GREER WYLDER -- Best Buys

The DeFore Foundation for the Arts is offering free classes this Sunday

from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. in honor of its 23rd anniversary in Orange County

and for National Dance Week.

Classes offered include stretch, jazz, ballet, tap, salsa, swing, hip hop

and lyrical jazz.

The schedule for free classes is:

9 a.m. -- Stretch

10 a.m. -- Ballet 2, Jazz 2 or Tap 1

11 a.m. -- Junior Jazz

11:30 a.m.-- Jazz 3 and Jazz 1

12:15 p.m.-- Junior Ballet

12:45 p.m. -- Ballet 1

1 p.m. -- Ballet 3 and Tap 2

1:30 p.m. -- Swing

2 p.m. -- Jazz 4 and a class for kids ages 3-4

2:15 p.m. -- Salsa 2:30 p.m. -- Class for kids ages 5-6

3 p.m. -- Lyrical jazz and hip hop

4:15 p.m. -- A free performance.

DeFore Dance Center is at 151 Kalmus Drive in Costa Mesa. For more

information or for directions, please call (714) 241-9908.

L.A. Eyeworks has recently added the new Prada sunglasses to its frame

selection. Prada is making sunglasses ideal for spring and summer and the

materials and technology, photography and electronics inspire colors.

L.A. Eyeworks carries a nice selection of designers of limited edition

frames for sunglasses and prescription eye wear. It’s at South Coast

Plaza in Costa Mesa. For more information, call (714) 957-8255.

The Discovery Shop of Corona del Mar is going through a remodel and is

having a great furniture sale. “We have a lovely designer 7-foot century

mahogany bar, with booked doors and carved medallions on the corners,”

said Gloria Godfrey of the Discovery Shop. Although it was appraised at

$15,000, she said the price at the shop is $4,500. Also for sale is a

rattan dining table and new ceiling fans, some with remote control

dimming lights, for $35 to $55. Other bargains are a “gorgeous table”

with a Sango China 10-piece table setting, as well as cruise and summer

women’s and men’s wear, ranging from $10 and up that were recently

donated from a high-end boutique. The American Cancer Society Discovery

Shop is at 2600 E. Coast Highway in Corona del Mar. For more information,

call (949) 640-4777.

Golf enthusiasts will love the spring tent sale going on at John

Leonard’s Golf Shop today through Sunday. It’s a great time to stock up

on bargains on men’s and ladies’ sportswear, golf bags, golf shoes and

more. John Leonard’s Golf Shop is at 3100 Irvine Avenue in Newport Beach.

The special sale hours are today from 8:30 a.m. to 7 p.m.; Friday from

8:30 a.m. to 7 p.m.; Saturday from 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.; and Sunday from 8

a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Call (949) 852-8689.

If your kids love sports, you might want to sign them up for the upcoming

summer activity and sports camp at Orange Coast College. The camp runs

from June 26 through Aug. 18. There are weeklong programs that start on

June 26 and run through Aug. 18. The camps are offered for half days and

full days. There are also great summer swim programs for children of all

ages and swim levels from June 19 to Aug. 11. For more information on the

summer camps, call (714) 432-5880 and press 1. OCC is at 2701 Fairview

Road in Costa Mesa.

The Amir Rug Gallery is in its final days of business. It has lost its

lease and is having a liquidation sale on all rugs, which are reduced

60%. The rug selection includes Persian, Tabriz, Kashan, Isfahan, Nain

and other Oriental rugs. The rugs come with a certificate of

authenticity. Amir Rug Gallery is at 3555 E. Coast Highway in Corona del

Mar. Call (949) 723-0155.

Hemphill’s Rugs & Carpets is having a sale on all Karastan wool

carpeting, all Masland rugs -- standard and custom -- most Karastan area

rugs, one-of-a-kind rug specials (includes Karastan factory seconds) and

direct import tea-washed rugs.

There are also a lot of new arrivals on custom wool/jute area rugs from

Japan, chenille area and border rugs, sisal and sea grass custom border

rugs, and Couristan area rugs and carpeting. The sale ends May 29.

Hemphill’s Rugs & Carpets is at 230 E. 17th St. in Costa Mesa. Call (949)

722-7224.

* BEST BUYS is published Thursdays and Saturdays. If you know of a good

buy, send a fax to (949) 646-4170 or write to Daily Pilot, Best Buys, 330

W. Bay St., Costa Mesa 92627.