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Community news: Road Kings play Santa Claus to reservist, Roberta Moody celebrates 90th birthday
Ten members of the Burbank Road Kings took a road trip of a charitable kind the Sunday before Christmas. They played Santa Claus, but instead of arriving by sleigh, they delivered a special gift to a woman in need via classic vehicles. The car club...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Religious Festivals, Christmas, Culture, Sociology
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Group holds 65th food drive for families
The Burbank Coordinating Council plans to hold a food and item drive Saturday outside every grocery store and CVS Pharmacy in the city.
It is the council’s 65th year serving Burbank’s neediest menresidents during the holidays. Janet Diel,...Tags: Holidays, CVS Corp., Family
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Let there be Christmas lights!
Powerful winds subsided in time for Burbank’s biggest-ever holiday tree-lighting event on Thursday, which marked a series of seasonal events planned in the coming weeks as part of the city’s ongoing centennial celebration.
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Christmas comes early for needy
Hoping for a gift in this season of giving, about 30 needy people, mostly women, waited patiently for the doors to open at the Salvation Army near downtown Burbank Thursday morning.
Ana and Tony Tamayo of North Hollywood said they heard about the...Tags: Religious Festivals, Holidays, Christmas, Christianity, The Salvation Army
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An updated and merry Christmas pageant
A young child in a gold-adorned white robe stood stage right bathed in a spotlight’s glaring luminance. “And soon, the wise men came to the manger,” the haloed-tyke proclaimed. Pretty standard Christmas pageant stuff — until the...Tags: Religious Festivals, Entertainment, The Rolling Stones (music group), Bing Crosby, Religion and Belief
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Start the Presses: Adding color to heated rivalries
Pranks, apparently, aren't what they used to be.
During the last 12 months, high school rivals in both Burbank and Glendale have attempted to mar each other's symbols — and failed. Or, to be generous, halfway succeeded.
Last November, a group of...Tags: Arts and Culture, Holidays, Religious Festivals, Burbank (Los Angeles, California), Halloween
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Joyful noise
The Burbank Chorale is celebrating its 90th anniversary with one of its most successful years ever, as it prepares to deliver "The Sounding Joy," its holiday concert, on Saturday.
The group, founded in 1920, will be accompanied by the Burbank Chorale...Tags: Entertainment, University of Southern California, Music Theater, Ceremonies, Music
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Rough year for Christmas tree icon
Gary Casella has sold Christmas trees in Burbank since 1937. He supplies Burbank's official holiday tree in front of City Hall. For Casella, it's all about Christmas.
But this year, his holiday cheer's been hard to keep up.
Just days before the...Tags: Religious Festivals, Forestry and Timber, Theft, Vehicles, Holidays
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A caroling they go
For 35 years, the Spero family has been celebrating Christmas Eve serenading their neighbors.
"It's one time a year that's really special," said Sandy Spero, a graduate of Burbank High School, along with her children and grandchildren who join in the...Tags: Religious Festivals, Holidays, Christmas, Burbank (Los Angeles, California), Family
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Florida Travel Tips & Deals
Special CorrespondentCheck this list often as new tips, events and deals around Florida come in: Culinary features on Anna Maria Island Mainsail Beach Inn on Florida’s Anna Maria Island has partnered with the Beach Bistro to offer a number of culinary luxuries to...Tags: Richard Branson, Culture, Nordstrom, Ryanair Holdings Plc, Shrek (fictional character)
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Fall events 2013
This list is not all-inclusive Sept. 1-2 Geneva Fox Valley Folk Music & Storytelling Festival 11 a.m.-10 p.m. Sept. 1; 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Sept. 2 From eight stages more than 30 acts will perform throughout the two-day festival. In addition to...
Tags: Artists, Entertainment, Halloween, Corn, Festive Events
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Nonprofit sets lofty '13 goals
staff writer, @damichellegRuth Baer's mother taught her about the joys of giving back. When Baer and her parents lived in Ohio, the family would buy extra presents for Christmas and leave them for the less fortunate. The family continued the tradition when Baer and her mother...Tags: Holidays, Religious Festivals, Somerset County (Pennsylvania), Media Industry, Pies and Tarts
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