G'DAY, L.A.Byline: - Simone Schramm Celebrate Australia Week at the Wolf Blass Aussie Festival at UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX . The event will feature a stage performance by Tjapukai, an aboriginal performance troupe of singers and dancers from the Daintree Rainforest. Steve Irwin - the Crocodile Hunter - will appear with a variety of wild Aussie critters. After the stage shows, the event will feature the United States' first official Australian Rules football Australian rules football Variety of football played between two teams of 18 players. The field is oval, 145–200 yd (135–185 m) long, with four goalposts at each end. A six-point goal is scored when the oval ball is kicked through the two central goalposts. match, between the Sydney Swans and the North Melbourne Kangaroos. The public can also enjoy booths, concessions, family-style Aussie barbecue, awards ceremonies and more. The event takes place from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday. Gates open at 10:30 a.m. The Steve Irwin show begins at 11 a.m. Admission is $15 for adults, $10 for children 3 to 15, free for children under 3, $40 for a family of four with two adults and two children. UCLA Pauley Pavilion and Intramural intramural /in·tra·mu·ral/ (-mu´r'l) within the wall of an organ. in·tra·mu·ral adj. Occurring or situated within the walls of a cavity or organ. Field, UCLA campus, Westwood. For tickets, call Ticketmaster at (213) 480-3232 or visit www.australia-week.com or www.ticketmaster.com. Also happening: MLK MLK Martin Luther King MLK Milk MLK Medialess License Kit Kingdom Day Parade and Multicultural Family Festival, featuring floats, drill teams, marching bands and equestrian groups. The festival features live performances by blues singer Toni Morrison and local talent, food and information booths, face painting, ponies, giveaways and more. From 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday at Leimert Park at the corner of Crenshaw cren·shaw also cran·shaw n. A variety of winter melon (Cucumis melo var. inodorus) having a greenish-yellow rind and sweet, usually salmon-pink flesh. [Origin unknown.] Boulevard and Vernon Avenue. Parade takes place on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, between Crenshaw Boulevard and Western Avenue in Los Angeles. Admission is free. For more information, call COR-CA at (866) 626-7322. Re-enactment of Articles of Capitulation CAPITULATION, war. The treaty which determines the conditions under which a fortified place is abandoned to the commanding officer of the army which besieges it. 2. Signing, a historic re-enactment of a peace-treaty signing. Fiesta dancers, ``12 Flags Over California'' exhibit, kids' activities and more. 1 p.m. Sunday at the Campo de Cahuenga Campo de Cahuenga in North Hollywood, California, near Cahuenga Pass, was an adobe farmhouse on the Rancho Verdugo where the Treaty of Cahuenga was signed between Lieutenant Colonel John C. Historical Memorial Association, 3919 Lankershim Blvd., North Hollywood. Admission is free. (818) 763-7651. www.laparks.org. |
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