major Bill Hendricks. , will be spread over the Rancho Vista shopping center shopping center, a concentration of retail, service, and entertainment enterprises designed to serve the surrounding region. The modern shopping center differs from its antecedents—bazaars and marketplaces—in that the shops are usually amalgamated into , at Avenue P and 30th Street West, and the nearby Marie Kerr Park. ``It's a great way for the community to get together and enjoy each other,'' said Palmdale City Councilman David Myers. ``Marie Kerr Park is a beautiful place to hold a concert. It should be tremendous.'' There will a display of classic cars, a free bounce tent for kids, and music from an 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. group, Route 66, from 2 to 6 p.m. at Rancho Vista. From 2 to 4:30 p.m., Santa Claus Santa Claus: see Nicholas, Saint. Santa Claus jolly, gift-giving figure who visits children on Christmas Eve. [Christian Tradition: NCE, 1937] See : Christmas Santa Claus will make a summertime visit to greet children. At 6 p.m., the action will move across 30th Street West to the park. From 6 to 7 p.m., street hot rods will be on display. At 7:30 p.m., Mayor Jim Ledford will present awards from car judging during the day. Capping the day will be the concert in the park at 8 p.m. by Jan Berry and Dean Torrance, whose songs sold more than 30 million records between 1960 and 1966. Among Jan & Dean hits were ``Heart and Soul,'' ``Surf City Surf City may refer to:
The duo's careers came to a halt in 1966 when Berry was severely injured in a car accident. He spent a month in a coma and was unable to speak when he regained consciousness. The two did not tour again until 1978, the same year Berry's recovery was chronicled in a television movie, ``Dead Man's Curve Dead Man's Curve is the unofficial but commonly used name given to hazardous curves on Interstate and other highways in the United States that have claimed lives due to accidents. .'' From 2 p.m. until the concert begins, canned good and clothing will be collected for the South 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 Emergency Services emergency services Emergency care '…services …necessary to prevent death or serious impairment of health and, because of the danger to life or health, require the use of the most accessible hospital available and equipped to furnish those services' , or SAVES, program. The food bank helps about 40 area families daily. New and used toys will be collected for Toys for Tots and Santa's Workers Inc. Santa's Workers repair worn toys and give them to underprivileged children. The group hopes to provide gifts for 3,000 Antelope Valley children this year and especially needs toys for youngsters 8 to 11. Concert planners expect the audience to bring picnic food, lawn chairs or blankets and enjoy dinner with the music. Alcoholic beverages, however, are prohibited in the park. CAPTION(S): Photo Photo: (Ran in AV edition only) JAN & DEAN |
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