POPPY DEARTH WON'T STOP PARTY ANNUAL FESTIVAL TO GO ON WITH MUSICIANS, POTTED FLOWERS.Byline: Charles F. Bostwick Staff Writer LANCASTER - 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 hills are brown and the poppies are few, but Lancaster's annual Poppy Festival is going on as scheduled April 20 and 21. City officials promise there will be poppies in pots at Lancaster City Park, at least. ``If you don't have any poppies in the landscape, you can come to the Poppy Festival and get some seed and go home and plant your own,'' city spokeswoman Anne Aldrich said. Besides potted California poppies and other wildflowers, the 11th annual festival's main attraction will be music, including Grammy winners Diane Schuur Diane Schuur (b. December 10, 1953 in Tacoma, Washington) is an American jazz singer and pianist. Blinded at birth due to a hospital accident,[1] the talented and effervescent singer, nicknamed "Deedles," has earned the admiration of many of jazz's greatest musicians. and The Yellowjackets. Aldrich was aghast after hearing that two Los Angeles television stations Los Angeles is served by several local television stations including: Call letters Channel Network KCBS 2 CBS KNBC 4 NBC KTLA 5 The CW (Formerly WB) KSFV-LP 6 Almavision KABC 7 ABC KCAL 9 CBS2 (Formerly Independent) KTTV 11 Fox reported that the festival was postponed or canceled because the dry winter produced few flowers. While no abundance of poppies is expected, lack of wildflowers won't stop the festival, she said. Last spring produced a good display of poppies, but they bloomed mostly after the festival, which had rain on its first day. This year's festival was scheduled later in spring to try to get better weather and more wildflowers, but Mother Nature didn't cooperate. About 45,000 people are expected to attend. The festival will run 10 a.m to 6 p.m. April 20 and 21 at Lancaster City Park, 43011 10th St. W. It will feature 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. , a farmer's market, a rock climbing rock climbing Sports medicine An 'extreme sport' in which the participant climbs rock formations, with or without ropes Injury risk Fractures, abrasions, death. See Extreme sports. wall, carnival rides and a Celtic heritage area. Jazz artists will perform on the Poppy Stage. Three other stages will offer country, Latin, rock and local talent. Artwork will be available for purchase and viewing. During the festival two artists will be at work creating 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. scenes. Performances include: --Poppy Stage: JazHarp Quartet at 1:45 p.m. and jazz vocalist Diane Schuur at 3:30 April 20; jazz singer Kevyn Lettau at 1:45 p.m. April 21, followed by The Yellowjackets at 3:30. --Primrose Stage: Third Door Down at 11 a.m., tHr3 at 12:30 p.m., At Random at 2 and John Spears and the Whiskey Runners at 3:30 on April 20. On April 21, the Primrose primrose, common name for the genus Primula of the Primulaceae, a family of low perennial herbs with species found on all continents, most frequently in north temperate regions. Stage will feature L.N.E. at 11 a.m., SideSleeper at 12:30 p.m., Saxophone saxophone, musical instrument invented in the 1840s by Adolphe Sax. Although it uses the single reed of the clarinet family, it has a conical tube and is made of metal. Symphonette at 2 and Off Limits at 3:30. --Lupine Stage: Celtic Spring Celtic Spring are an Irish American dance and fiddle band from California who combine traditional Celtic music with Irish and Cape Breton step dancing. The members of Celtic Spring are all members of the Wood family, consisting of the father, Greg, on bodhrán (traditional Irish at 12:15 p.m., Whirligig at 2:15 and The Fenians at 4 on April 20. Radio Unica KUTY-AM (1470) will take over the stage April 21. --Community Stage: Local bands, individual performers and dancers, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. both days. Admission is $6 for visitors age 13 to 61, and $3 for seniors age 62 and over and for children 6-12. Admission for children under 5 is free. Parking is $2 per car. A tram will provide transportation to and from the parking areas. For more information on the event, call (661) 723-6077 or visit www.poppyfestival.com. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: (color -- ran in AV and SAC editions only) A lonely cluster of poppies blooms along Munz Ranch Road, about three miles south of the Antelope Valley Poppy Reserve. Jeff Goldwater/Staff Photographer |
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