HARVESTING FUN VALYERMO, ROSAMOND, LANCASTER GET READY FOR ANNUAL FALL FESTIVALS.Byline: Daily News VALYERMO - Benedictine monks will host thousands of visitors at their Valyermo abbey for a weekend of music, art and food. The 48th annual Valyermo Fall Festival will run from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday and 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. 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. Parking is $5, but admission is free. Entertainment will include a performance by 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 from 3:50 to 4:30 p.m. Saturday. Christian singer Tatianna will perform at 10 a.m. Sunday. Rock, rhythm-and-blues and jazz musicians This is a list of jazz musicians on whom Wikipedia has articles. Some of the most notable jazz musicians
The Palmdale-based Nuns for Fun will sing at 12:20 and 5 p.m. both days. Masses will be said both days. Ceramic plaques of religious designs produced at the monastery will be prominently displayed, and their designer, the Rev. Maur van Doorslaer, will be available to autograph his work. Metal and wood crafts also will be displayed for sale. Cafeterias, restaurants and booths will provide food ranging from Mexican and Chinese cuisine to hamburgers, chicken and ribs. Shoppers will also find used books, DVDs, videocassettes, tapes and long-playing phonograph records for sale. Other events are also planned this weekend: --ROSAMOND - The 29th annual William Ketchum Memorial Armed Forces Appreciation Parade will feature more than 50 marching bands, floats, military vehicles and youth groups. The parade will begin at 10 a.m. Saturday and travel down Diamond Street to Glendower Park, where thee will be a Septemberfest. 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 be closed at approximately 8:30 a.m. The festival will run from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday. There will be more than 50 vendors of 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. , as well as food vendors, games for kids, a dunking booth and Indian art displays. --LANCASTER - 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. Sponsored by St. Constantine and 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. , the festival will feature Greek music, dancing and food. CAPTION(S): 3 photos Photo: (1 -- color) The Rev. Maur van Doorslaer, designer of St. Andrew's Abbey ceramics, works on wood decorations for the Valyermo Fall Festival at the monastery. (2 -- color) Abbey volunteers Gerry Papenfus, left, and Sue Barrick admire original ceramic plaques to be sold at the weekend Valyermo Fall Festival. (3) The Rev. Maur van Doorslaer dangles a plywood fish that is among handmade decorations for a festival at Valyermo. Jeff Goldwater/Staff Photographer |
|
||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion