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Orange County Performing Arts Center President Jerry Mandel will join
the Hi-Fi Quintet for a special fundraising evening Feb. 5 in
Founders Hall.
Organized by the center’s guilds in conjunction with the office of
center support groups, the evening of “jazz and cocktails” is
offering tickets at $70 per person, with proceeds benefiting the
center as part of the annual gift from the guilds. The center’s Tim
Dunn reported that Mandel and the quintet “will offer a concert of
swinging classics from the American Songbook.” For reservations, call
(714) 556-2122, ext. 4218.
MORMON CHOIR
In other societal news with a decidedly musical slant, the
Philharmonic Society will be graced by a performance of the Mormon
Tabernacle Choir. The choral performance will coincide with the 50th
anniversary season of the Philharmonic Society.
Performances are slated for March 26 and 27 at the Orange County
Performing Arts Center. The events will mark the choir’s inaugural
visit to Orange County, and its first ever visit to Southern
California in more than 40 years. For reservations and information,
call Christel Schar in the Philharmonic Society office at (714)
553-2422, ext. 226.
LAURA’S HOUSE
Barbara James reported that the recent Laura’s House fundraiser
for victims of domestic abuse in Orange County raised significant
funds at the ninth annual luncheon at the Montage Resort in Laguna
Beach.
A large contingent of Newport-Mesa men and women supported the
effort, which featured an address on domestic issues in Orange County
by Orange County Superior Court Judge Pamela Iles.
Locals spotted in the crowd were Supervisor Tom Wilson, Chris
Aitken, Alice Shanahan, her daughter Julia Slagle, Janice Lawson, and
Jacqueline Stephenson. Also supporting the event were James Maloney,
Margaret Bayston and sponsor/ underwriters Ruth and Gresham Roskamp,
Heather Cobbs, Jeffrey Court, Allen James, Paige and Jay Kunkle and
Teddie and Michael Ray.
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