Around Town
Special Entertainment at Casa Romantica
GardenFest 2016 Takes Place on April 9
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ardenFest 2016, sponsored by the San Clemente Garden Club (SCGC) in cooperation with the City of San Clemente’s Beaches Parks and Recreation Department, will be held from 8am-2pm on Saturday, April 9, at the San Clemente Community Center at Avenida
Del Mar and Seville. This annual event offers huge bargains on a wide variety of plants. GardenFest 2016 will feature
more than 5000 plants with an emphasis on succulents and edibles propagated and donated by garden club members and sponsors. GardenFest 2016 will also feature the popular flea market in the community center auditorium
offering a wide range of items for garden, home and hobbies. The Garden Club invites the com- munity to enter its annual “Funky Garden Container Contest” and “Floral Design Contest.” At- tendees judge winners on site on Saturday, April 9. Proceeds from GardenFest 2016 benefit SCGC’s scholarship program for area horticulture stu-
dents; the club’s Junior Gardeners Programs at Concordia, Las Palmas, Marblehead Elementary and Shorecliffs Middle schools; and beautification efforts at the Pier Garden, Marine Monument, Library Memorial Garden, City Hall Rose Garden, Casa Romantica and the Roses at the 15th Hole at the San Clemente Municipal Golf Course. The San Clemente Garden Club, a charitable organization founded in 1951, is part of the Cal-
ifornia Garden Clubs, Inc. and National Garden Clubs, Inc. The group meets on the first Wednes- day of each month. For more info visit
www.sanclementegardenclub.com.
An Evening with Ann Hampton Callaway O
n March 11, 2016 Casa Romantica will host one of the greatest living jazz and Broadway singer-songwriters of this century. Honorary Chair and Board Vice President David Wes- tendorf and myself have the distinct pleasure to invite you to be part of this historic event
at Casa Romantica Cultural Center and Gardens. An Evening with Ann Hampton Callaway features this multi-platinum selling singer, composer,
lyricist, pianist, and actress. Starring on Broadway, she’s been a TV host and producer, a special guest performer with Wyn-
ton Marsalis and the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra, performed with Keith Lockhart and the Boston Pops at Symphony Hall and Tanglewood, and is featured at many of the Carnegie Hall tributes. She is widely recognized for her work on the theme song to the hit TV series, The Nanny. Casa Romantica Cultural Center and Gardens is a non-profit 501(c) 3 organization and is the
historic home of the founder of the City of San Clemente. Casa Romantica provides programs for all ages in arts, music, history, horticulture and literature and is a premier Southern California cul- tural center. Tickets for this black tie event start at $165 per person and include concert, gourmet dinner
and live auction that includes an exclusive New York City trip. An Evening with Ann Hampton Callaway tickets are available online at
www.casaromantica.org, or by calling(949) 498-2139.
SCholaRShip availablE T
he San Clemente Garden Club (SCGC) will offer $1000 scholarships to graduating San Clemente High School (SCHS) seniors attending an accredited two or four year college or university in the fall of 2016. The club also offers $1000 scholarships to
college students with one or more completed semester or quarter, enrolled in an accredited two or four year college. Students must pursue studies, certifications, or degrees related to Horticulture, Agriculture, Landscape Design, Ecology, Biology (excluding health sciences), Wildlife or Marine Science, and other Environmental based studies to be eligible. The deadline for applications for both high school and college scholarships is Tuesday,
March 1, 2016. Applications can be downloaded under the scholarships tab at sanclemente-
gardenclub.com. The 2016 scholarship recipients will be notified by May 2016 and honored at the
SCGC’s luncheon to install officers, present awards and scholarships on June 8. High school scholarship winners will also be honored during the Senior Awards Ceremony at SCHS. For more information about the SCGC scholarship program, contact Committee Chair Judy Wolfe at (949)388-0666 or via email at
jkwolfe45@gmail.com. For more information about events and membership in the garden club, visit
sanclementegardenclub.com or Facebook.
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