WEEKEND FESTIVALS.Chocoholics unite Your guilty pleasure is also everyone else's at Ventura County's first-ever Chocolate Festival, a celebration with more than 100 chocolate booths, competitions and performances, including belly-dancing and several live bands. Witness the ``World's Largest Chocolate Structure,'' a competition between local high schools to build the largest and most creative assemblage of chocolate bars, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday. All festival proceeds go to the RHFI Children's Heart Fund. The festival will be held 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday. Admission is $7 for adults, $5 for students, $5 for military, and $20 for families of 5 or more for both days. Ventura County Fair Grounds, Seaside Park, 10 W. Harbor Blvd., Ventura. (805) 384-0511. www.vcchocolatefestival.org. Also happening this weekend: 14th annual Abe Lincoln Remembrance: featuring a recital of the Gettysburg Address Gettysburg Address, speech delivered by Abraham Lincoln on Nov. 19, 1863, at the dedication of the national cemetery on the Civil War battlefield of Gettysburg, Pa. It is one of the most famous and most quoted of modern speeches. , a performance of ``The Star-Spangled Banner'' and period songs played by the Salvation Army Salvation Army, Protestant denomination and international nonsectarian Christian organization for evangelical and philanthropic work. Organization and Beliefs The Salvation Army has established branches in 100 countries throughout the world. Long Beach Vintage Brass Band and Southern Exposure Band. Birthday cake will be served in the Bob Hope Veterans Chapel after the program. Begins 2 p.m. Sunday. Event is free. Los Angeles National Cemetery The Los Angeles National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery in West Los Angeles, at the intersection of Wilshire Boulevard and Sepulveda Boulevard. The cemetery was dedicated in 1889. , 950 S. Sepulveda Blvd., Los Angeles. (323) 464-6801. 17th annual Gem Faire: featuring nearly 80 dealers offering fine jewelry, gems, beads, crystals and more, with classes and demonstrations of wire-wrapping, beading beading, n the scribing of a shallow groove (less than 0.5 mm in width or depth) on a cast that outlines the major connector. It is used to transfer the design to the investment cast and ensure tissue contact of the major connector. and the African helix bead stitch. Open noon to 7 p.m. today, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday. Admission is $5, valid for the whole weekend. Santa Monica Civic Auditorium Santa Monica Civic Auditorium is a multipurpose convention center in Santa Monica, California. It was built in 1958. For trade shows, the Civic Auditorium features 11,775 square feet (1,094 m²) of space, while the stage adds 4,485 square feet (417 m²) more space, , 1855 Main St., Santa Monica. www.gemfaire.com. Monterey Park Lantern Festival: featuring lantern displays, folk music, lion dances and martial arts demonstrations. Also includes a carnival, 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. vendors, and more, 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday, 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Sunday. (805) 499-7880. www.lanternfest.org. |
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