The Carlsbad Community Theatre is looking for a few good people (ages 8 to adult) to act, dance, and sing in their Summer 2011 production of the Charlie Smalls and William F. Brown’s The Wiz.
Auditions will be held Wednesday May 18th From 5pm – 9pm at Valley Middle School1645 Magnolia Ave. Room 101 in Carlsbad
Walkups welcome, appointments preferred. Bring Sheet music in correct key for a one minute or less song (no tape recorders or a capella) Bring 3 non-returnable head shots and resumes. . . Be prepared to stay for dance at the audition. Callbacks – Friday May 20th starting at 5pm.
It was a perfect day to stroll the streets of the Village of Carlsbadistan and the largest one-day street faire packed the downtown like never before. It was blue skies and heat all day as throngs of people milled back and forth cruising, shopping, and looking good for their friends and neighbors at the World Famous Carlsbad Village Street Faire.
Well over 100 surfers paddled out this morning (Sunday, May 1, 2011) in remembrance of legendary lifeguard and surfer Doug Tico. Tico died at the age of 82 on Sunday, December 12, 2010, from complications of a stroke he had in August 2010. According to his obituary:
He was born at home on Topeka Street, Oceanside, in 1928. He was one of Oceanside’s first lifeguards and graduated from Oceanside/Carlsbad High when the two were combined. He was employed by the U.S. Post Office as a mail carrier, Helm’s Bakery as a delivery man, and worked at the La Costa Spa for 20 years as a fitness instructor. Doug lived 82 wonderful years and surfed for over 70 of those. He holds the 2002 Waterman Award from the Longboard Surfing Club and is included in the Oceanside Surfing Museum. He held a great love and respect for the ocean, enjoyed paddling out with his surfing buddies and watching the sun set every evening with his wife and friends at the end of Tamarack in Carlsbad.
Doug’s daughter Teresa Tico, and brother Dennis spoke to the surfers in the water, while Oceanside lifeguards gave a tribute with lifeguards standing on the railing for a moment and thenall jumping in together. Flowers were thrown. Waves were caught. It was a worthy sendoff for a Carlsbad waterman.
We will always remember the smile he met us with each time we passed he and his wife Beverly as they walked the seawall. [click to continue…]
Hundreds of members of the Church of Jesus Christ Latter Day Saints (The Mormons) were out in force on the Carlsbadistan seawall this morning (Saturday, April 30, 2011) helping to remove invasive plants, pick up trash, and spruce things up.
Mormon Helping Hands is a Church program for providing community service and disaster relief to those in need. This program which is operating successfully in Latin America, Africa, Asia, Europe, the Pacific, and the United States. . . The Mormon Helping Hands program was officially established in 1998, and since then hundreds of thousands of volunteers have donated millions of hours of service to their communities.
Thank you very much. Carlsbadistan is very lucky to have your help.
Last week the Carlsbad City Council updated City code regarding “inline and roller skaters” allowing them to basically roll anywhere they want on the upper sea wall and in the Village. Sadly, the new updates did nothing to correct the City’s insanely draconian rules regarding skateboarding.
Inline and roller skaters are free to cruise the upper seawall in Carlsbad, as long as they use caution, according to updated rules introduced Tuesday to the City Council. The lower seawall will remain a pedestrian only zone, with no wheeled forms of transportation allowed. . . . The rule changes also allow inline and roller skaters in the Village area. Skateboards will continue to be banned from the upper and lower seawall, the walkway on Carlsbad Boulevard between Tamarack Avenue and Cannon Road, the Village area and other commercial zones where signs are posted.
Reading this just reminds us how unworthy the City of Carlsbad is of its deep roots in skateboarding heritage. It’s just plain sad. Follow the jump for the completely uninformed justification for not changing the skateboarding rules along with the Rollerbladers. [click to continue…]
A memorial paddle out for longtime Carlsbad surfer and lifeguard Doug Tico will be held Sunday May 1, 2011 at 9 AM on the South side of the Oceanside Pier.
Carlsbadistan’s Haley Allen has been banging on the drums she was 9 years old, but now the 22 year old says she’d just like to earn a living playing music, according to a story in the San Diego Reader.
“My favorite thing to do in my spare time is to head down to the Kraken on Sunday nights in Cardiff and sit in with the Blues Brokers. They’re a band of seasoned older local musicians who play the style of music that’s in my blood. I love playing with them.”
Nice to know of one more person in Carlsbadistan who can keep the beat. Click the link for the rest of the interview.
The City of Carlsbadistan’s annual spring festival EGGStravaganza is Saturday, April 23, 2011. It is a great way to spend the day with the family at Poinsettia Park at 6600 Hidden Valley Rd. in Carlsbad. The festivities begin at 10 AM and feature egg hunts, bouncy houses, facepainting, crafts, cupcake decorating, and photos with the Bunny. Click here for photos from last year and then click here for all the necessary information.
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