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 Join Us for a Fun-Raiser at Souplantation
Thursday, September 9, 2010
Souplantation
La Quinta, California
The First Tee Coachella Valley invites the public to a “Fun-Raiser” from 5-8 p.m., Thursday, September 9 at Souplantation, 79-705 Highway 111 in La Quinta. Take the family to dinner at Souplantation during this time, and 15 percent of your meal cost is donated to The First Tee Coachella Valley.
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 Editor's Note: Palm Springs Guides is written by a diverse group of extremely talented individuals. You know them by their works.
But these are flesh-and-blood people whose life experiences shape what they write and how they write it. I believe it will help you, the readers, enjoy the articles more if you have some understanding of the writers themselves.
One of our writers is our resident movie critic David Mikelberg, a New York transplant to our desert. David has consented to share his experiences in a periodic column he titles, "As the Corn Pops."
So, as with Dorothy and her friends in Oz, we will give you a glipse at the people “Behind the Curtain.” — K.A.
When we last left Palm Springs, Our Hero, David, was thinking about what home meant to him as the movie "The Kids Are All Right" began …
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 ‘Making Dreams Come True’
Story and photos by Elayna Freiberg
The dream looked like a huge ballroom event with volunteers all around, hustling and bustling to get the dresses and shoes together, before the doors swung open to the lucky recipients. Once the doors were open, the dreams of teenage girls on the other side would now be able to attend their homecoming dance, winter formal or junior prom, because of one woman’s vision.
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 Jazz It Up, With Bill Marx (& his musicians)
Sunday, July 11, 2010
Mission Hills Country Club
Rancho Mirage
Story by Lisa Robyn Lawrence
Photographs by Allen Lawrence
For more Allen Lawrence photos of ACT for MS, click here.
Sunday night, the place to be was the Mission Hills Country Club to "Jazz it up with Bill Marx." This was a fundraiser for ACT for MS nonprofit organization. In addition to the great jazzy tunes provided by Marx and his musicians, there were fantastic silent auction items, some spectacular jewelry items for sale and a delectable dinner array of terrific food.
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 The First Tee Coachella Valley Charity Tournament
Friday and Saturday, June 25-26, 2010
Palm Springs, California
Story and photos by Lauri Hirth
For more photos of the event, click here.
On Friday and Saturday, June 25 and 26, The First Tee Coachella Valley hosted to the First Tee Coachella Valley Junior Tournament. Seventeen juniors ranging from age 6 to age 14 were present. There were three different age groups, with first-, second- and third-place trophies awarded in each of the boys’ and girls’ divisions. Each participant also received a medal for participation in the event. The $40 entry fee for the 18-hole, two-day event was donated back to the First Tee Coachella Valley to help fund the program.
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 Reyna de Quarto de Julio Pageant
Sunday, July 4, 2010
Bagduma Park
Coachella, California
Story by Elayna Feiberg
Photos by Daniel Garcia
For more Daniel Garcia photos of the Reyna de Quarto de Julio Pageant, click here.
The Fourth of July holiday to most, means going to the beach, poolside barbecues, and enjoying family and friends. However, for 16 beautiful Latina hopefuls, it meant waiting to be crowned La Reyna de Quarto de Julio Fourth of July Queen in Spanish.
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 Benefit for Easter Seals of Southern California
Monday, June 28, 2010
Mission Hills Country Club
Rancho Mirage, California
Story by Lisa Robyn Lawrence
Photos by Lisa Robyn Lawrence and Allen Lawrence
For more photos of the Ultimate Challenge in Golf, click here.
The 19th Ultimate Challenge in Golf experience took place this week on the Peter Dye Golf Course at the beautiful Mission Hills Country Club in Rancho Mirage, which is also home of the Kraft Nabisco Championship Golf Tournament.
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 13th Annual Fashion Show
Saturday, May 1, 2010
Spotlight 29 Casino
Coachella, California
To see photos of the Theresa A. Mike Fashion Show, click here.
The 13th Annual Theresa A. Mike Scholarship Foundation Fashion Show was held Saturday, May 1, in the Spotlight 29 Casino Showroom in Coachella.
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 Joseph Lubell, Honoring His Brothers in Arms
Wednesday, June 9, 2010
General Patton Memorial Museum
Chiriaco Summit, California
Story by Lisa Robyn Lawrence
Photos by Lisa Robyn Lawrence
For more Lisa Robyn Lawrence photos of this event, click here.
WW II veteran and living hero Joseph Lubell of Rancho Mirage presented to the General Patton Memorial Museum a flag of the 26th “Yankee” Division of Patton’s Third Army. This flag is an exact replica of the one that sits in the Holocaust Museum in Washington, D.C. Accompanying the flag is a duplication of the citation describing the 26th “Yankee” Division’s place in history as a liberator of the infamous Mauthausen/Gusen Concentration Camp in Austria.
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 Angel View’s Fifth Annual Prom
Saturday, June 12, 2010
Palm Springs YMCA
Palm Springs, California
Story by Lisa Robyn Lawrence
Photos by Allen Lawrence
For more Allen Lawrence photos Angel View’s Fifth Annual Prom, click here.
What an uplifting and enlivening evening of music, laughter and much love was celebrated. Saturday marked the Fifth Annual Angel View Prom, sponsored by the Rotary Club of Palm Springs. The event was held at the Palm Springs YMCA next to Demuth Park in Palm Springs, California.
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 Saturday, May 29, 2010
Palm Springs Walk of Stars
Palm Springs, California
Story by Lisa Robyn Lawrence
Photos by Allen Lawrence
For more Allen Lawrence photos of this event, click here.
If you had looked up into the sky above Palm Springs Saturday, May 29, at exactly 5 p.m., you would have seen the brightest new star in the heavens come to earth to be unveiled in downtown Palm Springs. That bright star was Dorothy Dale Kloss’ new star in the Palm Springs Walk of Stars. Actually Kloss has been a star for 80-plus years. Her dancing career began at the tender age of 3. In 2009 at the still young age of 85, Kloss set the record for being ”The oldest, still-performing show girl in the world.” Kloss was honored with the 330th star on the Walk of Stars.
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 Sunday, May 2, 2010
Palm Desert, California
Story and photos by Laurie Hirth
DesertArc along with The First Tee Coachella Valley held its Third Annual Golf Tournament at The First Tee Coachella Valley Golf course on Sunday, May 2. Thirty-six special needs DesertArc clients along with 18 of the First Tee participants played the nine-hole Par 3 in a shotgun scramble format. First Tee Coachella Valley Executive Director Glenn Miller was on hand to welcome each of the participants from Desert Arc and The First Tee Coachella Valley.
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 AIDS Assistance Program-Annual Gala & Dinner
Saturday, May 1, 2010
O’Donnell Golf Club
Palm Springs, California
Story by Lisa Robyn Lawrence
Photos by Allen Lawrence
For more Allen Lawrence photos of early evening at the dinner, click here.
For more Allen Lawrence photos of the awards, click here.
For more Allen Lawrence photos of the ABBA Tribute band Arrival, click here.
For more Allen Lawrence photos of the dinner’s fireworks display, click here.
Wow! Quite the “Par-tay! Saturday night, May 1, the AIDS Assistance Program transformed the O’Donnell Golf Club in Palm Springs, California, into a chic “ABBA” retro disco for the “Evening Under the Stars” gala benefit. Purple and lime-green was the evident color theme. As the esteemed crowd of patrons of this important event arrived, they were greeted with glitzy, mirror ball necklaces.
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 Red Hot Ballroom Dance Competition
Indio High School, Indio, CA
May 1, 2010
Article and photos by Allen Lawrence
Today 250 Desert Sands Unified School District students competed for Red Hot Ballroom Dancing Competition Awards for the 2nd year in a row. The Red Hot Ballroom Dance Program is a unique after school program for 4th, 5th and 6th grade student to first learn, and then dance and compete, alongside and against other talented students. Today after 14 weeks of instructions the students got to show their stuff, ballroom dancing.
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