FOOD FESTIVALS START SIMI'S CELEBRATION.Byline: Joseph Giordono Staff Writer SIMI VALLEY Simi Valley (sē`mē, sĭm`ē), city (1990 pop. 100,217), Ventura co., SW Calif. in an oil, fruit, and farm region; laid out 1887, inc. 1969. - Although most of the festivities fes·tiv·i·ty n. pl. fes·tiv·i·ties 1. A joyous feast, holiday, or celebration; a festival. 2. The pleasure, joy, and gaiety of a festival or celebration. 3. are still a few weeks away, the annual Simi Valley Days parade and festival will kick off this weekend with a pair of food favorites. Both the Kiwanis Club's Claws for Kids Lobster Bake and the Elks Chili Cookoff A “chili cookoff'” is a social event, similar to a barbecue, in which competitors prepare their own particular recipe for chili con carne and submit it for taste testing. are expected to raise thousands of dollars for local youth-oriented charities. Simi Valley Days officially run Sept. 9-24. First up is the sixth annual lobster bake, to be held from 5 to 9 p.m. Saturday at Santa Susana Santa Susana can refer to several places:
Organizers expect the event to draw as many as 400 people and raise about $5,000, said Elaine Hintlian of the Kiwanis Club. ``This is always one of our major fund-raisers for the year and we are really excited about it,'' Hintlian said. ``It really produces a lot of money for some deserving youth programs.'' Among the charities to benefit are the Boys & Girls Club Girls Club is a 2002 American television series created by David E. Kelley, who was also it's producer and executive producer. Only two out of a total of thirteen episodes created were broadcast on Fox Television in the United States and Global Television in Canada. of Simi Valley, the YMCA YMCA in full Young Men's Christian Association Nonsectarian, nonpolitical Christian lay movement that aims to develop high standards of Christian character among its members. , several Boy Scout troops and the Teens At Risk program. Proceeds also will be used for scholarships sponsored by Kiwanis, Hintlian said. Tickets, which pay for a lobster or chicken dinner, are $20 for adults and $4 for children. Music and dancing will follow the dinner. From 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, the Elks Lodge will sponsor its second annual Chili Cookoff. Organizers expect upward of 1,500 attendees and hope to raise about $4,000 for charity. The event will be held at the Elks Lodge, 1561 Kuehner Drive. Tickets are $2. The festivities will include a Corvette corvette, small warship, classed between a frigate and a sloop-of-war. Corvettes usually were flush-decked and carried fewer than 28 guns. They were widely employed in escorting convoys and attacking merchant ships during the great naval wars of the late 18th and car show and music. Organizers say there will be several vendor booths and 15 competitors in the cookoff. Simi Valley Days events will continue on Sept. 9, with an English and Western horse riding show, and a car show will be held Sept. 10. The carnival, featuring live entertainment by local bands and performers, will run Sept. 20-24. Festival organizers say they are still booking acts, and that local entertainers are encouraged to apply. The Simi Valley Days parade is scheduled for Sept. 23. The festivities will finish up with the Simi Valley Days Rodeo, scheduled for Sept. 23 and 24, and a 5-10K run Sept. 24. TASTY TIMES Simi Valley Days kickoff events: Kiwanis Club's sixth annual Claws for Kids Lobster Bake, 5 to 9 p.m. Saturday at Santa Susana Park, 4212 Los Angeles Ave. Tickets, which pay for a lobster or chicken dinner, are $20 for adults and $4 for children. Second annual Chili Cookoff, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, at the Elks Lodge, 1561 Kuehner Drive. Tickets are $2. Simi Valley Days run Sept. 9-24. CAPTION(S): box Box: Tasty Times (see text) |
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