EVENT TO GIVE PARKLAND A HAND; HUMAN CHAIN TO CELEBRATE RECREATION AREA'S ANNIVERSARY.Byline: Kevin Sherry Daily News Staff Writer Seeking a unique way to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area: see National Parks and Monuments (table). , supporters are bringing together up to 40,000 people to join hands in a human chain. The April 19 Hands Across the Parklands event will promote neighborliness neigh·bor·ly adj. Having or exhibiting the qualities of a friendly neighbor. neigh  bor·li·ness n.Noun 1. and remind city dwellers of the numerous natural resources available in their back yards, organizers say. ``What I was trying to do is find a way to highlight the entire Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area,'' said Jeff Blum, event chairman. ``This would be a good way for people to come together and celebrate. It's actually a very simple type of thing.'' The human chain will stretch from the Hollywood Bowl The Hollywood Bowl is a modern amphitheatre at 2301 North Highland Avenue in Hollywood, California, USA, that is used primarily for music performances. The "bowl" in this context is the natural cavity in the earth into which the amphitheater is built, rather than the shape of the to Leo Carrillo Leo Antonio Carrillo (August 6 1880 – September 10 1961), was an actor, vaudevillian, political cartoonist, and conservationist. Biography Family roots State Beach. Organizers now have about half the people they need to complete the chain, organizer Victoria Wikle said. The chain initially was supposed to snake along the Mulholland Highway  This article or section may be confusing or unclear for some readers.Please [improve the article] or discuss this issue on the talk page. and Mulholland Drive For the motion picture, see . Mulholland Drive is a very well-known road in Los Angeles, California named after engineer William Mulholland. A portion of it is also called Mulholland Highway. , but El Nino washed away some of the dirt path, Blum said. ``Part of it is missing,'' he said. ``That's created a little bit of a problem.'' The event is free, but participants - especially groups - are being asked to register so that organizers can plan for an unbroken chain. ``We want to spread people out along the route as best we can,'' Blum said. Tickets for the free event are available through Ticketmaster, which charges a $3 handling fee for every order, Blum said. The tickets will help keep a running head count of how many people can be expected. Those too ill to participate in the event directly can take part in Hands From Home, a project that lets people design a card or banner to be placed along the route in their stead, he said. For example, organizers recently paid a trip to Childrens Hospital 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. , where sick children created a banner decorated with their handprints. The banner will be strung along the route for the children. The Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area officially turns 20 on Nov. 10, but the Hands Across the Parklands event will serve as the kick off to National Park Week, said Catherine Saunders, a public affairs assistant for the National Park Service. ``We hope to generate awareness that there is a natural park in the area,'' Saunders said. |
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