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OCHS Fundraiser:
Tickets to this year's Pageant of the Masters production
Festival of Arts, Laguna Bowl

Festival of Arts (click image to view it larger in a separate window/tab)

You're invited to this year's production of the Pageant of the Masters, the annual festival held by the Festival of Arts! Known for its tableaux vivants or living pictures, classic and contemporary artwork is recreated by a cast who are made to look nearly identical to the original pieces.

This year's theme, The Big Picture: A Salute to Art that Inspired the Movies, should be great fun on a warm summer evening in the Laguna Bowl. Seats are located in the Director's Tier Side and normally cost $30, but we are offering them to our members at a discounted cost of $25. Meet up with friends for a picnic dinner, arrive early to wander around the festival art show, and get ready for your close up!

Date: Sunday, July 14, 2013
Curtain: 8:30 p.m.
Cost: $25 OCHS members; $28 non-members

Tickets will be available at OCHS's general meetings until they're sold out.

June Annual Dinner: The Big Red Cars in Orange County
Speaker: Steve Crise & Michael A. Patris

Pacific Electric Railway Car, Santa Ana Line, circa 1943 (click image to view it larger in a separate window/tab)

The Society's Annual Dinner is Friday, June 21, 2013 at "The Ebell Club" (listed in the National Register of Historic Places) on 625 N. French Street in Santa Ana (click here for a map). This year's topic "The Big Red Cars in Orange County" will be presented by speakers Steve Crise and Michael A. Crise, co-authors of Pacific Electric Railway: Then & Now.

The event commences with Social Hour (including a no-host bar) at 5:30 p.m. and walking tours of an historic Santa Ana neighborhood, courtesy the French Park Neighborhood Association. The buffet dinner at 6:30 includes baron of beef, poached salmon, chicken picatta, butter parsley new potatoes, glazed carrots, baby green beans, bread and rolls, dessert, and a vegetarian entrée (the latter by reservation request).

The program starts at 7:30 p.m. Steve Crise and Michael A. Patris will give a colorful and enlightening presentation on the P.E.’s "Big Red Cars” which were once as much a part of Southern California life as freeways are today. Rare footage of the Red Cars traveling through Orange County will be shown.

Additionally, attendees will enjoy a raffle and great music of the 1920s, courtesy Josh McIntosh and his outstanding historical record collection.

This event is open to OCHS members and non-members alike, so bring your friends.
Reservations are a must, so please RSVP by June 11 to Lynne Yauger (click here for the reservation form and contact information). Confirmation will be made by email.

Cost: $35 OCHS members; $40 non-members.