NEWS
December 8, 1988 | PAMELA MARIN, Pamela Marin is a regular contributor to Orange County Life
"I sat on Santa's lap, but he didn't ask me what I want for Christmas," said Kathleen Frink, as her husband, Emory, headed for the buffet tables. The Frinks were among 225 couples at the Newport Beach Marriott on Saturday for the annual "Christmas Carol Ball" sponsored by the 552 Club, a support group for Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian.
ENTERTAINMENT
March 6, 1986 | RANDY LEWIS, Times Staff Writer
The strains of Glenn Miller's "Tuxedo Junction" wafting from a loudspeaker set an appropriately nostalgic tone as more than 125 people gathered on the ocean front sidewalk in Newport Beach on Tuesday awaiting the answer to the question, "What ever happened to the Rendezvous Ballroom?"
NEWS
July 24, 1985 | BURT A. FOLKART, Times Staff Writer
James Kern (Kay) Kyser, the "Old Perfesser" on radio's beloved "Kay Kyser's Kollege of Musical Knowledge," died Tuesday of a heart attack. Kyser, who years after he abandoned his band admitted he couldn't read a note of music or play an instrument, was 79 and died in Chapel Hill, N.C., where he had devoted the last 35 years of his life to Christian Science. From 1933 until 1949 Kyser and his assemblage of musical madcaps rode atop the radio ratings.
NEWS
July 9, 1992 | JIM WASHBURN, Jim Washburn is a free-lance writer who regularly contributes to The Times Orange County Edition.
It's not quite the same as getting a $7 plane ticket to any destination in the Americas, but Golden West College's first annual Starshower '92 concert series tries. For five Thursday evenings beginning tonight, the tree-lined, 1,000-capacity amphitheater on the Huntington Beach campus will play host to a wide swath of the music of the Americas. The series kickoff tonight features Huayucaltia, a multicultural quintet of Latino musicians.
NEWS
December 7, 1993 | KATHRYN BOLD
Like boat parades and surfing Santas, the Christmas Carol Ball that benefits Hoag Hospital is a Newport Beach Yuletide tradition. This year, the 552 Club of the Hoag Hospital Foundation that staged the Saturday gala added a new feature: a "Festival of Trees" that turned the Newport Beach Marriott ballroom into a sparkling forest.
NEWS
December 12, 1985 | BENJAMIN EPSTEIN
They say that every time you ring a bell, an angel gets its wings in heaven. --Rena Godshall, director, Our Lady Queen of Angels Bell Choir Hordes of angels got their wings Tuesday at the Five Crowns restaurant in Corona del Mar, where the Spyglass Committee of the Orange County Philharmonic Society met, as it has now for four years, for Christmas lunch. This year, a bell choir added to the yuletide cheer.