FLOWER POWER POPPY FESTIVAL EXPECTED TO SHINE.Byline: Peggy Hager Staff Writer LANCASTER - With wildflowers already drawing thousands of visitors to the Antelope Valley, the 14th 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 will add music, art and other attractions. Frisbee-catching dogs, a Viking ship reproduction and artifacts artifacts see specimen artifacts. of King Tut and Elvis Presley will be among the features at the city festival, which is expected to draw more visitors than the 37,000-plus who attended last year, when rain fell on the first day. ``Lots of poppies, good weather, good recipe: hopefully 50,000 to 60,000 this year. That's our goal,'' said city official Norma Gurba. The festival runs from from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and Sunday at Lancaster City Park, 43011 10th St. W. The festival has no wild poppies of its own, but a wildflower wildflower Any flowering plant that grows without intentional human aid. Wildflowers are the source of all cultivated garden varieties of flowers. A wildflower growing where it is unwanted is considered a weed. information tent will offer free maps showing where wildflowers are growing. The annual festival will include a mix of old favorites, such as more than 200 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. booths and a farmers market offering fresh-cut flowers and vegetables, along with a mix of new attractions aimed at keeping it fresh, officials said. Entertainment headliners on Saturday include vocalist Juice Newton and members of the '60s rock bands Iron Butterfly Iron Butterfly An options strategy that is created with four options at three consecutively higher strike prices. The two options located at the 'middle strike' create a long or short straddle (one call and one put with the same strike price and expiration date) depending on , Rare Earth, Sugarloaf, Blues Image and Cannibal and the Headhunters performing as the Classic Rock All Stars. Performing on Sunday will be saxophonist Everette Harp and Grammy- winning guitarist Norman Brown performing jazz, soul and R&B music. Local dance, theater and music groups will perform on a second stage, and musical styles from around the world will be performed in the International Market Square. The Honky Tonk Hall of Fame and Rock-n-Roll Roadshow will display stage clothing, instruments, personal effects and gold record awards from musicians including Presley, Hank Williams, Patsy Cline, Johnny Cash, Dolly Parton par·ton n. Any of the point particles believed to be a constituent of hadrons, now known as quarks. No longer in technical use. [part(icle) + -on1.] , Loretta Lynn and Buddy Holly in a traveling 40-foot museum trailer. Frisbee-catching dogs and a falcon that chases a lure at over 100 mph will be among the performing animals. A new feature this year will be the Discovery Kingdom, featuring life- size models of dinosaurs and a reproduction of King Tutankhamen's tomb with real and replica Egyptian artifacts. The International Market Square will contain a 25-foot-long Viking ship, sword fights by the Society of Creative Anachronism and music performed on a didgeridoo didj·er·i·doo or didg·er·i·doo n. pl. didj·er·i·doos A musical instrument of the Aboriginal peoples of Australia, consisting of a long hollow branch or stick that makes a deep drone when blown into. , a musical instrument of Australia's aborigines aborigines: see Australian aborigines. . The Toys for Big Boys and Girls boys and girls mercurialisannua. area will display monster trucks, speedboats and cars. The Teen Scene area will include a rock climbing wall; a virtual reality ride; three-on-three basketball tournaments; performances by high school cheerleading The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. and dance teams; Pharmacy Ride and Skate Shop shows; hip-hop clothing and accessories; and a car show. Entry fees are $7 for adults, $3 for seniors age 62 and older and children ages 6 to 12. Children age 5 and younger are admitted free. Free parking and trams from parking lots to festival. No pets or alcoholic beverages are allowed. Peggy Hager, (661) 267-5741 Peggy.grimm-hager(at)dailynews.com IF YOU GO The 14th annual California Poppy Festival runs from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and Sunday at Lancaster City Park, 43011 10th St. W. ADMISSION: $7 for adults, $3 for seniors age 62 and older and children ages 6 to 12. Children age 5 and younger are admitted free. PARKING: Free, with trams to carry visitors from parking lots to the festival. HEADLINE ENTERTAINMENT Saturday --1:30 p.m. Classic Rock All Stars --3:30 p.m. Juice Newton Sunday --1:30 p.m. Everette Harp --3:30 p.m. Norman Brown CAPTION(S): 6 photos, box Photo: (1 -- color -- ran in AV edition only) Jin Her shows her 2 1/2-year-old son James Her poppies at the Antelope Valley California Poppy Reserve The Antelope Valley California Poppy Reserve is a California wildlife reserve located in the rural westside of the Antelope Valley in northern Los Angeles County. Constitutionally, it is a state park. Its namesake is the state flower, the California Poppy. . Jeff Goldwater/Staff Photographer (2) Classic Rock All Stars includes, from left, Mike Pinera of Iron Butterfly, Peter Rivera of Rare Earth, Jerry Corbetta of Sugarloaf and Dennis Noda of Cannibal and the Headhunters. (3) NEWTON (4) HARP (5) BROWN (6 -- ran in AV edition only) no caption (poppy flowers) Box: IF YOU GO (see text) |
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