Carnival

Jackson Bell Dunsmore Elementary School students celebrated the end of their standardized testing Friday with a visit to China, Egypt and Hawaii -- without having to leave the playground. After classes got out, the students were joined by faculty, family and friends for the school's annual All Around the World carnival. The festival featured 23 booths ranging from a Hawaiian-themed sponge toss to an Egyptian oasis serving water and a Korean barbecue dinner.

In its season’s first family concert presentation — French composer Camille Saint-Saëns’ celebrated “Carnival of the Animals” at the Alex Theatre in Glendale — the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra proved that not only can music soothe the savage beast, it can engage a youngster’s enthusiasm so completely, you wonder why public schools leave it off the curriculum menu in the first place. Part of the orchestra’s regular season, three family concerts are presented each year in an effort, spokeswoman Nicolette Atkins said, to “make music as accessible as possible to children.

LA CA—ADA FLINTRIDGE ? The hundreds of parents and children who spent the weekend riding carnival attractions and throwing ping-pong balls through hoops for prizes at La Cañada High School weren't just having fun. Every ticket purchased, every shaved ice gobbled up and every Ferris wheel ride at the event helped support the high school's music program, including the band, orchestra, jazz group color guard and drum line, organizer Julie...

Gary Moskowitz More than 60 children from 7 to 17 attended an annual Carnival Night at Camp Max Straus on Wednesday, a special event for children with cancer, HIV infection, sickle cell disease and other blood and chronic diseases. Camp Rainbow is a weeklong summer event sponsored by the Amie Karen Cancer Fund for Children, which helps support the Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Program at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. The camp is designed to provide a unique summer camping experience for children with serious illnesses, as well as their families and friends.

Amber Willard GLENDALE -- Residents will be able to check on any registered sex offenders who live in their area, thanks to Glendale Police and Crime Stoppers. The two groups will have a computer program at the Days of Verdugo carnival Friday to Sunday from which residents can enter their zip code and learn of any local sex offenders. A 1996 law requires convicted sex offenders to annual register their whereabouts with local law enforcement.

Last Saturday a carnival was held at Crescenta Valley High School. Although there were many games of chance, great music and entertainment and delicious food, the foundation of the event was far from fun. The carnival was to bring attention to the plight of children in Uganda as well as to raise funds to assist them. In late March, CVHS students viewed a documentary titled "Invisible Children." As the film began, three teenagers set off on a trip to Africa not knowing what to expect.

The Crescenta Valley Fireworks Association is now planning for the third annual fireworks show and carnival being held on July 4 at La Crescenta Elementary School. In addition to ticket sales, the association is seeking supplementary funding to offset the expenses to host the show, including insurance, security, permits and the biggest expense: the fireworks. Less then half of the expenses are paid for with ticket sales and it is the Crescenta Valley Fireworks Association?s goal to keep the show affordable for the families that attend the event.

Paul Clinton GLENDALE -- It wasn't all child's play Saturday at the United Community Church's Kids Rally Day. Organizers of the children's carnival worked in nonsectarian lessons about character, ethics and safety, United Ministry Director Lonnie Brown said. To educate children, the church asked California Highway Patrol officers to give safety tips on how to avoid troubles with strangers. To provide some basic information for their files, CHP officers fingerprinted children.

The music of French composer Charles Camille Saint Saens? Carnival of the Animals was brought to ?puppet life? last week for Mountain Avenue Elementary School kindergarten students. Members of Jim Gamble Puppet Productions performed the musical tale incorporating rod puppets and marionettes for the students who delighted in the fantasy of a young boy who writes a magical musical for an imaginary carnival. The boy envisions his piano teacher, Mrs. Zucchini, as a dancing frog and even brings to life a tinker toy creation to music: The Tinkertoyasaurus.

The annual carnival at Dunsmore Elementary came a little late this year, but scores of students and their parents showed up to the county fair-themed event Friday after school. About 25 booths, filled with food and games, were set up on the school playground and more than 300 people were swarming about even as volunteers were shutting them down. Some of the booths won awards from the school's PTA, which set up the event. The Pie-eating Contest booth — created by a fifth-grade class — was deemed "Best Theme."

There are painted warriors and hitmen, tattooed tough guys and brawling body builders. Some are fat, some are skinny, some are chiseled and even more are somewhere in between. Super heroes and villains, dastardly heels and bravado-brimming babyfaces, they are comedians and clowns, aerial acrobats and grounded grapplers. It is a band of brief-clad brothers striving to please an audience, follow a passion and earn a living. From curtain jerkers and jobbers to champions and main eventers, they make up a cavalcade of characters not often seen at your everyday job, though most of them hold one down.

GLENDALE — Some Montrose Travel customers who had planned trips on the troubled Carnival cruise ship Splendor have either canceled or are waiting in limbo, agents said. The ship, which lost power after an engine room fire, leaving customers adrift, returned to port in San Diego via tugboat on Thursday morning after a 72-hour ordeal. Montrose Travel will continue to monitor developments regarding repairs made to the disabled cruise ship after agents had to cancel a booking set for Sunday.

In its season’s first family concert presentation — French composer Camille Saint-Saëns’ celebrated “Carnival of the Animals” at the Alex Theatre in Glendale — the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra proved that not only can music soothe the savage beast, it can engage a youngster’s enthusiasm so completely, you wonder why public schools leave it off the curriculum menu in the first place. Part of the orchestra’s regular season, three family concerts are presented each year in an effort, spokeswoman Nicolette Atkins said, to “make music as accessible as possible to children.

As I type this, the clock is slowly ticking toward the first Tournament of Roses Parade of the new decade. Around this time, 100 years ago, the parade had no theme (and wouldn?t have one until 1918, with the theme of ?Patriotism?). The grand marshals of the 1910 parade were Dr. Francis F. Rowland and professor Charles F. Holder, both founders of the Tournament of Roses Parade. Rowland is the only person with the distinction of having been grand marshal seven times, according to the Tournament of Roses organization.

The Dec. 7 article “A carnival atmosphere” indeed gave a good description of the wonderful spirit that all enjoyed. What most who were there didn’t see or know is that none of this would have happened without the great work of the president of the Adams Square Merchants Assn., John Cianfrini, and his wife, Carol. The two of them did all of the preliminary work, such as getting the permits, arranging for the visiting musicians, face painter, rides, gift bags for the children and, of course, Santa.

About 4,500 people honored America’s birthday in style Saturday at the Crescenta Valley Fireworks celebration. Visitors began entering the gates at 4 p.m. to secure prime spots to watch the fireworks, and while they waited they had several food booths and carnival rides to choose from at La Crescenta Elementary School. The Ward and Terrazas families beat the heat by pitching a tent in the corner of the campus and sat back waiting for more friends to stop by. “I had seen these fireworks a long time ago when they had them at Crescenta Valley High School,” Nancy Ward said.

The Crescenta Valley Fireworks Association is now planning for the third annual fireworks show and carnival being held on July 4 at La Crescenta Elementary School. In addition to ticket sales, the association is seeking supplementary funding to offset the expenses to host the show, including insurance, security, permits and the biggest expense: the fireworks. Less then half of the expenses are paid for with ticket sales and it is the Crescenta Valley Fireworks Association?s goal to keep the show affordable for the families that attend the event.

Two years removed from a blowout centennial celebration, the Glendale Adventist Academy held its annual May Festival on Sunday, complete with carnival booths, an inflatable slide, food and entertainment. Students and a handful of alumni at the kindergarten-through-12th-grade private school smashed 750 confetti-filled eggs in one hour before moving on to the day’s main course, a sun-soaked hour featuring three of the academy‘s bands topped off with Japanese, Lebanese, Filipino, Latin, Italian and American eats.

Spring break approaching Students in the Glendale Unified School District will be on spring break from Monday, April 13 through Friday, April 17. Public schools will be closed on these dates.   Trinity hosting carnival, open house The public is invited to Trinity Christian School’s (K-6) spring carnival and open house on Saturday, April 25 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. There will be rides, games, prizes and traditional carnival food along with tours of the facility.