In Discovery Bay, there’s basketball for girls and boys, ages 4-6 years old. It runs from Oct. 10-Nov. 11 at Cornell Park. The $70 fee includes a shirt. Coaches training is from 6-7:30 p.m. Oct. 4. Registration deadline is Sept. 30. Info: www.todb.ca.gov; 925-392-4575. Oakley soccer runs Aug. 22-Oct. 3 (no program on Sept. 5) for boys and girls, ages 3-5, at Summer Lake Park. Fee is $65 for residents; $75 for nonresidents and includes a shirt. Coaches are needed with training set from 6-7:30 p.m. Aug. 16. Deadline to register is Aug. 12. Info: 925-625-7041.
On Saturday, about 85 youths – elementary, middle school, high school and college students, as well as a handful of elders – fanned out through classrooms around the plaza for instruction from some of the region’s most expert teachers of Mexican musical and dance traditions, There were classes for dancers, singers, trumpeters, violinists, guitarists and players of the guitarrón, the deep-bodied six-string bass guitar that’s featured in mariachi groups, Hector Gonzalez, director of the San Jose-based dance company Los Mestizos, took his charges through the complicated steps to a number from the Mexican state of Jalisco, generally known as the hub of mariachi, He isolated steps within steps, having the students 3-6 months black and white baby ballet flats - ready to ship! practice a single maneuver, again and again: “Questions? All right, nice and tall, let’s go!” he said, sounding like a friendly drill sergeant..
MUSIC Series. California Pops Orchestra. Dec. 21: The Pops Family Holiday Celebration, including music from Disney’s “Frozen.” Feb. 8: On Broadway; including music from “Cabaret” and “Mamma Mia.” March 29: Swing it!; tribute to the Big Bands, with guests Black Tie Jazz. May 17: Spies, Heroes, Comedy and Mayhem; featuring music from “The Untouchables,” “Mission Impossible,” “The Lone Arranger” (with apology to Rossini) and more. Smithwick Theater, Foothill College, 12345 El Monte Road, Los Altos Hills. $15-$42. Free parking in lots 5 and 6. 650 856-8432 or www.calpops.org.
Livermore and San Ramon Valley each will offer their own versions of the holiday classic for folks to enjoy in December, “I would encourage everybody to see it, It’s a magical production,” Livermore Mayor John Marchand said of his city’s production, “It’s a first-class production, The Bankhead (Theater) is a beautiful place to see it in, It’s 3-6 months black and white baby ballet flats - ready to ship! so much easier to see it here in Livermore than to fight your way over the bridge, In 10 minutes, you can be back home in bed, and you don’t have to deal with the traffic.”..
Pam refused to take Riley to the hospital, thinking the doctor would blame her. She thought her baby with the strange burns would get taken away. She made Mike promise not to tell anyone. Mike broke the promise, told his mother and helped save his daughter’s life. His mother called Mike’s aunt, who had two children with a rare skin disease. And that’s the first time the McCoys heard they had xeroderma pigmentosum in their family. One of Mike’s cousins had died, and the other was still alive.
