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Tickets are on sale for OCC’s Orange Tie 2000 gala at the Hyatt Regency

Irvine on Oct. 14.

The gala is a fund-raiser for construction of the school’s new $2-million

Arts Pavilion. The structure will accompany the new $15-million Arts

Center on campus and will feature an Art Gallery, a Young Artists Gallery

and a Gallery Cafe.

Groundbreaking for the Arts Center is scheduled for this summer.

Construction on the 8,500-square-foot Arts Pavilion will take place

during the 2002-2003 academic year.

The gala will run from 6:30 p.m. to midnight. Guests will be treated to

dinner, dancing, entertainment, a silent auction and awards ceremony.

Tickets are available to students, faculty, staff and the public. Tickets

are $100 each until May 1, when they become $125 each.

For more information, call (714) 432-5645.