DEC. 5, 2014
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T he C oast News - I nland E dition
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RISING STARS The Vista Chamber of Commerce honored high school seniors, from left, Julian Morales (Rancho Buena Vista High School), Natalie Guy (Major General Raymond Murray High School), Jose Hurtado (Guajome Park Academy), Vivian Portillo (Vista High School) and Mallory Muehlbauer (Mission Vista High School) at its November Rising Star of the Month program. Rising Star salutes seniors for demonstrating character, integrity, love of learning, involvement in school and community activities and/or the ability to overcome challenging life circumstances without compromising their education. Courtesy photo
Changes planned for Moonlight’s season VISTA — The city of Vista’s Moonlight Stage Productions has created Moonlight Presents, a sister brand that will introduce expanded performing arts programming at the Moonlight Amphitheatre beginning in 2016. Three new series will be offered featuring various genres and artists presented around the annual summer season of Broadway musicals. “For our first Moonlight Presents season in 2016, we will feature three series,” said Daniel Kays, managing director. “One series will focus on music and will feature jazz, world music and popular artists. Dance, circus acts and children’s touring shows take center stage in another series. “Our third series features cabaret artists performing in a new intimate
setting we are creating by enclosing the stage and placing the audience and the artists on the stage. Optional table dining and drink service will be available from the Artisan Cafe. Moonlight Presents will feature nine events between January and October, but will be dark during the summer for Moonlight Stage Productions’ Broadway musicals.” To allow for the creation of Moonlight Presents, the winter productions at the AVO Playhouse will come to an end following its 2015 season. This move allows the AVO to become a rental facility year-round, opening up an additional 13 weeks on the rental calendar and providing greater flexibility for renters. Moonlight Presents
will announce programming and ticketing details in the spring. The final AVO Playhouse Winter Season opens in January with James Goldman’s “The Lion In Winter” followed by “Sondheim on Sondheim” and concluding with “Anna in the Tropics.” For more information, visit moonlightstage.com or call (760) 724-2110.
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The city of Vista produces Moonlight Stage Productions and Moonlight Presents as part of its cultural arts program.
Best holiday news ever! Some sweet soul, who doesn’t know my track record for setting off the smoke alarm, has invited me to a Christmas cookie exchange. I love these things because, despite my love of holiday goodies, I tend to flag on the days of baking required to create all the exotic kinds I like best. I used to watch my mom do a week of baking and thought, foolishly, what fun she must be having. As much as I love the sweet results, cooking anything that takes more than about 20 minutes start to finish, and — whoa, there — involves a rolling pin, is a stretch for me. It’s not that I can’t do it. It’s just that I seek an uninterrupted block of time, which usually finds me atop my bed reading. So, I guess I need an uninterrupted block of time and some guy with a bullwhip encouraging my backside into the kitchen. I believe I will blame it on my pathetic, every-present impatient nature. OK, I’ve mixed one bowl full of stuff and now you want me
to mix the dry ingredients separately? And then slowly blend them? Then chill for eight hours? Un-uh. And heaven forfend it calls for sifting! I believe I am a Guinness World Book candidate for square feet of kitchen surfaces covered with flour-sugar mixture. Which brings us to the really annoying part of the whole undertaking — cleanup. These days, I don’t even have a dog to lick up the spills. I’m impatiently waiting for the local robotics club to make me a waTURN TO SMALL TALK ON 14
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