GIVING GOURMETS INVITED TO BENEFIT : WINE CLASSIC TO AID YOUTH ORCHESTRA.Byline: Laurence Darmiento Daily News Staff Writer Fine wine, gourmet food, classical music. Sounds like heaven. In fact, it's Saturday night's Wine Classic, a fund-raiser for the Santa Clarita Valley The Santa Clarita Valley is the valley of the Santa Clara River in Southern California. It stretches through Los Angeles County and Ventura County. Its main population center is the city of Santa Clarita. The valley was part of the 48,612-acre (19,672. Youth Orchestra Foundation of College of the Canyons College of the Canyons is one of the fastest-growing community colleges in the state. According to the National Junior College Research Association, College of the Canyons consistently ranks in the top 50 community colleges in the nation. . More than 20 California wineries will offer nearly 70 wines for tasting and sale. Two champagnes also will be featured, along with appetizers to cleanse the pallet between samples. The chairwoman of the event is Sue Bozman, COC's public relations public relations, activities and policies used to create public interest in a person, idea, product, institution, or business establishment. By its nature, public relations is devoted to serving particular interests by presenting them to the public in the most chief and a bit of a wine connoisseur. Her interest in wine, she said, began with the annual fund-raiser. ``Over the years in being involved in the event I have learned about the wine industry in California,'' she said. ``I do enjoy wine and over the years we've started collecting. We ran out of shelves and one day I noticed under our stairway, we gutted a hole under there.'' And thus the Bozmans opened their own wine cellar. Now she easily discusses the varieties and wineries that will be represented, including Pedroncelli, Ridge Vinyards, Jankris Winery, J. Lohr, Dry Creek Dry Creek may refer to:
The benefit will be held from 7 to 10 p.m. at California Institute of the Arts California Institute of the Arts known as CalArts U.S. private institution of higher learning in Valencia. Created in 1961 through the merger of two other art institutes, it was the first in the U.S. . Patrons will be given souvenir wine glasses, then walk from tasting station to tasting station to sample the various wines. ``We have almost every kind of varietal you can imagine,'' Bozman said. ``You don't have to drink a lot of wine, you can just have a splash of each.'' Complementing the spirits will be appetizers, desserts and gourmet coffee donated by Trader Joe's Trader Joe's is a privately held chain of specialty grocery stores headquartered in Monrovia, California. As of September 2007, Trader Joe's has a total of 284 stores.[1] , Nature's Harvest and Barnes & Noble/Starbucks. Tickets for the classic are $40 apiece or $70 per pair in advance. They can be ordered by calling the college at 259-7800, Ext. 415. Purchased at the door, tickets will cost $45 each or $80 per pair. ``The wineries donate their wines and time, it helps them market their wines,'' she said. ``Santa Clarita Santa Clarita, city (1990 pop. 110,642), Los Angeles co., S Calif., suburb 30 mi (48 km) NW of downtown Los Angeles, on the Santa Clara River; inc. 1987. Situated in the Santa Clara valley and nearby canyons, Santa Clarita includes the former towns of Canyon Country, residents might not be that familiar with Ravenswood or Pedroncelli. They're pretty far away.'' The annual Wine Classic is the biggest fund-raiser of the year for the youth orchestra, which draws young musicians from the Santa Clarita, Antelope and San Fernando valleys, said director Robert Lawson Robert Lawson may refer to:
The proceeds will help finance the 70-piece orchestra's summer trip to England as well as other concerts throughout the year. ``I would just love people to know how important musical arts are and what it does for these kids,'' Lawson said. ``Music of all arts touches not only the most sensitive and endearing emotions within, but it also involves an abundance of intellectual thought processes.'' CAPTION(S): Photo Photo: (Color only in AV edition) Sue Bozman, chairwoman of Saturday night's College of the Canyons' fund-raiser, says the annual event inspired her to start a wine cellar. Hans Gutknecht/Daily News |
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