FUN ALL OVER VALYERMO MONKS START OFF WEEKEND.Byline: Daily News VALYERMO - Benedictine monks will host thousands of visitors at their Valyermo abbey for a weekend of music, art and food. The 47th annual Valyermo Fall Festival runs from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and Sunday at St. Andrew's Abbey St. Andrew's Abbey is a Benedictine monastery of men located in Valyermo, California. In 1929, St. Andrew's Abbey in Bruges, Belgium founded St. Andrew's Priory in China. Until 1953, the monks of St. Andrew's Priory conducted missionary work among the Chinese. , on Valyermo Road at Fort Tejon This article has multiple issues: * It does not cite any references or sources. Please help improve this article by citing reliable sources. * It needs to be expanded. Road. Entertainment includes the 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 Children's Choir performing from 3:50 to 4:30 p.m. Saturday. Christian singer Tatianna will perform at 10 a.m. Sunday. The Palmdale-based singing group Nuns for Fun will perform at 12:20 and 5 p.m. both days. Masses will be said at 9 a.m., 11 a.m., and 1, 5 and 6 p.m. Saturday, and at 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11 a.m., noon, and 1 and 5 p.m. Sunday. Sacred dances based on Biblical verses will be performed each afternoon at 4 p.m. by the Valyermo Dancers, a troupe of laypersons who have been associated with St. Andrew's Abbey for more than 20 years. The celebration concludes with the singing of the Lord's prayer. Ceramic plaques of religious designs produced at the monastery will be prominently displayed, and their designer, the Rev. Maur van Dooerslaer, will be available to autograph his work. Food booths, cafeterias and restaurants will provide cuisine ranging from Mexican and Chinese food to hamburgers, chicken and ribs. A handmade quilt - created by Sue Handley and decorated with van Dooerslaer's design of an angel holding a wine bottle and a goblet -will be raffled off Sunday evening. Tickets are $1 each or 7 for $5. Festival admission is free, but a $4 donation is requested for parking (parking fee is waived for tour buses). Baby-sitting for children from ages 1 to 3 will be provided free of charge. To reach the festival, take Highway 138 (Pearblossom Highway) to Pearblossom; turn south onto Longview Road and follow the signs. For more information, visit www.valyermo.com/fest.html. Other weekend activities in the Antelope Valley include a Rosamond parade, a Greek food festival and Lancaster's annual Bark in the Park Bark in the Park is an annual festival for dogs and their owners in the San Jose, California, Naglee Park neighborhood, held on the third Saturday in September. It is a fundraising event hosted by the Naglee Park neighborhood's Campus Community Association (CCA). . --The 28th annual William Ketchum Memorial Parade will feature more than 50 marching bands, floats, military vehicles Military vehicles include all land combat and transportation vehicles, excluding rail-based, which are designed for or are in significant use by military forces. See also list of armoured fighting vehicles. and youth groups. The parade begins at 10 a.m. Saturday and travels down Diamond Street to Glendower Park, where Septemberfest will follow the parade. Grand marshall is retired Air Force Colonel Harry A. Talbot. Talbot is being recognized for his contributions to Rosamond and Edwards Air Force Base Edwards Air Force Base, U.S. military installation, 301,000 acres (121,805 hectares), S Calif., NE of Lancaster; est. 1933. It is one of the largest air force bases in the United States and has the world's longest runway. . Visitors should plan to arrive early as Rosamond Boulevard from the Antelope Valley Freeway The Antelope Valley Freeway is a freeway in Los Angeles and Kern counties in southern California. It is signed as California State Highway 14 along its length. It connects Greater Los Angeles to the rapidly developing Antelope Valley. to Sierra Highway will close at approximately 8:30 a.m. The festival runs from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday. There will be more than 50 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. vendors, food vendors, games for kids, a dunking booth and Indian art. The Air Force band Galaxy will perform at the festival along with Too Good to be True and Mr. Grinch. Galaxy recently performed for President George W. Bush and it's also played at San Francisco Giants The San Francisco Giants are a Major League Baseball team based in San Francisco, California that currently play in the National League West Division. New York Giants history Early days and the John McGraw era and Oakland A's baseball games. --The annual Greek Food Festival will run from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday in the Lilac Pavilion at the Antelope Valley Fairgrounds n. pl. 1. same as fairground. , 2551 W. Ave. H. The festival will feature a Greek band, dancing by the youth group of St. Constantine of Helens Greek Orthodox Church Greek Orthodox Church Independent Eastern Orthodox church of Greece. The term is sometimes used erroneously for Eastern Orthodoxy in general. It remained under the patriarch of Constantinople until 1833, when it became independent. at 1, 4 and 6 p.m., storytelling at 12:30 and 4:30 p.m. and belly dancing at 2 and 5 p.m. There will be games for children, face painting and pony rides. Vendors will sell arts and crafts and Greek items. Admission is $1. Active military with identification will be admitted free. For more information, visit www.avgreekfestival.com or call (661) 945-1212. --Bark in the Park will let dogs catch Frisbees, show off their tricks and pose with their owners in a look-alike contest from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday in Lancaster City Park, 43011 10th St. W. Pet psychic Joy Mason will give readings on dogs, while the American Red Cross American Red Cross: see Red Cross. will demonstrate cardioplumonary-resuscitation for dogs. Vendors will sell treats for both humans and canines. Admission is free. --Monster trucks will perform at 2 and 7 p.m. Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday at the Antelope Valley Fairgrounds. A pit party will be held from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday. A fireworks fireworks: see pyrotechnics. fireworks Explosives or combustibles used for display. Of ancient Chinese origin, fireworks evidently developed out of military rockets and explosive missiles and accompanied the spread of military explosives westward to display follows the 7 p.m. show. Gates will open one hour prior to show time. Tickets are $15. CAPTION(S): 4 photos Photo: (1 -- color) Here are some of the ceramics made by the Rev. Maur van Doorslaer that willl be sold at the Valyermo Fall Festival at St. Andrew's Abbey. (2 -- color) Brother Gabriel, who is on retreat at St. Andrew's Abbey, looks over the area for the Valyermo Fall Festival. (3 -- color) The Rev. Maur van Doorslaer looks over some of the ceramics he made that will be sold at the Valyermo Fall Festival. (4) At the Valyermo Fall Festival ground, the Rev. Maur van Doorslaer looks over some large angels he made for the festival. Jeff Goldwater/Staff Photographer |
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