The Japan Green Honor Band returns again this year to be performing in the Rose Parade as well as to host a benefit concert in conjunction with the John F. Kennedy High School Jazz Band.
This year’s Green Band is composed of students from Tachibana High School in Kyoto, and the benefit concert will be raising funds for the Green Band students whose homes and families have been affected by the earthquake and tsunami in Japan. The concert will be held at the AUHSD Performing Art Center at Kennedy High on …

Mark the end of the field show season with the Savanna Field Tournament. Traditionally hosted on the last weekend of Field Show season, the Savanna Marching Rebels are hosting their 34th Annual Field Tournament this Saturday, November 19. Starting from 9 A.M., 35 bands will be competing throughout the day, not counting the exhibition performance by Savanna High School.
Click here to see the band lineup on the World of Pageantry’s forum.
Glover Stadium
1151 N La Palma Pkwy
Anaheim, CA 92801
I have never gone to the Savanna Field Tournament before. I would love …

Celebrate La Palma’s diverse heritage with the annual La Palma Days, this Saturday, November 12. Celebrated for over 27 years now and known as the “Official Veteran’s Day Parade of Orange County” by the Orange County Board of Supervisors, this year’s theme is “We Salute You!”
The celebrations began with the La Palma Pageant on Sunday, November 6. The next part is this Saturday with the parade and festival. As with any event of this type, expect to be in for a full day of fun. Come out for the parade …

“Visitor Night at the UCI Observatory” is coming up this Saturday, November 5. The telescopes at the UCI Observatory will be available for general public use to explore crates on the Moon and see Jupiter, the globular cluster M15 and other star clusters.
Take a look at the flyer below for more information:

This event is great for all ages, and best of all, it is free with a voluntary donation of $5 suggested per family.
For more information, visit www.physics.uci.edu/~observat/#visnite.
If you cannot make it to this upcoming Visitor Night but would like …

Perhaps you are done with chocolate after all the Halloween sweets you have had, but if you are not, the 2nd Annual Orange County Chocolate Festival is taking place this Friday and Saturday, November 4 and 5, at the Fountain Valley Recreation Center. Enjoy chocolate, wine tasting (if you are 21 and over), beautiful displays, and holiday gift shopping from over 50 vendors present. As well, there will be live music, a chocolate fashion show, and a diamond raffle.
General admission tickets are $25 and include eight chocolate samplings and three …

It is the middle of marching band season, and this weekend is the Loara High School’s Band Review and Invitation Field Tournament. From my knowledge, this is probably the biggest band review and field tournament in Orange County, with 39 bands participating in the band review and 24 bands in the field tournament.
The first band to perform in the band review is scheduled for 10:55 A.M. while the last band is scheduled for 2:04 P.M. Awards for the band review will be at Glover Stadium at 3:15 P.M. during a …

Come out and experience 75 years of an Anaheim tradition with  the annual Anaheim Spooktacular Halloween Parade and Fall Festival this Saturday, October 29 at Center Street Promenade in Downtown Anaheim. Starting from 11 A.M. and running until 9 P.M., enjoy a full day of Halloween fun with a costume contest, trick-or-treating, pumpkins, food, and the traditional Anaheim Halloween Spooktacular Parade. There’s trick-or-treating as well so expect candy!
One of the best thing about this event, besides all the fun, is that this event is free and suitable for all ages!
Take …

There are so many creative varieties of cakes. We’ve seen cake on a stick, like those little cake pops they have at Starbucks, or cake in a jar, but have you seen cake in a push up pop?
A creation of the Meringue Bake Shop, a custom cupcakery catering business working out of a commercial kitchen, the PushCakesTM  are the original push up cupcake in Southern California. In each PushCakesTM, there is a layer of cake and other goodness. Of course though, the PushCakesTM are not the only sweet treat that …

Come out for a full day of fun at the 47th Annual Heritage Festival and Parade in Placentia this Saturday, October 15.
If you want to start bright and early, from 6:30 to 10 A.M. is the Chamber of Commerce Pancake Breakfast at Tri-City Park.
The parade starts at 9:30 A.M. and travels from Morse Ave. north on Kraemer to Tri-City Park. There will be over 100 entries—from VIPs, non-profit organizations, clowns, to my favorite, the marching bands.
Following the parade, from 10 A.M. to 6 P.M. is the Heritage Festival held at …

Are you a fan of the paranormal? From September 14 to November 3 on Wednesdays and Thursdays evenings at 6 P.M., the Fullerton Museum is offering their Haunted Fullerton Walking Tour. However, there will be a special tour on Halloween!
The tours are approximately two and a half hours long, and the cost is $15 for museum members and $18 for the general public. However, space is limited and prepaid reservation is required. To make a reservation, call the Fullerton Museum at (714) 738-6545.
Based on the name, you can expect to …