GOING APE OVER POPPY FESTIVAL.Byline: Charles F. Bostwick Staff Writer LANCASTER - A 6-year-old chimpanzee chimpanzee, an ape, genus Pan, of the equatorial forests of central and W Africa. The common chimpanzee, Pan troglodytes, lives N of the Congo River. Full-grown animals of this species are up to 5 ft (1. named Cody helped city officials announce entertainment for the April 22-23 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. The 70-pound chimp, who will star in the festival's children's area animal show, took a special liking to Mayor Frank Roberts Frank Roberts may refer to:
``That's called sucking up,'' said handler ``Ranger'' Rick Kelly Rick Kelly (born on January 17, 1983 in Mildura, Victoria, Australia) is a V8 Supercar racing driver and the younger brother of V8 Supercar driver Todd Kelly, currently living in Melbourne, Victoria. of the television series ``Critter Gitter.'' No one yet can predict how this spring's 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. crop will turn out, but the city's 15th annual festival will feature Celtic rock Celtic rock is a genre of folk rock which incorporates Celtic music, instrumentation and themes. History Celtic rock developed out of the (originally English) electric folk scene. band Young Dubliners, jazz saxophonist Michael Lington and guitarist Craig Chaquico Craig Chaquico (born September 25, 1954) is an American guitarist from Sacramento, California who has had over thirty years of success in a variety of genres: in the 1970s with the post-Summer of Love Jefferson Starship, in that band's 1980s incarnation, Starship, and in the 1990s , plus 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. sales, flower and farmers markets and more than two dozen food vendors. Cody the chimp will appear on stage and interact with audience members along with pot-bellied pigs, pythons and ocelots in three shows daily. Workshops on home decorating and desert gardening will be presented by experts including Michael Payne, host of Home & Garden TV's ``Designing for the Sexes'' series. ``There's always something new,'' Roberts said of the festival. The festival grew out of the city's co-sponsorship with the Lancaster Woman's Club of an annual Wildflower Information Center, which provided information on wildflowers and gave visitors maps to areas with the best blooms. The festival has become known for its ``smooth jazz'' concerts, which draw visitors from all over Southern California, said Lyle Norton, parks, recreation and arts director. The festival will run 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. April 22 and 23 at Lancaster City Park, 43011 10th St. W. Admission is $7 for adults, $3 for children ages 6 to 12 and seniors age 62 and older, and free for children under age 6. Parking is free. Concerts are included in the admission price. Young Dubliners perform at 1:30 p.m. April 22. After them at 3:30 p.m. is the Sauce Boss, a blues guitarist and vocalist who cooks gumbo while he performs, then serves it to his audience after the show. Lington, a Dane whose debut album ``Stay With Me'' has been on Billboard's contemporary jazz chart for 24 weeks, will perform at 1:30 p.m. April 23. Chaquico, who was a member of Jefferson Starship as a teenager and evolved into a smooth-jazz band leader, performs at 3:30 p.m. April 23. Charles F. Bostwick, (661) 267-5742 chuck.bostwick(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Lancaster Mayor Frank Roberts gets a hug from his pal, chimp Cody, as ``Ranger'' Rick Kelly of the TV series ``Critter Gitter'' helps announce what entertainment will be offered at this year's Poppy Festival, which runs April 22 and 23. Jeff Goldwater/Staff Photographer |
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