The Generation Y is very much fond of dancing, and the on air dancing reality shows have also added to the popularity and demand of this art. There is a huge variety of dance forms within India itself such as Odissi, Bharatnatiyam, Katthakali, Kuchipudi, Bhangra, and Mohini Attam. The art of dancing has been well accepted and recognized by people all over the world and many people are inclining towards the latest dance trend. Every state in India expresses its own culture, gesture, dress up and makeup style through its individual dance form. Apart from these Indian dance forms, there are also some western styles in the lime light such as Hiphop, Free style, Salsa, etc. The increasing craze for dance among today’s generation has also led to the opening of many dancing schools that provide innumerable opportunities for dancers and confederate performers to make it big in the dance industry. The selection of your dancing school depends on the dancing style that you are keen to learn. If you are much more interested in learning the South Asian dancing technique, Indian dance, bollywood dance or classical dance, you should choose an Indian dance school for this that will teach you all these kinds of dancing forms. Dancing also offers various career opportunities those can be opted for your profession in the future such as choreographer, or an allied performer, etc. A dance class, with a healthy environment, can help your child to realize what does he actually deserves as a dancer. The dancing academies offer a variety of courses that are designed for a unique style from among various states in India like garba dancing, bhangra dancing, bharatnatyam dancing, and kathak dancing. The dancing academies have professional and experienced dancers that assure safety of their students while teaching them diverse dancing steps as there are some dance moves that may affect one body part or another. A proper guidance and timing is an important requirement for one who wants to be a better dancer. You can also find for more dancing institutes on educationinstitutes.in.
Throwing a unique and memorable birthday party for girls aged 8-12 can be challenging. They are old enough to have outgrown the playground, but not quite ready for teenage activities yet. Here are several ideas to make sure your daughter’s birthday will be a happy and successful event. 1. Roller or Ice Rink Skating Party – Your local roller or ice skating rink will likely have numerous birthday party packages to choose from. Typically, they have a party room that you can reserve with a host/hostess to run the party. The group of kids will normally get skate admission and rental, food, beverages, cake and ice cream, game tokens and more. Just check with your local rink for details. 2. Pottery Making Party – Pottery painting parties at a local pottery place are all the rage. Many pottery places allow you to rent a private room for the birthday party where the kids get to make and take their own personalized plate or bowl. They normally ask that you bring your own food and decorations, but again it depends on the local place so call them directly for details. When they are done, each child can have their creation fired in the kiln for a permanent souvenir from the party. 3. Formal Tea Party – This is a great idea especially for the younger aged girls. The idea is that the girls dress up in their “Sunday best” (dresses, hats, boas, white gloves, etc.) and are served a real tea time. You can either transform your own home into a cafe or see if there is a local tea place that offers tea parties for girls. If you decide to do it in your own home, just set up some kids size tables with white fabrics and doilies, some fresh flowers and of course formal tea party ware. Serve the “tea” (juice) in a teapot along with finger sandwiches such as heart-shaped bologna and/or peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. For a great finish to the party, make a teapot-shaped cake. Before or after tea time, you could have a little fashion show so that each girl can show off her beautiful outfit. Be sure to take lots of pictures. 4. Swimming Party – Some local pools will allow groups to reserve the entire swimming pool area for a short period of time. Normally, they provide a lifeguard and staff who keep an eye on the kids and run games such as water ring tosses. Normally, they’ll have a party room that is adjacent to the changing areas/restrooms where you can set-up decorations, snacks and cake. 5. Gymnastics Party – Try the local Gymnastics Academy to see what they offer. Often you can get some time for the kids with an instructor and then some time after for food and gifts. 6. Dance Party – Throw your own diva dance party at home or find a local dance studio that offers birthday parties for kids. The kids are transformed into dance divas and rock stars by doing their hair with brightly colored hair pieces, glitter and braids and then adding some cool make-up like sparkly glitter eyes, blush and lip gloss. Depending on the party music theme, you can have the party girls singing and dancing to your birthday girls favorite music or dances like the electric slide, freeze dance, etc. If you are having it at a studio, normally they will have karaoke microphones, lots of music to choose from and props for the kids. Be sure to videotape their performances! |
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Spotlight on UCIRA Artists Lisa Wymore and Amara Tabor-Smith: Sabar in the Studio
In October, 2011, Berkeley and Oakland became part of greater Dakar. The occasion was the arrival of from Senegal of dancer Ciré Beye and master drummer Khadim Niang to conduct workshops in Sabar, the vigorous yet fluid dance form of the Wolof peoples of West Africa. For three weeks UC Berkeley’s Bancroft studio and Oakland’s Malonga Center for the Arts reverberated to the polyrhythmns of drums originally developed to communicate long distances in the dry regions at the edge of the Sahara, and to the cries of dance classes answering the drums. For Lisa Wymore, assistant professor of dance at UC Berkeley, and for visiting faculty/resident artist Amara Tabor-Smith, the chance to expose their modern dance students to three weeks of “Sabar in the Studio” was not simply an exercise in learning new steps. Both teachers, Wymore says, felt “it would help students engage with dance as a world practice. Get them out of just imagining modern dance as a western phenomenon.” Tabor-Smith, founder of Deep Waters Dance Theatre, had studied and danced with Beye in Senegal at L’École des Sables, an international center for traditional and contemporary African dance founded by choreographer Germaine Acogny. Beye, she knew, was not only a gifted teacher of traditional forms but an accomplished modern dancer, who performs internationally with Acogny’s Companie Jant-Bi. His “understanding of the body and his contemporary aesthetics,” Wymore said, made him a good fit for both their advanced and intermediate classes. Sabar—the word refers to the drumming and the dancing—is itself a citizen of two worlds. While a traditional accompaniment to weddings and funerals, it is also an urban phenomenon, flowering on the streets of Dakar in the wake of Senegal’s independence from France. Unlike traditional folk forms, Wymore says, Sabar “is always evolving and adapting. Like any dance—but particularly street forms of dance, it’s in flux—adopting and borrowing from other styles and developing new steps.” It is also an exuberantly interactive effort with dancers and musicians trading rhythms and egging each other on to ever more insouciant displays of virtuosity. In the classes, the interactive or collaborative mode continued, Wymore says. “What was exciting—and Ciré kept saying this—he wanted to not be the teacher but the sharer of information, so the students could then take this form into their own practices”. An important aspect of Sabar, Wymore says, is its involvement of the whole spine and pelvis in a kind of undulating movement—a stretch in more ways than one for those students who come out of a ballet background where the torso is held rigid—but important to developing the fluidity and versatility demanded by modern dance. Another basic Sabar movement involves stepping from foot to foot. Wymore describes the resultant motion as “strong, earthy, and grounded.” The constant transferring of weight, she says, forces dancers to be aware of their own substance. Emotional engagement is required, too. “You have to bring your full self to it. It really requires that you not be embarrassed or holding back or shying away.” At the same time, she says, “Sabar is soft, older people do it. You don’t have to jump that high. It has this incredible gracefulness in the arms and this powerful pelvis. You can see how it was created by women.” As a women’s dance from a patriarchal society, (the Muslim sub Sahara) Sabar also seems to carry a quietly confident assertiveness that blends well with political expression. It does so in the choreography of Acogny and Tabor-Smith. It did so again in early November. As part of the Occupy Cal/ Walkout at UCB over tuition increases, Sabar students and a class drummer left the studio to perform a kind of resistance dance as Wymore calls it on the Plaza. As their teachers had hoped, they were incorporating the form into their own practice. They were also showing—as Sabar vividly does—what mutual respect and dialog can look like. Advertisement Tags: Amara Tabor-Smith, Ciré Beye, dance, Grantee Interview, Lisa Wymore, Sabar in the Studio, UC Berkeley, UCIRA Grantee
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Hip Hop Dancers Needed For March Event In Westfield
WESTFIELD — Why We Dance is looking for individuals interested in dancing at the 4th Annual Why We Dance event on March 24 at the Westfield Y. The event begins at 11 a.m., is free to the public and will feature dance leaders facilitating workshops in the areas of hip-hop, salsa and merengue and drumming. Why We Dance is holding free dance classes at the Westfield Neighborhood Council on Tuesday nights at 6:30 in where students will learn a dance to be performed at the event. Hip-hop expert Nick Abreu will be a guest teacher at a class. Some of the clubs Abreu and his crewdanced at were the Roxy and Studio 54. He started a hip-hop/B-boy program which is still ongoing in Pittsburgh, Pa. He worked as a choreographer and appeared in a few videos. He is now working on a documentary about the legendary Funhouse night club. Abreu started dancing in the late seventies and became active in the club scene in the early eighties and continued to dance until the nineties. He was a dancer with the Funhouse B-Boys, a hip hop dance crew. He danced at the Funhouse and other underground and popular clubs in New York and New Jersey. “We won many dance contests and did many dance battles,” Abreu said. “We wanted to learn the different styles of dance.” James Douglass a self-taught drummer is from Plainfield and is the percussionist at St. James AME church in Newark will be teaching a drum class. This program is made possible in part by a HEART (History, Education, Arts Reaching Thousands) Grant from the Union County Board of Chosen Freeholders. For more information about the classes or the event contact Candace Waller, coordinator at or phone 1-908-432-2003. This entry was posted on Tuesday, January 31st, 2012 at 2:09 pm and is filed under Recreation & Lifestyle, Westfield. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed.
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Feeling the rhythm
Pittsburg State University students and alumni and other area residents gathered in the Overman Student Center’s Crimson and Gold Ballroom Saturday morning to sweat off some calories and raise money to help others. Each year in January, Alpha Gamma Delta sorority hosts a charity Zumba event to raise money for scholarships and other worthy causes, said organizer Rhonda Dunn. In its second year, the event raised $700. The main draw was instructor Christy Hayes, a PSU alumna who teaches Zumba full-time in Tulsa. Hayes said she was a human resources director responsible for wellness for a Tulsa company, and found out about Zumba while she was promoting exercise programs for company workers. “A girl said, ‘If you’ll be a teacher, I’ll go to your class,” Hayes said. First Hayes had to become a certified instructor, so four years ago she went to Houston, Texas, for a two-day course with Alberto “Beto” Perez, who invented Zumba in his native Colombia. According to his website, Perez forgot to bring the right music to an aerobics class and improvised a new routine on the spot using the salsa and meringue music he had with him. It became so popular that he later founded Zumba Fitness in Miami, Fla., with two friends. “I just wanted to take the classes from the creator himself,” Hayes said. Hayes said she has since expanded from teaching 10 people to more than 100, and teaches at least six classes per week. And as a fitness enthusiast, Hayes said the decision was easy to make. “I would be working out anyway,” Hayes said. “This is a great way to stay committed to exercising. A lot of people love to dance, and this feels more like that than working out. It’s not as regimented.” Hayes said Zumba has become somewhat of a “social craze,” and that eight students from Tulsa caravaned to Pittsburg just to participate. “There’s got to be something addicting about it,” she said. The event also has become a bonding experience for old friends. Pittsburg resident Elaine Castagno meets a group of friends she made while attending PSU in the 1970s. “It’s a great way to foster friendship, togetherness and sisterhood, and we can burn some calories while we’re at it,” Castagno said. Mostly, though, it’s about fun. “It’s just dancing,” Castagno said. “It doesn’t matter if you do the right steps or no. It’s just a fun, healthy habit.” Pittsburg State University students and alumni and other area residents gathered in the Overman Student Center’s Crimson and Gold Ballroom Saturday morning to sweat off some calories and raise money to help others. Each year in January, Alpha Gamma Delta sorority hosts a charity Zumba event to raise money for scholarships and other worthy causes, said organizer Rhonda Dunn. In its second year, the event raised $700. The main draw was instructor Christy Hayes, a PSU alumna who teaches Zumba full-time in Tulsa. Hayes said she was a human resources director responsible for wellness for a Tulsa company, and found out about Zumba while she was promoting exercise programs for company workers. “A girl said, ‘If you’ll be a teacher, I’ll go to your class,” Hayes said. First Hayes had to become a certified instructor, so four years ago she went to Houston, Texas, for a two-day course with Alberto “Beto” Perez, who invented Zumba in his native Colombia. According to his website, Perez forgot to bring the right music to an aerobics class and improvised a new routine on the spot using the salsa and meringue music he had with him. It became so popular that he later founded Zumba Fitness in Miami, Fla., with two friends. “I just wanted to take the classes from the creator himself,” Hayes said. Hayes said she has since expanded from teaching 10 people to more than 100, and teaches at least six classes per week. And as a fitness enthusiast, Hayes said the decision was easy to make. “I would be working out anyway,” Hayes said. “This is a great way to stay committed to exercising. A lot of people love to dance, and this feels more like that than working out. It’s not as regimented.” Hayes said Zumba has become somewhat of a “social craze,” and that eight students from Tulsa caravaned to Pittsburg just to participate. “There’s got to be something addicting about it,” she said. The event also has become a bonding experience for old friends. Pittsburg resident Elaine Castagno meets a group of friends she made while attending PSU in the 1970s. “It’s a great way to foster friendship, togetherness and sisterhood, and we can burn some calories while we’re at it,” Castagno said. Mostly, though, it’s about fun. “It’s just dancing,” Castagno said. “It doesn’t matter if you do the right steps or no. It’s just a fun, healthy habit.”
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Comedian Jen Childs overcomes a deep-seated fear in new one-woman show, ‘Why I’m Scared to Dance’
Jen Childs is coming to Pittsburgh to face her fears for all to see. Don’t be fooled by the silly costumes and the improv veteran’s knack for finding the funny in her subject. She takes dance very seriously. In her one-woman show, “Why I’m Scared of Dance,” Ms. Childs mixes storytelling and parodies of iconic dance numbers with her own dance experiences, from the joys to the pitfalls, such as those revealing full-wall mirrors at dance studios that remind you are shorter than everyone else in the class. “In my instance, it was either comedy and dance or tragedy and dance, so I have chosen comedy,” Ms. Childs said by phone from Philadelphia, where she is artistic director of the all-comedy theater company 1812 Productions. ‘Why I’m Scared to Dance’ Where: Lester Hamburg Studio Theatre, City Theatre, South Side When: Feb. 2-12. 8 p.m. Thurs.-Fri., 2 and 8 p.m. Sat., and 2 p.m. Sun. Tickets: $35-$40; citytheatrecompany.org or 412-431-2489. “My natural bent is to look at things in a comedic framework. But I will say that when I first started making this piece … I thought, maybe this was going to be my first sort of dramatic thing that I do. And the moment I put the tutu on it was, nope, there’s no way. It’s got a big heart, that’s what I’ll say. But it is also very funny.” The whole dance phobia thing started early, when Ms. Childs first took ballet lessons. “It was this sudden realization, ‘I’m shorter than they are, I’m chubbier than they are, I can’t do those things.’ And in a child’s mind, everything is, you don’t know that you can’t for a long time. Those moments when you learn that you can’t, they have a tendency to imprint pretty heavily.” Several turn of events started the wheels churning toward dance again. Ms. Childs directed a dancer as she created and performed a modern dance with a theatrical approach. Watching her friend invent a new dance tailored to her skills “opened my mind up a little about what dance really means.” At around the same time, she performed with other comedic improvisers in a piece called ‘A Comic Actor’s Ballet,’ which used a 1960s dance vocabulary but required that the cast learn steps. She had a ball doing it. She also turned 40 and was raising a daughter. “I spent so much of my time telling my daughter she didn’t have to be afraid of things — the dark, monsters, waves in the ocean, sand … and I realized I had been telling her not to be afraid and here I was a chicken myself.” And what frightened Ms. Childs was doing on stage the thing she loved to do with her daughter, which was to turn up the music and dance. She loved dancing and she was a performer, and this time, she was going to make it work. The comedian received a grant from the Independence Foundation in Philadelphia to work on the piece, and part of that was to take dance lessons — ballet, Broadway, jazz, hip-hop. She also worked with a friend to create a modern dance that is incorporated into the show. Her improv background helped Ms. Childs dive in more than she might when she was attending an arts college and watching her dancer friends with envy. “I’ve embraced my ineptitude a little bit more, too,” she said. “Why I’m Scared of Dance” has been performed at the Philadelphia Theatre Company and the Contemporary American Theater Company in Columbus, Ohio. The show at City’s Hamburg Studio Theatre is the first full production outside of Philadelphia. There will be a chair, a barre and poles onstage, “but it’s mostly about me just jumping around. It’s part storytelling, part comic dance.” Familiar music and costumes might create the illusion of someone who isn’t all that afraid of dance. In fact, audience members have told her, “I’ve seen you dance on stage and you don’t seem to be afraid at all. You seem to do it quite well. “So I spent a lot of time thinking about it, and the truth is, and I maintain it to this day, if you’re wearing a funny costume, you can do anything. You can dance anything because you are not asking people to take you seriously. So I wear this funny costume, and in that funny costume I’m able to be Gene Kelly, I’m able to be Jimmy Cagney, I’m able to be Jennifer Beals [in 'Flashdance'], or her body double, all of these iconic dances.” Apart from facing up to tutus, Spandex, mirrors and other horrors, Ms. Childs maintains that there remains a “nakedness” of performing that still gives her a bit of a fright. “At the end of the show, I do a dance that is my own, and it doesn’t matter how many times I’ve done that show, when it comes to that moment, it’s a moment of fear right before I go into it. Because it is, ‘Here I am, I’m not going to be funny. I’m going to do this and ask you to accept me, flaws and all.’ There’s that fear of failure. … I think that is what it is about dance that scares me.” First published on February 2, 2012 at 12:00 am
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Fedora Project Insider » Blog Archive » How to teach folk dance and computing? Well, that’s how we do! :)
After I have an special appetite for interesting stuff – well, this is an interesting work about how can you demonstrate for eg. sort operations. Thanks for the Maros dance group, and the cooperations of the transsylvanian Hungarian Sapienta University of Science. Shell-sort: youtube.com/watch?v=CmPA7zE8mx0Merge sort: youtube.com/watch?v=XaqR3G_NVooInsert sort: youtube.com/watch?v=ROalU379l3USelect sort: youtube.com/watch?v=Ns4TPTC8whw PS: Don’t say that our admins are don’t working Go on, hack and dance!
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Some Stereotypes about Ballroom Dancing That Aren?EUR(TM)t True.
So you think, you can not dance? You consider yourself too clumsy, old or overweight to dance. You feel awkward and shy to do public dancing. You think you don not have the sense of rhythm, or your coordination is too bad to perform passionate tango or vigorous salsa. Forget all these inaccurate stereotypes about dancing. Believe it or not, but you are dancing right now! As you roll out of the bed to go and prepare your morning coffee, drive your car, walk down the street, or simply wave your hand, your body is constantly performing certain steps and motions. You may not know, but this is what dancing is all about…moving your feet and body to the music of your heart. No matter what is your age, physical shape or previous experience, you can dance with us at Imperial Ballroom dance studio! The music of your soul, your personality and gestures, those are the things that make a unique dance. The teachers of Imperial Ballroom Dance offer individual approach to every student, improving technique and rediscovering your personal dance style. Dance professionals, Artem and Inna can teach you how to listen to your senses, to hear the beat and coordinate your movements. Keep your mind open, put your feet on the floor in the Imperial Ballroom Dance studio and best teachers will dance you to the world of elegance and grace. You like to watch dance shows on TV, but you think it is boring and tiresome to learn how to dance. You tried once but the enthusiasm of the first steps and eagerness to spend hours practicing in front of the mirror vanished, leaving dissatisfaction and muscle pain. Mission of Imperial Ballroom Dance is to teach students think positive and make them feel comfortable on the dance floor. Learning how to dance is fun. Ballroom dancing masters at this professional dance studio have years of experience and their unique dance philosophy. Artem, Inna, Igor and Toni will be more than happy to share it with you. Just think about them as the magicians who can dance you gracefully into the secret world of meaningful motions. Learning the universal language of ballroom dance styles, you master the art of coordinating your body and mind. Ability to perform unique acts of wordless self expression gives you enormous creative potential and chance to make a difference in your life. The miraculous power to dance! You have a variety of dance styles to choose from: rumba, mambo, tango, quickstep, waltz, salsa. Dancing different styles is like living many lives. All times favourite irresistible tango. Some people call it dance of passion. It is numerously portrayed in movies. Here at Imperial Ballroom dance centre they will create an unforgettable wedding dance in just few lessons. Learn about different dance styles and reveal the secret world of ballroom. Following this wonderful discovery, you will forget about your old stereotypes about dancing. What ballroom dancing is really about? It is like the sweetest dream, you never want to wake up from. When you waltz to the music of your heart, time stands still! Seize the moment, the miraculous poetry of motion is born. Nobody can promise you results without training and practice. They will give you wings at Imperial Ballroom Dance, but it is you, who can make your body fly. Article source: goarticles.com/article/Some-Stereotypes-about-Ballroom-Dancing-That-Aren-t-True/6011597/
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Craig Daily Press / Sunset Elementary dance program melds music and physical education
A lively Greek tune began to play, and clusters of fifth-graders began to move in synch to the music. “Five, six, seven, eight,” Susan Nicholson called into the microphone positioned at the front of the Sunset Elementary School gym. On Friday morning, the gymnasium looked more like the setting of a barn dance than a basketball game. Instead of T-shirts and shorts, most students wore button-up shirts and colorful blouses. Parents, some toting cameras, filled nearly every folding chair around the gym’s perimeter. The students were showing off their skills in a dance program, a tradition at the school that stretches back more than 20 years, said Nicholson, Sunset Elementary physical education teacher. The program combines the mechanics of movement with music, and it’s designed to show that “physical education and music do go together,” music teacher Amanda Peltier said. “It’s not two separate things.” Nicholson said she hopes the program teaches students “the enjoyment of movement with music,” as well as “some of the … traditions of other countries” captured in dance. Peltier and Nicholson led fifth-graders through a series of dances early Friday morning as their parents watched. Children in first through fourth grades put on similar performances throughout the day. The dance programs included a cross-section of music and dance traditions from around the world, including the German “Zingerpolka,” the Israeli “Ve David” to the Hokey Pokey and the Bunny Hop. More than 60 parents turned out to watch their children show off their dance moves during the fifth-grade program. Among them was Stacey Severson, who came to see her son, Carter, 11. “They put a lot of effort into it,” she said, referring to the annual program Carter has performed in for several years. Sunset Elementary Principal Zack Allen said the high parent turnout to the annual event “amazes me.” He believes it’s important to include these types of programs at the school, despite them teaching skills not tested in the Colorado Student Assessment Program. “I don’t think a full and total education is only about the state-tested skills,” he said. When parents come to watch their children perform, their presence “tells me that they also believe the same thing,” he said. Fifth-graders danced hand-in-hand to the Greek “Ais Georgis,” then later spun and promenaded their partners to the sounds of “Long, Lonesome Highway,” a square dance. The performance ended on a more modern note as children snapped their fingers and lifted their hands to the rhythm of “Reach.” Performing in front of an audience isn’t easy, Allen said, but he believes it prepares children for life’s later challenges. “I think it’s good for kids to try things that they don’t think they can do and discover that they can,” he said. “ … I think that will help them become successful adults.” Click here to have the print version of the Craig Daily Press delivered to your home.
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Entertainment Calendar – Issue of Jan. 26, 2012
MUSIC The Sandy Devito Combo will perform playing jazz, Latin and light rock as a quartet 7 – 10 p.m. Friday, Jan. 27 at the Rancho Bernardo Courtyard by Marriott, 11611 Bernardo Plaza Court. The guest musician will be Howie Segurson playing alto sax and flute. No cover charge; $15 minimum for food and beverages. Hope United Methodist Church of Rancho Bernardo is holding its second concert for 2012, featuring The Mount Carmel Trio (violin, viola, and piano) from Alexandria, MN, performing 2 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 29 at the church, located at 16550 Bernardo Heights Parkway (at the corner of Bernardo Center Drive). They will be playing classics, hymns, and Broadway tunes. Admission is free, but a free-will offering will be taken. Proceeds will benefit the Music Ministry of Hope. The San Rafael Catholic Church presents The Sung Contemplative Rosary, featuring The Sorrowful Mysteries of Lent, 7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 24. All are welcome to sing and pray along with members of the Parish Choir to better focus on the Last Days in the Life of Christ through visual means, scriptural readings and song. San Rafael Church is located at 17252 Bernardo Center Drive, Rancho Bernardo. For more information, call 858-487-4314. California State University San Marcos (CSUSM) welcomes one of its newest faculty members, award-winning pianist Ching-Ming Cheng, to the university stage for a dynamic solo concert 7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 31 at the college, 333 South Twin Oaks Valley Road, San Marcos. The concert is free and open to the public. Seating is limited and available first come, first serve. For more information, call 760-750-8889. Internationally acclaimed Hungarian pianist Endre Hegedűs will perform 7 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 4 at the Scripps Miramar Ranch Library Center. His program will include works by Bach, Beethoven, Chopin, Grieg and Tchaikowsky plus Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue.” A complimentary reception featuring Hungarian pastries will offer an opportunity to mingle with fellow music lovers. Tickets are $10 at the door; children under 12 are free. Scripps Miramar Ranch Library Center is located at 10301 Scripps Lake Drive in Scripps Ranch. Call 858-538-8158 or visit srfol.org for information. The San Diego Center for Jewish Culture presents the “Musicians in the Making,” featuring Ben Brogadir on oboe and Elliot Wulff on piano, celebrating classical music in this free hour-long concert 2 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 29 at the David and Dorothea Garfield Theatre, 4126 Executive Drive, La Jolla. For information call the JCC Box Office at 858-362-1348, or visit the web site at tickets.lfjcc.org. The Martin Luther King, Jr., Community Choir San Diego, popularly known as the MLK Choir, will perform 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 19 at the Scripps Miramar Ranch Library Center. They will perform a varied program from their repertoire of gospel music, Negro spirituals, anthems and classical works. This concert, presented in honor of Black History Month, is part of the monthly “Pleasure of Your Company” music series sponsored by the Scripps Ranch Friends of the Library. There is no charge for the concert, although donations are appreciated. Meet the singers at a complimentary post-concert reception. Scripps Miramar Ranch Library Center is located at 10301 Scripps Lake Drive. Call 858-538-8158 or visit srfol.org for information. The La Jolla Symphony & Chorus (LJS&C) presents its third concert of the 57th season 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 11 and 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 12 at the Mandeville Auditorium at UCSD. The concert features Verdi’s overture to “La Forza del Destino,” John Adams’ “The Wound Dresser,” and Brahm’s Symphony No. 1 in C minor. Individual tickets are $29 general, $26 senior, and $15 student. Group discounts are available. Parking is free. A pre-concert lecture is offered one hour prior to concert times. To purchase tickets or for more information, call the LJS&C office at 858-534-4637 or visit lajollasymphony.com. The City of Poway is looking for bands and entertainers to serve as entertainment at events hosted by the city in 2012, including the Summer Concert Series. If your band or entertainment group is interested in becoming a performer at special events, visit poway.org/entertainment for the complete application process. Entertainers must submit promotional materials during January 2012 to be considered for special events that take place during 2012. All materials must be postmarked or emailed no later than Jan. 31. Your materials will be kept on file for one calendar year, and you will be contacted by staff if you are selected. More more information, visit the website or call Audrey Denham at 858-668-4774. The Poway Folk Circle, a group of local musicians, host folk song circles and acoustic jams. Folk Song Circles meet at 6:30 p.m. the third Tuesday of every month in Templar’s Hall in Old Poway Park, 14134 Midland Road. Bluegrass Jams meet on the second Monday of every month at Round Table Pizza in Rancho Bernardo, 16761 Bernardo Center Drive. The Craft Fair Jam is 9 a.m. the first Saturday of the month in Old Poway Park, and Slow Jam Sunday is 1 p.m. the last Sunday of the month in Old Poway Park. These events are free and open to the public. For further information, visit powayfolkcircle.org. DANCE Poway dance instructor Debbora Childress is offering dance classes in the Poway Community Park. Children 3 – 18 years old can learn the arts of tap and ballet during one-hour, age-appropriate classes held 11 a.m. – 6:15 p.m. Mondays and 1-5 p.m. Thursdays. “Dance for Children,” an introduction to dance and tumbling for children ages 3 – 5, will be held 10 a.m. Mondays. For more information, call Debbora Childress at 760-747-9777, email her at or visit poway.org/classes. Have you ever wanted to learn “cut a rug” or “jitterbug” like the swing dancers of the 1920s and 1930s? Jonathan and KC Wilt will be teaching a six-week Beginner’s Jitterbug Swing Dance Class Mondays, 7 – 8 p.m. at The Church at Rancho Bernardo, 11740 Bernardo Plaza Court. Registration: $60 individual /$105 couples. Returning student rate: $55 individual/$95 couple. Sign up at . The Mojalet Dance Studio presents the 9th Annual Café Mojalet Gala Fundraiser “It’s a Jungle Out There,” 6 – 9:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 18 at The Poway Community Park Auditorium, 13094 Civic Center Drive, Poway. This performance showcases the variety of programs offered through their organization with professional, adult, teen, and youth programs. Live performance, food and drinks. Tickets are $35 assigned table seating, $25 general admission. For more information, call 858-243-1402 or visit mojalet.com. The San Diego Center for Jewish Culture presents the Nicholas Andre Dance Company 8 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 4 at the David and Dorothea Garfield Theatre, 4126 Executive Drive, La Jolla. Tickets range from $25 – $33. For information or tickets, call the JCC Box Office at 858-362-1348, or visit the website at tickets.lfjcc.org. Bach Collegium San Diego (BCSD) presents its first dance collaboration with a program featuring all-new choreography by Yolande Snaith, head of Dance Theatre at the University of California, San Diego, “J.S. Bach: The Art of Fugue,” 7:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 3, and Saturday, Feb. 4 at UCSD’s Theatre and Dance Department. Tickets are $25 or $40. Senior/student discount: $20. For more information and to purchase tickets, visit bachcollegiumsd.org. The San Diego Ballet Company presents “Romance” Friday, Feb. 10 – Sunday, Feb. 12 at the Lyceum Theatre, Horton Plaza, downtown San Diego. Tickets are $35 general admission, $45 preferred seating. For tickets and more information, call 619-544-1000. Dance to ballroom dancing with DJ Rudy Vidal’s Funtastic Sounds 7- 10:30 p.m. Fridays and Mike Krause’s live dance band Saturdays at The Growing Place Montessori School, 13242 Pomerado Road, Poway. Entrance fee is $10/person. Location features 1,000 square feet of wood floor for dancing and free off-street parking. For more information, call Mike Krause at 619-922-6765. Tap dancing classes for adults, taught by Gigi St. John, are Tuesdays at the RB Swim & Tennis Club. Each class is one hour, intermediate at 11 a.m. and beginners at noon. Just show up or sign up by calling St. John at 951-282-3639. The Academy of World Dance n Arts offers a free introductory class to swing, salsa and ballroom 7 to 8 p.m. every Friday, year-round for ages teen through adults. No previous experience needed. For more information, visit worldancenarts.com or call 858-679-8277. The academy is located at 12621-A Poway Road, Poway. THEATER PowPAC, Poway’s Community Theater, presents the Off-Broadway hit comedy “Panache,” running through Sunday, Feb. 5 at the Poway Community Theater, 13250 Poway Road. Showtimes are 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and 2 p.m. Sunday. Tickets are now on sale: general admission, $18; seniors and students, $15. For reservations, contact the PowPAC box office at 858-679-8085 or e-mail . Moonlight Stage Productions opens their 22nd Winter Season with Agatha Christie’s “The Mousetrap,” running through Sunday, Feb. 5 at the AVO Playhouse, 303 Main Street, Vista. Tickets range from $22-$30. For tickets and more information, call the VisTix box office at 760-724-2110 or visit moonlightstage.com. The Welk Theater presents “How to Succeed In Business Without Really Trying,” running through Sunday, Feb. 26 at the Welk Resort Theater, 8860 Lawrence Welk Drive, Escondido. Showtimes are 1 p.m. Wednesdays, 1 and 6 p.m. Thursdays, 1 p.m. Saturdays and 6:30 p.m. Sundays. Ticket prices available online at welktheatersandiego.com or by calling 760-749-3000. Guy Hovis & Ralna English of “The Lawrence Welk Show” will be appearing at the Welk Theater in Escondido for five performances only running Saturday, Feb. 4 – Saturday, Feb. 11. Fun for the entire family! Performing many of their hits and viewer favorites from the weekly TV series, they will also sing many standards from the great American songbook of the 1930s and 1940s, plus pop, patriotic, Broadway, country and gospel. Ticket prices and showtimes are available at welktheatersandiego.com. Temple Adat Shalom presents comedian Chris Clobber (aka Zooman) headlining their annual men’s club fundraiser 7:50 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 28 at Temple Adat Shalom, 15905 Pomerado Road, Poway. Diane Jean of Bru ha ha will be emcee along with Kurt Swann and Daniel Storrow. Advance reserved seats are $25 per person including dessert or at the door for $30. For more information and tickets, visit adatshalom.com/comedy or call 858-451-1200. The Cove at CRB is holding a Spoken Word Workshop 9:30 – 11:30 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 18 at The Cove at CRB, at 11838 Bernardo Plaza Court, Suite 101, Rancho Bernardo. Spoken Word (aka Slam or Rap Poetry) is for anyone who is curious about this art form. Open to all who want to write, perform and/or listen to poetry. Award-winning spoken word instructors/performers Danielle Bennett and Nicholas Macedo will teach how to create and perform your own spoken word poetry. Only $10. Sign up with CRB Drama Director, Connie LePere at . Disney on Ice presents “Disney Pixar’s Toy Story 3” through Sunday, Jan. 29 at the Valley View Casino Center, 3500 Sports Arena Blvd, San Diego. Tickets range from $16 – $55. Tickets are available online at Ticketmaster.com or by calling 800-745-3000. The Old Globe presents “Dividing the Estate,” running through Sunday, Feb. 12 at the Old Globe Theatre and “The Recommendation,” running Saturday, Jan. 21 – Thursday, Feb. 26 at the Sheryl and Harvey White Theatre. Ticket prices start at $29. For tickets and more information, 619-234-5623. STAR Repertory Theatre presents the hit dance musical “Footloose,” opening Thursday, Feb. 16 and running though Monday, Feb. 20 at the California Center for the Arts, Escondido. Ticket prices and performance times are available on the website at starrepertory theatre.com. Coronado Playhouse presents “42nd Street,” opening Friday, Jan. 27 and running through Sunday, March 4 at the Coronado Playhouse, 1835 Strand Way, Coronado. Showtimes are 8 p.m. Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays and 2 p.m. Sundays. Opening night features a buffet dinner at 6:30 p.m. prior to show. Tickets are $20 on Thursday and Sunday; $25 on Friday and Saturday, with student, senior, military and group discounts available. For tickets and more information, call the box office at 619-435-4856 or visit coronadoplayhouse.com. STAR Repertory Theatre’s Kids Theatre Academy presents the “Seussical the Musical,” opening Thursday, Feb. 23 and running though Sunday, Feb. 26 at the California Center for the Arts, Escondido. Ticket prices and performance times are available on the website at starrepertory theatre.com. La Jolla Playhouse presents the second production in its innovative, site-based Without Walls (WoW) series: Moving Arts’ “The Car Plays: San Diego,” running Thursdays through Sundays Feb. 23 – March 4 at an outdoor location in La Jolla to be announced shortly. Performance times are 5:30 p.m., 7 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. Thursdays and Fridays; 3 p.m., 4:30 p.m., 7 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays. Tickets are $25. For more information, call the Playhouse Box Office at 858-550-1010 or visit LaJollaPlayhouse.org. The Ensemble at New Village Arts presents Shakespeare’s broadest farce “The Comedy of Errors,” Saturday, Feb. 11 – Sunday, March 4 at New Village Arts Theatre, 2787 State Street, Carlsbad Village. Showtimes are 8 p.m. Thursdays and Fridays, 3 p.m. and 8 p.m. Saturdays and 2 p.m. Sundays. Tickets are $29 general admission/$26 senior, student, military/$25 groups of 10 or more (opening night tickets $36). For more information or to purchase tickets, call 760-433-3245 or visit NewVillageArts.org. Cygnet Theatre presents “A Beheading in Spokane,” opening Saturday, Jan. 28 and running through Sunday, Feb. 19 at 4040 Twiggs St. in Old Town San Diego State Historic Park. Previews begin 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 19. Showtimes are Wednesdays and Thursdays at 7:30 p.m., Fridays at 8 p.m., Saturdays at 3 p.m. and 8 p.m. and Sundays at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. Contains strong language and violence. Tickets range from $29-$54 and can be purchased at cygnettheatre.com or by calling the box office at 619-337-1525. Actors’ Conservatory Theatre (ACT- San Diego) presents “Once Upon a Mattress,” a hilarious musical story of romance in a fantasy kingdom, Friday, Jan. 27 – Saturday, Feb. 4 at the Joan B. Kroc Theatre, 6611 University Avenue, San Diego. For showtimes and to purchase tickets, call 858-777-9899 or visit actsandiego.org. San Diego REPertory Theatre (San Diego REP) presents “A Hammer, a Bell and a Song to Sing,” running through Sunday, Jan. 29 at the Lyceum Stage. Based on the values embodied by Pete Seeger, the show features spoken word and scenes inspired by the words from past U.S. Presidents and founding fathers, poets such as Allen Ginsberg and Henry David Thoreau, activists like Cesar Chavez and Dr. Martin Luther King, and many more Americans who have marched and fought for justice, freedom, and change in American history. Tickets range from $32 to $51 (student discount $18). Discounts for groups, seniors and military also available. For tickets and more information, call 619-544-1000 or visit sdrep.org. The Scripps Ranch Theatre presents “Brooklyn Boy,” an inspirational comedy-drama about going home again, back to family and friends and one’s old neighborhood, running through Sunday, Feb. 19. Tickets are $25 general admission, $22 students, seniors and active military. For reservations, call the theater box office at 858-578-7728. Scripps Ranch Theatre is located on the campus of Alliant International University, Avenue of Nations, off Pomerado Road. Tickets for the 2011-2012 season at the Poway Center for the Performing Arts are on sale on the center’s website, powayarts.org, by calling 858-748-0505 or at the box office, 15498 Espola Road, noon to 5 p.m. Fridays and 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturdays. PowPAC, Poway’s Community Theatre, is offering a number of varied volunteer opportunities for its award-winning theater. For more information, contact Maxine Brunton at 858-679-0640, or call the theater box office and leave your name and telephone number at 858-679-8085. ART The North County Society of Fine Arts is a local nonprofit group devoted to bringing the visual arts to public attention and fostering art education. Members’ artwork currently displayed for January and February includes Sharon Ford at the Poway library, 13137 Poway Road, Janet Perkin and Kathryn Peterson at the Bernardo Heights Community Center, 16051 Bernardo Heights Parkway and Vita Sorrentino at Luc’s Bistro, 12642 Poway Road. For further information and to download entry form to NCSFA’s April open exhibit at the Poway Center for the Performing Arts, visit ncsfa.org. The GFWC Poway Woman’s Club, a member of the General Federation of Woman’s Clubs International, is holding the 20th annual Student Art Exhibit for students living within the Poway Unified School District from 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 4 and 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 5 in Templar’s Hall, Old Poway Park, 14134 Midland Road, Poway. Deadline to enter is February 1. Entry forms are available at powaywomansclub.org. For further information call 858-748-7441. North County Society for Fine Arts artist Janet Perkin is holding a Mixed Media Collage workshop 1 – 3 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 28 at the Bernardo Heights Community Center. Cost is $15. For more information, visit ncsfa.org. The Palomar College Venture Program is offering a Watercolor Fundamentals Class 9 a.m. – 1 p.m. Saturday, March 3 and Saturday, March 10 at the Escondido Campus, 1935 East Valley Parkway, Escondido. The class is open to beginners through advanced students. Call Palomar College to register at 760-744-1150 ext. 2702, cost is $70. For more information, call Tom at 760-505-7681 or arttom.com. An exhibition of art work titled “Pattern and Shape” by Rancho Bernardo resident Ruth Hohberg is on view through January at the Sorby Gallery at Casa de las Campanas 18655 West Bernardo Drive. Visitors are welcome. For a guide and directions, call 858-674-5624. The Escondido Art Association presents “Baby It’s Cold Outside,” an open, juried exhibit of framed fine artworks by association members and other local and regional artists through Saturday, Feb. 4, at the Artists Gallery, 121 W. Grand Avenue. The collection includes original paintings, drawings and photographs which will be juried by oil and acrylic painter Jack Ragland. Regular gallery hours are 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays. For more information, 760-489-0338 or 760-741-3117 or escondidoartists.org. Eveoke Dance Theatre and Art Produce present “Reflections,” a new work focusing on six extraordinary women, Josephine Bakhita, Rachel Corrie, Henrietta Lacks, Mukhtar Mai, Hannah Szenes and Michi Nishiura Weglyn, Friday, Jan. 27 – Sunday, Feb. 12 at Art Produce, 3139 University Ave., San Diego. 8 p.m. Friday – Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday. Tickets are $24 general, $18 student/ senior. Call 619-238-1153 or visit eveoke.org for tickets and info. The Escondido Arts Partnership is now accepting submissions of short films of 15 minutes or less for a screening in its “2012 Winter Picture Show,” 7 p.m. Friday, Jan. 27 at the Escondido Arts Partnership, 262 East Grand Ave., Escondido. Contact Chrisanne for more information at 760-480-4101 or . Send a self addressed, stamped envelope if you would like your film returned. This is a free event so there is no receiving fee. The Mission Trails Regional Park Foundation (MTRP) presents “Trails,” an exhibition featuring an award-winning plein air artist Margaret Larlham. This exhibit will be on display in the Mission Trails Regional Park Visitor Center Art Gallery through Friday. Feb. 10. The MTRP Visitor and Interpretive Center is located at One Father Junipero Serra Trail, San Diego, and it is open daily from 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. Admission is free. Rancho Bernardo Art Association is looking for artists who want to meet others who share the same interest, learn from demonstrations and exhibit their work. The members have critique nights and an award show. For membership, contact Phyllis Hensperger at 858-675-2262. Adult membership is $25, couples $30, students $15. More information at ranchobernardoart.com. MUSEUMS The San Diego Natural History Museum has a number of exciting exhibits and 3-D films to enjoy. In Sharks: 3D, visitors will come face-to-face with a multitude of shark species, including the Great White, Hammerhead, and the Whale Shark. All That Glitters: The Splendor and Science of Gems and Minerals is at the Natural History Museum through April 15. This exhibit shows how gems are created around the world, including here in San Diego county. The exhibit Skulls contains hundreds of skulls from all over the world—hoofed animals, horned animals, birds, primates, rodents, snakes, lizards, amphibians, and more. Visitors have the chance to draw skulls of their very own on chalkboards and ask museum scientists questions about skulls. The Best of Nature Photography Show, an international juried competition, will be on view in The Ordover Gallery through May. Admission to the show is included with general admission to the Museum. The Natural History Museum is located at 1788 El Prado in Balboa Park. Tickets are $17 for adults; $15 for seniors; $12 for military, youth 13–17, students; $11 for children 3–12. Free for members. Mingei International Museum presents “San Diego’s Craft Revolution: From Post-War Modern to California Design,” documenting the important contribution of San Diego craftsmen from the postwar period beginning in the 1940s up through the 1970s, runs through April 15. “A Fantastic Voyage: The Art of Yvez Johnston,” running through June 17, surveys six decades of the artist’s wood and bronze sculptures, paintings, prints and ceramics from the 1940s to 2010, . “New Jewelry in a New Medium: The Art of Polymer Clay,” running through June 17, includes individual beads and beaded objects of adornment such as necklaces and bracelets. It also includes polymer beads from the collection of The Bead Museum, formerly in Glendale, Arizona. The museum is located at 1439 El Prado in Balboa Park. Hours are 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday, Regular admission is $7 for adults, $5 for seniors and $4 for students and active duty military with ID. For information, call 619-239-0003 or visit mingei.org. “Cellular Journey,” an introduction to human cell biology and stem cells, is at the Reuben H. Fleet Science Center in Balboa Park. Interactive exhibits include “From Tissues to Cells,” in which visitors can view human tissue samples through microscopes, and “Journey Inside a Cell,” where visitors board a motion-activated scooter and take a virtual tour inside a human cell, and can also launch a stem cell on its path to become a specific cell. “Geometry Exposed,” runs through June 10. Discover how various shapes fit together to make patterns and how spaces divide into patterns of shapes. For more information, call 619-238-1233 or visit rhfleet.org. The San Diego Air and Space Museum is currently temporarily hosting one of the DeLorean cars used in the “Back to the Future” movies as part of the special traveling exhibition, “SPACE: A Journey to Our Future.” The museum’s DeLorean is one of seven used onscreen in the films, and one of only three to have survived since filming. For more information, visit sandiegoairandspace.org. Walk in the footpath of Poway’s first residents every Saturday morning at Poway’s Kumeyaay-Ipai Interpretive Center. Savor the smell of blooming native plants that Kumeyaay people smelled each spring for more than 2,000 years. Trained guides will share the culture, history and botany of this five-acre archeological jewel for free from 9 to 11:30 a.m. Saturdays at 13104 Ipai Waaypuk Trail (formerly Silverlake Drive). For information, go to poway.org/kiic. The Flying Leatherneck Aviation Museum at MCAS Miramar has its Bell 214ST Iraqi “Super Huey” helicopter on display. Also on display is the Sikorsky HRS. Another feature is a single-seat flight simulator, which gives members of the public a 20-minute “flight” for $15. The museum is open 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Tuesdays-Sundays. Call 858-693-1723 or visit flyingleathernecks.org for more information. The Rancho Bernardo Historical Society runs a free museum at the Bernardo Winery, 13330 Paseo Del Verano Norte, Rancho Bernardo. Museum hours are 9 a.m. to noon Tuesdays and 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Fridays and noon to 3 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays. Call 858-487-4599. The Poway Historical and Memorial Society operates the free Poway Heritage Museum and the Nelson House in Old Poway Park, 14114 Midland Road in Poway. Hours are 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturdays and 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sundays. Call 858-679-8587 or visit powayhistoricalsociety.org. Learn about the past from the San Diego History Center, 1649 El Prado, Balboa Park. The organization is dedicated to preserving San Diego’s history through education and preservation. For more information, visit sandiegohistory.org. The Barona Cultural Center & Museum is open noon to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Friday and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday. The museum is closed Sunday and Monday. The museum houses more than 3,000 artifacts, photographic displays and archives. There is no charge for tours, and admission is free. For more information, visit baronamuseum.org or call 619-443-7003 ext. 2. The San Diego Museum of Art presents the exhibition Life and Truth: French Landscapes from Corot to Monet. The exhibit includes landscape paintings by artists such as Corot, Courbet, Théodore Rousseau, Narcisse Diaz, Charles-François Daubigny and others, as well as the museum’s own Haystacks at Chailly by Claude Monet. The museum is open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday and noon to 5 p.m. Sunday. Tickets are $12 for adults, $9 for seniors and military, $8 for college students with ID, and $4.50 for youth ages 7-17. Members and children ages 6 and under are free. For more information, visit sdmart.org. The San Diego Museum of Man presents Modern Day Mummy: The Art and Science of Mummification runs through March 4. This new exhibit focuses on Mumab, a modern-day mummy preserved using ancient Egyptian techniques. The museum is open daily 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Tickets are $12.50 for adults, $5 for children 3-12, and $7.50 for Seniors, military, students with ID and children 13-17. For more information, visit museumofman.org. The Timken Museum of Art is open 10 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday and 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. Sunday. Admission is free. For more information, visit timkenmuseum.org. LOCAL MARKETS The Poway Arts & Crafts Guild presents the Boardwalk Craft Market, beginning its 2012 season Saturday, Feb. 4 from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. For information on the craft market, call PACG at 858-486-3497. The Scripps Ranch Farmers Market & Art Festival is from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. every Saturday at 10380 Spring Canyon Road, the site of the old E.B. Scripps Elementary School. For more information, visit srfm.org. Poway Farmers Market is 8 to 11:30 a.m. every Saturday next to Old Poway Park, at Midland Road and Temple Street. The market, sponsored by the City of Poway and operated by Outback Farms, features certified organic produce, most of which is grown in San Diego County. For more information, call 858-668-4576. The Bernardo Winery hosts a farmers market which includes fresh produce, vendors and food stalls every Friday from 9 a.m. to noon at 13330 Paseo Del Verano Norte. The North San Diego Farmers Market is held 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. each Sunday, and 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. each Wednesday at the Sikes Adobe Historic Farmstead, 12655 Sunset Drive in Escondido. For more information, visit NSDCFM.com. OTHER EVENTS Come explore the tide pools with the Birch Aquarium at Scripps 12:30 – 2:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 4 at Dike Rock and 12:30 – 2:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 18 at Hospital Point. Aquarium naturalists will show participants how to tread lightly through these fragile ecosystems and will help them discover the wonderful world of tide pools. The cost is $12, ages 2 and older. Directions to meeting place will be provided at time of RSVP. RSVP required at 858-534-7336 or at aquarium.ucsd.edu. The Balboa Park Puppet Theater presents new holiday shows for kids 10 and 11:30 a.m. Wednesdays – Fridays and 11 a.m. and 1 and 2:30 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays at the Marie Hitchcock Puppet Theater, Balboa Park. Wednesday, Jan. 25 – Sunday, Jan. 29 is “The Little Engine That Could.” Wednesday, Feb. 1 – Sunday, Feb. 5 is “Chu Chu the Dragon.” Wednesday, Feb. 8 – Sunday, Feb. 12 is “The Very Hungry Caterpillar.” Wednesday, Feb. 15 – Sunday, Feb. 19 is “The Rabbit in the Moon.” Wednesday, Feb. 22 – Sunday, Feb. 26 is “The Boy Who Cried Wolf.” Wednesday, Feb. 29 – Sunday, March 4 is “Year of the Dragon.” Wednesday, March 7 – Sunday, March 11 and Wednesday, March 14 – Sunday, March 18 is “The Magic Well.” Tickets are $5 for adults, $4 seniors and $3 children ages 2 and up. For more information, visit balboaparkpuppets.com. The 22nd Annual Jewish Film Festival is being held Thursday, Feb. 9 – Sunday, Feb. 19 and showcases 48 of the best contemporary Jewish-themed films from around the world, celebrating life, human rights, and freedom of expression. Single ticket prices for most films are $10.75- $12.75 for seniors, $11.75 for JCC members and $13.75 for non-members; tickets for the opening night film, Mabul, and the closing night film, My Best Enemy, are $13.75-$15.75 ($12.75-$14.75 for seniors), the Feb. 14 screening of Dusk, Family Day, Teen Screen, and Joyce Forum Shorts in Winter are free. Festival passes, senior and student discounts, and group rate discounts are available. For tickets or information, call 858-362-1348 or visit lfjcc.org/sdjff. The Bernardo Winery presents its annual Valentines event, “Vino Valentino,” 6 – 9 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 12. Prepare your senses for an all-inclusive, romantic evening at the oldest winery in Southern California! Enjoy wine tasting, desserts, horse-drawn carriage rides, delicious crepes and a unique parting gift. Contact the Bernardo Winery for reservations. Tickets are limited. Tickets are $60 per person or $110 per couple. Call 858-487-1866 for reservations and information or stop by the winery office or tasting room to make your reservation. Downtown Escondido is hosting the “For the Love of Chocolate & Second Saturday ‘SweetArt’ Festival,” 1 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 11 on Grand Avenue. Enjoy tasting chocolate paired with wine, beer and champagne at boutiques, spas, salons and other retail stores on Grand Avenue between Center City Parkway and Juniper Street. Tickets are $20. For tickets and more information, visit escondidiochocolatefestival.com. Come out and celebrate Fat Tuesday with Gaslamp Mardi Gras, 6 p.m. – midnight Tuesday, Feb. 21 in the Gaslamp Quarter, downtown San Diego. Featuring five stages with live music performances, special guest appearances and the world’s top Electronica, Dubstep and House DJs, as well as a grand parade down 5th Avenue and street performers. Tickets are $20 in advance or $25 at the door, attendees must be 21 or older and have valid photo ID to enter. Proceeds will go to the Gaslamp Quarter Association. For more information or purchase tickets, call 619-233-5227 or visit gaslamp.org. Short URL: pomeradonews.com/?p=20817
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Swing Dance Moves
If all you know about swing is that it’s a colorful wooden plank you see in the play ground then you are in need of some serious dance lessons. Swing dancing is one of the most fun things that people can ever get into. Believe me, I have tried many things and ballroom dancing has been one of the best experiences of my life so far. If you want to know more about swing dance moves, read on to get interesting facts to get you started today. An extremely talented musician by the name of Benny Goodman is credited to have officially started the swing era in the Palomar Ballroom on 1935. However, Louis Armstrong together with Fletcher Henderson’s band have been paving the way for this genre of dance as early as the 1920′s. The jazz and blues rock sound have largely influenced swing music at that time. For some people, they think that swing is only for the older people who have nothing better to do. This is not true. Just watch many reality dance shows and you will find swing still being performed by the best young and hip dancers of our generation. Swing music, while it originated from jazz, has evolved in to many forms including pop, rock and roll, and hip hop among others. What are some swing dances that are still being danced today? Well, the Lindy Hop is a classic that never goes away. From the Lindy Hop, many subcategories were created like the East Coast Swing, the West Coast Swing, the Charleston, the Shag, the Balboa and the Jive. These were originally done in clubs and parties but it has become so popular that they have been included in prestigious ballroom dancing competitions. These dance competitions are participated by some of the most talented individuals in the world. They are judged by their technique and timing (the precision of their moves and the skill that they display), their teamwork (how well the couple dance together and execute their partnering skills), and their showmanship (over-all presentation, creativity and difficulty factor). You can be sure that you’re in for quite a show when you have the chance to be part of these competitions. Do you know anybody interested in getting into swing? Maybe you are considering taking some lessons for yourself. That is not a bad idea at all. As previously mentioned, this is an absolutely enjoyable hobby that many people are undertaking. More than that, it’s also a good exercise that will help keep you fit and healthy. Find a few friends you would want to share this experience with and enroll in a dance class today Who knows, you might be joining advance classes before long. Swing dance moves like the ones we see on television shows performed by talented dancers are difficult but are not impossible to imitate. If you are up for the challenge then go for it I have a feeling you’re really a swinger at heart anyway. Have fun with those swing dance moves
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