La Jolla Village News, December 13th, 2012

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Tapping into a new

opportunity to dance BY KENDRA HARTMANN | VILLAGE NEWS One morning in November, a couple of instructors from La Jolla’s Tap Fever walked into Sunrise Senior Living carrying wooden boards and several pairs of gloves. They handed out the supplies to a handful of residents — some in wheelchairs — assembled in the facility’s sitting room and proceeded to teach them something the elderly residents probably thought they’d never learn: how to tap dance. Coaching the residents, Larisa Hall, executive director of Tap Fever, and Alondra Jackson, the school’s marketing director, helped them create a melody of taps without ever Residents of Sunrise Senior Living practice tapping special gloves, leaving their chairs. Using the gloves, which outfitted with the same taps as tap shoes, on boards during Tap had been outfitted with the same taps found Fever’s hand-tapping workshop at the assisted care facility in Courtesy photo on tap shoes, the group, some of who have November. physical or cognitive limitations, tapped on reason,” she said. “I wanted to be able to provide opporthe boards, “dancing” to Hall’s count. tunities to everyone, and I feel like there should be an Hall, who created the concept and developed the opportunity to dance if someone wants to. Besides, gloves and boards (a patent is in the process), said she even if someone doesn’t have limited mobility, it’s fun. wanted to find a way to offer dance to anyone, but she It’s a new thing to try.” realized the nature of most dance styles limits who can Hall came up with the idea when she was doing enjoy them to the physically mobile. something she often does: choreographing a dance “[Tap Fever offers] all of the standard dance classes, but I didn’t want to have to turn anybody away for any SEE TAPPING, Page 7

For a video of Tap Fever’s hand-tapping workshop, visit www.sdnews.com or www.youtube.com/watch?v=2RFF7Wy-_BA&feature=youtu.be

Homeless children get Christmas surprise at La Jolla Cove Suites

The boundaries of the Rose Canyon Watershed Project.

Rose Canyon to receive deep cleaning with cooperative effort BY MORGAN CARMODY | VILLAGE NEWS Rose Canyon will be receiving a much-needed facelift thanks to the Chaparral Lands Conservancy, Friends of Rose Canyon, University City High School and Recon Environmental. The Chaparral Conservancy, a local nonprofit dedicated to protecting shrub land ecosystems, has received a $50,000 donation from the Friends of Rose Canyon, along with a grant from the California Wildlife Conservation Board to undertake the extensive Native Plant Restoration Project. With the participation of students from UCHS’ AP environmental science classes, the organizations will work together to undertake invasive

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BY DAVE SCHWAB | VILLAGE NEWS Homeless kids from Father Joe’s St. Vincent De Paul Village got the redcarpet treatment riding in limousine buses and escorted by San Diego Harley Davidson motorcycle owners for the 14th rooftop Christmas party hosted by La Jolla Cove Suites hotel on Dec. 7. “It was actually started by a business associate of mine in honor of a fireman who’d lost his life in 9/11,” said Krista Baroudi, Cove Suites CEO, about the origin of the event she A group of Christmas carolers entertain the crowd at the event held atop the La Jolla Cove Suites hotel to bring Christmas cheer to homeless children from

SEE HOMELESS, Page 6 Father Joe’s St. Vincent De Paul Village, who received red-carpet treatment with

a limo ride and gifts donated by the La Jolla Kiwanis, Bowers Jewelers and members of a group of San Diego Harley Davidson owners. DAVE SCHWAB | Village News

The Charles David Keeling Apartments at UCSD were honored for sustainable design at the San Diego American Society of Landscape Architects’ awards ceremony. Courtesy image

Two La Jolla properties win architecture awards Two La Jolla-area sites were recently honored with design awards from the San Diego American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) for

plant control in parts of the Rose Creek Watershed, including at UC High. Students and volunteers alike will work over the next several years to remove non-native trees, like the eucalyptus around Genesee Avenue, as well as pampas grass. Not only will this work to increase the overall health of the native ecosystem, it can also decrease the risk of fire and flooding in creeks and canyons. Invasive plants actively displace the native plants and animals and increase risk factors for fires. “Many of the trees are diseased and falling limbs have created a fire hazSEE CANYON, Page 4

outstanding projects that showcase the best in landscape architecture and environmental planning and ultimately promote an enhanced quality of life in San Diego County. Point Loma-based Spurlock Poirer Landscape Architects recently won ASLA’s President’s Award for its innovative and elegantly executed sustainable design at UCSD’s Charles David Keeling Apartments. The 158,000-square-foot site seamlessly integrates apartment amenities, such as a central courtyard, basketball court, barbeque area, meeting spaces, modified parking lots and extensive bioswale at the university’s campus apartments. The project also simultaneously incorporates functional infrastructure elements, such as a vegetated rooftop and a stormwater con-

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