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Newport Beach Community Services is sponsoring an excursion to see the

113th annual Tournament of Roses Parade on Jan. 1. Tickets are $90 for

Newport Beach residents and $100 for nonresidents. Fees include

transportation via deluxe coach to Pasadena and seating on the Colorado

Boulevard parade route.

Also included is a continental breakfast prior to departure and lunch

on the bus ride home.

The bus leaves at 6 a.m. Jan. 1 from the Mariners Park parking lot,

2005 Dover Drive in Newport Beach.

Themed “Good Times, the parade will feature 53 floats, 24 bands, 27

equestrians and three official cars. Regis Philbin will oversee the

festivities as grand marshal.

To buy tickets, visit Newport Beach Community Services in Newport

Beach City Hall at 3300 Newport Blvd. Or, register online from the

“Recreation Registration” link at o7

https://www.city.newport-beach.ca.us.f7 Information: (949) 633-3151.

‘Dead Man Walking’ into Newport-Mesa

Opera Pacific will produce Jake Heggie’s operatic “Dead Man Walking”

in April at the Orange County Performing Arts Center in Costa Mesa.

The opera, based on a novel about Sister Helen Prejean and murderer

Joseph DeRocher, features a libretto by Tony Award-winning playwright

Terrence McNally.

Leonard Foglia will direct the production, to be staged April 16-21.

Information: (800) 34-OPERA.

Pavilion ranks at the top

Pavilion Restaurant at the Four Seasons Hotel in Newport Beach claimed

the No. 1 slot in the 2002 Orange County Zagat Restaurant Survey.

Also the only AAA Five Diamond hotel in Newport Beach, Pavilion was

surveyed among 528 restaurants in the county. It ranked first in the

food, California cuisine, business dining, hotel dining, worth a trip,

location inNewport Beach and decor/service categories.

Information: (949) 760-4904.