UNITY DAY SPOTLIGHTS ALL CULTURES BASKETBALL, GOLF, MUSIC FEATURED.Byline: Carol Rock Staff Writer 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, - With music, dance, crafts and sports, Santa Clarita's first Unity Day will be held Saturday at Golden Valley High School to celebrate the array of cultures that make up the community. More than 15 musical groups and teams of dancers will take the stage and dozens of three-member basketball teams will compete in the daylong event, one planned as an annual celebration of community. The idea was formed after a popular Black History Month presentation at a campus parents' meeting in January, Golden Valley Principal Jacque Snyder said. ``It featured every culture that resides on our campus,'' Snyder said. ``From that, we thought we ought to invite the whole valley to enjoy something like this.'' Snyder emphasized that the Unity Day concept was not related to the recent claims of racism against the William S. Hart High School District The William S. Hart Union High School District serves the City of Santa Clarita, California. The total number of enrolled students is over 20,000. The superintendent of Hart School District is Jaime L. Castellanos. The District is named after William S. . ``We wanted to have something where kids could come together and play their music and a little basketball,'' she said. Unity Day, which organizers hope will become an annual event, will start at 8 a.m. and end at 7 p.m. The event will feature more than 100 teams playing three-on-three basketball, a variety of musical groups playing in the school's amphitheater, golf, 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 food vendors. A small children's area with arcade-type games and activities will be set up. Admission is free. ``We're hoping it would be a time we could show that we can all get along,'' Snyder said. ``We all so appreciated what everyone else went through and the different things they shared (in January) with us. It was quite amazing a·maze v. a·mazed, a·maz·ing, a·maz·es v.tr. 1. To affect with great wonder; astonish. See Synonyms at surprise. 2. Obsolete To bewilder; perplex. v.intr. . That's where the music came from. Everybody's culture has a different kind of sound.'' Featured bands include a group of former members of Earth, Wind and Fire, Rahmlee and Phoenix Horns Esquire, Ascension, Weekend Flight, Real Life, Below the Fold, Slick 23, Coffey, Sore, Chimps, Pyramid, Guilt By Association Noun 1. guilt by association - the attribution of guilt (without proof) to individuals because the people they associate with are guilty guilt, guiltiness - the state of having committed an offense , Countrified coun·tri·fied also coun·try·fied adj. 1. Resembling or having the characteristics of country life; rural. 2. Lacking sophistication. , Aurora Beckon beck·on v. beck·oned, beck·on·ing, beck·ons v.tr. 1. To signal or summon, as by nodding or waving. 2. and LNE LNE Laboratoire National d’Essais (Paris, France) LNE Lincoln Northeast High School (Lincoln, Nebraska) LNE Late Net Entry LNE Local Notes Extractor (C.P. Bourg, Inc. . Dance groups Ballet Folklorico and the senior citizen Kelly Dancers also will perform. For information, call (661) 298-8140 or (661) 317-6276. Carol Rock, (661) 257-5252 carol.rock(at)dailynews.com IF YOU GO Unity Day, a daylong gathering for music, dance and basketball, will be held from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday at Golden Valley High School, 27051 Robert C. Lee Parkway, Santa Clarita. CAPTION(S): box Box: IF YOU GO (see text) |
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