COLLEGE TO HOST SUMMER FESTIVAL.Byline: P. Catherine Shanks Community Columnist One ticket is a passport to a trio of special performances at the inaugural Moorpark College Moorpark College is a California-state funded community college located on a 134 acre (542,000 m²) property reclining on a hill in Moorpark, a town in Ventura County, California. Summer Arts Festival An arts festival or art fair is a festival that focuses on the visual arts, but which may also focus on other arts. Arts festivals in the visual arts are exhibitions. , which takes place three consecutive Saturday nights beginning this weekend. Moorpark College faculty have devised the drama, dance and music miniseries in an effort to keep the 2-year-old theater complex from going unused during the off-season. Moorpark College dance professor Daniel Berney said the festival is also a way to introduce the college's performing arts program to the community. ``Our facility is state-of the-art and comparable to any midrange theater in Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. ,'' said Berney, a festival organizer. ``Sure, you can go to Los Angeles and the Civic Arts Plaza. What we offer, here, certainly can augment the theater-going experience.'' Performed by accomplished Moorpark College students, the festival opens with a community-conscious collection of original monologues at the 120-seat Studio Theatre. Adjunct drama instructor Eric Augusztiny directs the show, which he has titled ``Charivari cha·ri·va·ri n. pl. cha·ri·va·ris Regional See shivaree. See Regional Note at shivaree. [French, from Old French, perhaps from Late Latin car .'' ``Literally, it means `headache,' '' Augusztiny said, explaining that he named the show for an old European
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