At
Big Bear Lake
August 6-8, 1999
909 866 5538
Whether it's Dixieland, Big Band Swing, a Roaring
'20'sand '30's Dance, lessons in the Jitterbug and Lindy Hop, or Jazz
cruises around the lake, Big Bear's Jazz Festival will feature it.
Big Bear Lake, one of California's few four-season
resort communities, will host the event, organized by Jazz Festival
volunteers and co-chairs, Lou Boudreau and Hal Schoettger. The
Festival is sponsored by the non-profit Big Bear Festivals of Music
Organization with all net proceeds being contributed to charities in
the Valley.
Among the performers will be The High Sierra Jazz
Band, The Wooden Nickel, with Bonnie Otto on piano, and vocalist Brady
McKay, The Roadrunners, Dixieland band Cell Block 7, Bill Elliot's
Swing Orchestra, Mora's Modern Rhythmists, Susie Hansen's Latin Jazz
Band,and The American Ragtime Company with Richard Zimmerman.
Big Bear Lake is centrally located high in the
mountains,90 miles east of Los Angeles on Highway 18. In August, the
sky is blue,the stars visibly reflect off the lake at night, and the
temperature rarely reaches the high 80s. The festival will begin in
the morning each day and run through the evening.
Ticket prices are $50 for all three days, $25 for
Friday only, $30 for Saturday only, $15 for Sunday only, and $12.50
for a Boat Jazz Cruise. For more information, call (909) 866-5538, or
to order tickets, call (909) 866-4970.
Walk the Labyrinth
First United Methodist Church
Simkins Hall
1008 11th Street, Santa Monica
(310) 393-8258
The Labyrinth, an ancient mediation tool, will be open
to the public for walk-throughs on Sunday, August 8 at Simkins hall of
the First United Methodist Church.
To build a labyrinth is to create sacred space. This
portable replica, based on the Chartres Labyrinth in France, which was
laid in the floor of Chartres Cathedral around 1220, is said to
"create a heightened awareness of the human condition and aid
psychological and spiritual growth."
The walk takes anywhere from twenty to forty-five
minutes, depending on the walker. The first walk-through will be held
at 10 a.m. and will end at 12:15 p.m.; the second walk-through will be
at 2:30 p.m. and will end at 5:15 p.m.
Each person is instructed to "come with an open
mind and an open heart," and also must bring a pair of white
socks to protect the labyrinth's surface.