READY FOR FUN TENS OF THOUSANDS EXPECTED AT FLOWER FESTIVAL.Byline: CHARLES F. BOSTWICK Staff Writer LANCASTER - Tens of thousands of people are expected to shop for flowers and farm produce, sample ethnic foods, inspect 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. and listen to 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 at the 15th annual 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 weekend festival at Lancaster City Park could draw upwards of 50,000 visitors, city spokeswoman Anne Aldrich said. ``We're looking forward to beautiful weather, large crowds and lots of fun and entertainment,'' Aldrich said. The festival will run 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and Sunday at 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. Saturday. 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. Sunday. Chaquico, who was a member of Jefferson Starship Jefferson Starship was an American rock band popular in the 1970s and 1980s. It developed from San Francisco-based psychedelic rock group Jefferson Airplane. History Paul Kantner/Jefferson Starship as a teenager and evolved into a smooth-jazz band leader, performs at 3:30 p.m. Sunday. Festival attendance is usually dependent on the weather, the entertainment and how well the 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 is doing, Aldrich said. Partly cloudy skies and afternoon temperatures around 70 are predicted this weekend and the musical performers seem to be drawing wide interest, Aldrich said. But this is not a fabulous year for poppies in the Antelope Valley. Poppies are blooming just in isolated spots around the Antelope Valley California Poppy Reserve The Antelope Valley California Poppy Reserve is a California wildlife reserve located in the rural westside of the Antelope Valley in northern Los Angeles County. Constitutionally, it is a state park. Its namesake is the state flower, the California Poppy. , state officials say. This spring has been a late one, so the wildflower bloom is not yet at its peak and some new poppy blossoms are appearing where they weren't before, officials say. The reserve is sprouting large numbers of goldfields n. 1. A small slender woolly annual (Lasthenia chrysostoma) with very narrow opposite leaves and branches bearing solitary golden-yellow flower heads; it grows from Southwestern Oregon to Baja California and Arizona; - it is often cultivated. , owl's clover and plentiful pygmy lupine lupine or lupin (l  `pĭn), any species of the genus Lupinus, annual or perennial herbs or shrubs of the family Leguminosae (pulse family). , state officials said. Besides food, arts and crafts booths, and a farmers and flower market, the festival will include workshops on home decorating and desert gardening presented by experts including Michael Payne, host of Home & Garden TV's ``Designing for the Sexes'' series. 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, city officials say. chuck.bostwick@dailynews.com (661) 267-5742 CAPTION(S): photo Photo: (color) Carnival rides are among the many attractions offered at the California Poppy Festival, which runs Saturday and Sunday in Lancaster. Jeff Goldwater/Staff Photographer |
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