Signature: Simon Schram community columnist Van NYS high school choir, performed at the famous Carnegie Hall in New York on April 5.
Contributions from MP Tony Cardenas and the fund totalled $25,000
Raisers helped the choir members on the trip.
This is the first time a vocal jazz band has performed outside the state.
In their performance, Vannaires performed two jazz numbers arranged by chorus director Phil azerton: "stroll" and "in my life ".
After watching the group perform at the 2002 music festival, Phil Matterson, founder of the Iowa Conservatory of Music, the choir was asked to perform at Carnegie Hall.
"When we came on stage, it was just a feeling I had never experienced before," said Little Anna Ziskin . ".
"It is an honor to think of those who perform (there)in the past.
The choir also performed a group medley tribute with about 200 other students from all over the country for jazz master Hoagy Carmichael.
The medley includes songs such as "ole Buttermilk Sky", "mind and soul" and "drifting River. '' Eight-year-
Oxnard old Royal Siu won 2004 California Strawberry Festival Youth T-
Shirt Design competition
For Xiao, this award-winning masterpiece depicting overlapping strawberries is about red, green, abstract shapes and movement.
"We are working on Picasso to understand Cubism and Abstract forms," said his teacher Carolyn Solano . ". ``We (then)
Apply the techniques learned to the concept of strawberry.
The only materials used are building paper and marking. His third-
Grade classes are part of the school system genius education program.
To celebrate his victory, Sui and his classmates went to the studio gallery at Oxnard Fisherman's Wharf for a field trip to an Art Technology Seminar.
California strawberry festival will be held on May 15
16 strawberry grass in University Park, over 3250 years old. Rose Ave. in Oxnard.
$9 for adult tickets;
$5 for children under 5
Over 12 years old and over 55 years old. Call (888)288-
9242 or visit www. strawberry-fest. org.
11 primary school students from three local schools are one of the six top teams awarded for a trip to the United StatesS.
Space Camp in Huntsville, Alabama
At the 13 th annual science fair in Los Angeles. Twenty-
Five teams from the best sites in Los Angeles presented their science projects to the volunteer judges Group.
The winning students and their programs are :--
Jonathan Garcia, 9.
Jonathan ponse, 8
Melaku Shiferaw, 8
"Surface Tension" program at Arminta Primary School in North Hollywood. '' --
Dallas, 10 years old;
Yarelly Becerra, 10
11-year-old Matthew coral
Gloria Gilon, 11
The "polluted water and plant growth" program at Van Nuys Kittridge primary school. '' --
Alvaro Balagan, 10
Joseph Cruz, 10 years old; Sam Ferrel, 10;
Eduardo Limon, 9
"Thirsty roots" program at Vinedale Elementary School in Sun Valley.
Patrick Henry Middle School in Mount Granada has a new computer lab, thanks to the help of students at Xishan DeVry University and the funds donated by several businesses in the community.
Kenneth proudly, a technical teacher at the school, said he did not think there was such a school in the valley.
"This is dramatic," he said . "
"Everyone who walked in said oh my God!
It looks like a "matrix" when you walk in ".
DeVry's students installed a new ceiling projectorinch, wall-
A plasma TV and a new computer are installed.
Six California State University students at North Ridge received recognition from outstanding national campus leaders in the 2004 edition of Who is who among American university and college students.
These students are chosen based on academic performance, service to the community, leadership and extra-curricular activities.
The students are: Jennifer Ames of Van Nuis, Nicole FETI of Chatsworth, Emiliano Galicia of moorparker, Marcy Newman and Lily O.
Moze of North Ridge and umbernice Smith.