GOT BOOTS?; FESTIVAL HOME ON THE RANGE.Byline: Teresa Jimenez Daily News Staff Writer Time to put on your cowboy hat and mud-sloshing boots because Santa Clarita's fifth annual Cowboy Poetry and Music Festival will arrive this weekend - and so will El Nino. Come rain or shine, nationally known performers will bring their shows to Melody Ranch in Newhall. City organizers have been working diligently dil·i·gent adj. Marked by persevering, painstaking effort. See Synonyms at busy. [Middle English, from Old French, from Latin d to make sure a little rain won't keep visitors from having a good time. ``We're 99 percent sold out. We figure we'll be sold out by the weekend,'' said city spokeswoman Gail Ortiz. ``We want people to come and cowboy up because it's a lot of fun.'' The National Weather Service is forecasting showers with possible thunderstorms thunderstorms a storm characterized by thunder and lightning caused by strong rising air currents; identified as agents of animal disease because of their involvement causing (1) spasmodic colic; (2) lightning strike; (3) injuries of cattle acquired in stampedes initiated by storms. today and Sunday. Temperatures are expected to range from the low 40s to the low 60s, said Bill Hoffer ``I don't think it's going to be as intense as the last one was,'' Hoffer said. Most of the performances will be held in indoor sound stages anyway, Ortiz said. Other areas are being prepared to offer some protection from expected showers. El Nino predictions certainly did not stop fans from purchasing tickets for the festival. Ortiz said the city expects anywhere from 10,000 to 13,000 people to attend. Tickets are $6 and will allow visitors to buy goods from vendors selling Western items and purchase goodies good·y 1 Informal interj. Used to express delight. n. also good·ie pl. good·ies Something attractive or delectable, especially something sweet to eat. at food booths, Ortiz said. Called the Cowboy Gear Show and Grub grub: see larva. , it will be open from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. today and from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday. In addition, performers Dave Starney, Brenn Hill, Lone Prairie and others will sing and play from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. today. Of course, visitors will get a peek at Melody Ranch, which is closed to the public except during the Cowboy Poetry and Music Festival. ``This is a chance to see it,'' Ortiz said. ``It's a working movie ranch A movie ranch is a ranch that is at least partially dedicated to being used as a site for the production of motion pictures. Movie ranches first came into use in southern California in the 1920s when westerns had become increasingly popular. . They filmed `The Magnificent Seven' there.'' Organizers made last-minute arrangements to bring in a bridge to span a creek that runs across Melody Ranch, Ortiz said. The creek generally is dry or has a small flow of water, and cars can cross it without a bridge, Ortiz said. Though guests do not drive to the festival - taking shuttle buses instead - the city wants to make sure the buses can travel the stretch without problems, she said. The shuttle stop is located on 12th Street at Arch Street, near San Fernando Road San Fernando Road is a major street in the city and county of Los Angeles. It starts off in Castaic as The Old Road, passing through Santa Clarita and the Newhall Pass, where upon its intersection with Sierra Highway near the junction of the Golden State (I-5) and the . Parking costs $1, or $2 for motor homes. FORECAST The National Weather Service predicts showers for today with a chance of afternoon thunderstorms and winds up to 30 mph. Weekend temperatures in Newhall will top out in the mid-50s, with overnight lows dipping into the mid-30s. FREE EVENTS The fifth annual 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, Cowboy Poetry and Music Festival will be held today and Sunday at Melody Ranch in Placerita Canyon. Festival patrons can take a shuttle from Arch Street and 12th Street in Newhall. There is no parking at the site. The following is a list of free events scheduled at Melody Ranch. Other festival events are sold out. TODAY 10 a.m.- 10 p.m. - Cowboy Gear Show featuring handmade hand·made adj. Made or prepared by hand rather than by machine. handmade Adjective made by hand, not by machine Adj. 1. cowboy gear and art. 11 a.m. - California Music Hall poetry and music sessions. 11:15 a.m.- 10 p.m. - Chuck Wagon Stage, food and poetry. 11:30 a.m.- 6 p.m. - Cowboy Corner songs and rhyming rhyme also rime n. 1. Correspondence of terminal sounds of words or of lines of verse. 2. a. A poem or verse having a regular correspondence of sounds, especially at the ends of lines. b. stories. SUNDAY 10 a.m.- 6 p.m. - Cowboy Gear Show. CAPTION(S): 2 Photos, Box PHOTO (1--Color in SAC Edition only) Santa Clarita city workers Jim Cooksey, left, and Glenn Bogna spread sawdust sawdust used as litter for chickens and bedding for horses. Sawdust made from treated timber may cause pentachlorophenol and other wood preservative poisoning. Fungi growing in sawdust litter in poultry houses may cause poisoning in the birds. for the poetry and music festival. (2--Color in SAC Edition only) Tents, such as the one shown, will provide relief in the event of rain. Myung J. Chun/Daily News BOX: FREE EVENTS (see text) |
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