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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: Culture, Religious Festivals, Santa Claus (fictional character), Sociology, Johnny Carson
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Stage review: A static radio remake of a Capra classic
The evergreen appeal of Frank Capra's film classic, “It's a Wonderful Life,” about a despairing Everyman who learns that his life has had profound meaning, translates not only to frequent TV airings during the holiday season, but to numerous...
Tags: Entertainment, Religious Festivals, Ginger Rogers, Henry Fonda, Radio Industry
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Warner Bros. moves 'Great Gatsby' from 2012 to summer 2013
Long buzzed about as an Academy Award contender, Baz Luhrmann's "The Great Gatsby" won't be competing for any Oscars this season, as Warner Bros. is moving the F. Scott Fitzgerald adaptation's release date from Christmas 2012 to summer 2013. It's the...
Tags: Entertainment, Entertainment Events, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Drama (genre), Baz Luhrmann
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On the Town: Christmas comes to town six months early
For most Burbankers, the first week of July includes making preparations for Fourth of July family get-togethers, finalizing summer vacation or day-trip plans and, overall, just figuring out how to stay cool through the sizzling temperatures of the coming...
Tags: Religious Festivals, Holidays, Healthcare Provider
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Burb's Eye View: Bike Angels are thinking Christmas
Just as Santa’s elves have to work all year to make their quota on Dec. 24, Burbank’s Bike Angels are already busy attempting to double their goal for delivering bicycles to kids this Christmas. In 2008, the Salvation Army placed an angel...Tags: Holidays, Religious Festivals, Sport Chalet Incorporated, Human Interest, Charity
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Burbank clubs
Burbank Sunrise Kiwanis The Burbank Sunrise Kiwanis Club has been busy this past year, especially at the Burbank Boys & Girls Club. Some of its activities included planting a garden, hosting four crazy-countries classes that members chose (Ireland,...Tags: Toy Industry, Toys, Golf, Clubs and Associations, Black College Reunion
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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, Christianity, Santa Claus (fictional character), Religion and Belief
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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 Rocky Horror Picture Show (movie), Abraham Lincoln, Charlie Sheen
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Baskets delivered to families in need
Hundreds of volunteers participated in a long-standing tradition Saturday to provide holiday baskets and gifts to families in need during the holidays.
Burbank firefighters, one of many groups involved in the Coordinating Council’s Holiday...Tags: Holidays, Charity, Family
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Penitent flautist mom wows music proprietor
My wife and I run Pedersen's Band & Orchestra. We are school music retailers and we have been servicing the Burbank school music programs since 1971. We had something happen yesterday that I would like Burbank to know about. Around 5 p.m. we were a...Tags: Entertainment, Holidays, Rentals, Religious Festivals, Services and Shopping
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Brass ensemble serenades shoppers
On Nov. 21, a Salvation Army brass ensemble played Christmas music for shoppers while they placed their donations in the familiar Red Kettle at the Pavilions market in Burbank. Ensemble members were Judy Smith, Sharon Gregg, Major Doug Peacock, Bob...Tags: Holidays, Christianity, Religious Festivals, Religion and Belief, The Salvation Army
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Police donate $2K for Thanksgiving supplies
The Burbank Temporary Aid Center got financial help for Thanksgiving supplies Tuesday with a $2,000 donation from local police officials.
Burbank Police command staff made a pledge of $1,000 that was later matched by the Burbank Police Officers’...Tags: Holidays, Pies and Tarts, Homelessness, International Travel, Thanksgiving
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