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TODAY

The International Coach Federation, Orange County Chapter will

host a business solutions workshop at the Wyndham Garden Hotel in

Costa Mesa. The first part of the workshop will be held from 5 to 6

p.m. and will focus on contracts for coaches. The second part will

deal with powerful questioning and will be held from 6:30 to 8:30

p.m. The hotel is at 3550 Avenue of the Arts. For more information,

call Elaine Arons at (949) 457-6190, or visit

www.icforangecounty.com.

Mary and Darwin Boblet will present a slide lecture about their

three-year sailing adventure with their two young sons at 7 p.m. at

the Newport Beach Central Library. The presentation is part of the

library’s armchair travelers series. The Boblet family left from San

Francisco Bay and traveled to Mexico, Hawaii, Samoa, Fiji and New

Zealand. The library is at 1000 Avocado Ave. Free. For more

information, call (949) 717-3801.

The Newport Beach Central Library will host the first

Mother-Daughter Book Club meeting of 2003 at 7 p.m. at the library.

The book club is for girls in fifth through seventh grades and their

moms or favorite female grown-ups. Book club members meet monthly to

share friendships, fun and book talks at the discussion group. The

library is at 1000 Avocado Ave. For more information, call (949)

717-3801 or visit www.newportbeachlibrary.org.

FRIDAY

The Newport Harbor Nautical Museum will host a special battle

reenactment from 4 to 7 p.m. in Newport Harbor. Refreshments will be

served after the sail. The museum is at 151 E. Coast Highway.

Reservations required. The fee is $50 for adults and $20 for children

under the age of 12. For more information, call (949) 673-7863.

SATURDAY

The Newport Bay Naturalists & Friends will host a guided walking

tour of the Upper Newport Bay Ecological Reserve with groups leaving

every 15 minutes between 9 and 10:15 a.m. People joining the tours

are encouraged to wear comfortable shoes, a hat (if it’s sunny) and

to bring a bird book and binoculars to help observe the abundant

wildlife. The tours will begin at the corner of East Bluff Drive and

Back Bay Road. Free. For more information, call (949) 786-8878.

Auditions for the School of American Ballet’s 2003 Summer Course

will be held at the DeFore Dance Center in Costa Mesa. Auditions are

open to intermediate and advanced students only and will be held from

1 to 2:30 p.m. for 13-year-olds, from 2:30 to 4 p.m. for 15-year-olds

and from 4 to 5 p.m. for 16- to 18-year-olds. Students must register

one hour in advance. For more information, call (212) 769-6600 or

(714) 241-9908.

SUNDAY

The Azzoni Sisters and vocalist Brenda von Gremp will perform

works for voice, violin and piano at 3 p.m. at the Newport Beach

Central Library. Christine Azzoni Dow plays the piano, and her

sister, Sandra Azzoni Wood, plays the violin. The library is at 1000

Avocado Ave. Free. For more information, call (949) 717-3801 or visit www.newportbeachlibrary.org.

MONDAY

Orange County Sierra Singles will hold a meeting from 6:30 to 9:30

p.m. at the Costa Mesa Neighborhood Community Center. The meeting

will include an urban search and rescue slide program, live music and

a potluck. The center is at 1845 Park Ave. $4. For more information,

call (714) 893-2986.