THE BOWL RETURNS SUNDAY.Byline: Alex Dobuzinskis Staff Writer With a new shell for better sound, the Hollywood Bowl The Hollywood Bowl is a modern amphitheatre at 2301 North Highland Avenue in Hollywood, California, USA, that is used primarily for music performances. The "bowl" in this context is the natural cavity in the earth into which the amphitheater is built, rather than the shape of the reopened to the public Sunday as thousands of Southlanders came to gawk, take pictures and groove on free performances. The $24 million project to replace the band shell began last October. It is the fifth replacement of the shell at the 82-year-old Hollywood landmark. ``It looks awesome,'' said Phillip Williams, 40, of Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. . ``I'm a musician myself, so I certainly want to hear it. It's supposed to be 'acoustically correct.''' The shell has the same curved shape as the old one, but is 30 percent bigger, featuring an overhead acoustic canopy with a space-age look and a giant metal halo. The renovation was paid for with Proposition A park bond funds. Many visitors to the Hollywood Bowl on Sunday lined up for Polaroids of themselves on stage. Others snapped their own photos. Karima Akef, 32, of Studio City said the new Bowl looks more high-tech than the old shell, criticized for its poor sound and its cramped stage. ``It's beautiful, it's very clean,'' said Akef, an aspiring writer. After having her friend photograph her in front of the Bowl, Rosemary Zaragoza, 53, of Harbor City was embarrassed to admit that, in the 21 years she had lived in the Los Angeles area, it was her first time at the Bowl. But she planned to be back on June 25 for the Bowl's official opening night, with performances by the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra; pop soloist Josh Groban; violin virtuoso Sarah Chang Sarah Chang (born December 10, 1980) is a Korean American violinist. Chang was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania of Korean heritage. Min-Soo Chang, her father, is a violinist and Myoung Jun Chang, her mother, is a composer. ; Brian Wilson, founder of the Beach Boys; and vocalist Monica Mancini, daughter of the late Henry Mancini. Sunday's festivities fes·tiv·i·ty n. pl. fes·tiv·i·ties 1. A joyous feast, holiday, or celebration; a festival. 2. The pleasure, joy, and gaiety of a festival or celebration. 3. took place outside the band shell and included a reggae reggae, Jamaican popular music that developed in the 1960s among Kingston's poor blacks, drawing on American "soul" music and traditional African and Jamaican folk music and ska (a Jamaican and British dance-hall music). performance by Rocky Dawuni from a stage set up in front of the bleachers. Behind the Bowl, would-be conductors flailed their arms in an amateur orchestra-conducting contest to win a chance to conduct the national anthem this season. As he sat with his girlfriend on the light operator's booth, Tony Sanchez For other uses, see Antonio Sanchez. Antonio R. "Tony" Sanchez, Jr. (born 1943) is a Mexican American Democratic politician and businessman who in 2002 ran an unsuccessful campaign against incumbent Republican Rick Perry for the position of Governor of Texas. , 35, a welder from East Los Angeles East Los Angeles, uninc. city (1990 pop. 126,379), Los Angeles co., S Calif., a residential suburb of Los Angeles, in an industrial area. It has a large Mexican-American population. There is a performing arts center and a cultural center. A junior college is there. , said he loved the Hollywood Bowl because it invited people from all over the city to chat with one another and take in a show outside under the stars. ``The thing I like about the Hollywood Bowl is ... you got different economic classes here and we're all on the same level,'' he said. Alex Dobuzinskis, (818) 546-3304 alex.dobuzinskis(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): 3 photos Photo: (1 -- 3) The new shell at the Hollywood Bowl, left, reopened Sunday after a multimillion-dollar renovation. The ``sneak peek'' included performances by several acts, including Culture Shock L.A., below left. Below, Mollie mollie or molly, New World fish of the genus Mollienesia, in the same family as the guppy (see killifish). Mollies are found from the E and central United States to Argentina. Hersh, 5, models a special hat for the occasion. Tina Burch/Staff Photographer |
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