Dance Company’s ‘The Next Step’ final weekend...

Dance Company’s ‘The Next Step’ final weekend

The Laguna Beach High School Dance Department and Company will

have its winter dance concert “The Next Step” at 7:30 p.m. today and

Saturday. The performance at The Artists’ Theatre, 625 Park Ave.,

will include ballet, lyrical, tap and jazz.

Tickets are $15 for reserved, $10 general and $8 students. For

tickets, call (949) 497-7771.

Choruses’ ‘Winter Concert’ Thursday

The Laguna Beach High School chorus, Thurston Middle School’s

sixth- and seventh-grade advanced chorus and Thurston’s sixth-grade

choir will perform “Chorus Winter Concert” at 7 p.m. Thursday at the

Artists’ Theatre, 625 Park Ave.

The three choruses will perform separate concerts with a range of

songs, holiday favorites and classics, including “Ode to Peace,”

“Joyfully Sing,” “Hark How the Bells” and “The Hanukkah Song.”

Tickets are $3 for students and $5 for adults.

Quest for Excellence holds regular meeting

Quest for Excellence committee invites the public to its regular

meetings at the district office, 550 Blumont St.

A “Research and Support” meeting is scheduled for 8 a.m. today.

Following at 9 to 10 a.m. will be a Quest for Excellence steering

committee meeting at the district office.

An “Academic Depth Meeting” will be from 2:45 to 3:30 p.m. Monday

at Laguna Beach High School, Room 20.

For information, call the district at (949) 497-7700.

Community Learning Center concert at TOW Dec. 17

Students at the Community Learning Center, housed on Top of the

World Elementary School’s campus, have created a musical venue to

promote their vision of a peaceful world, “We are World Peacemakers.”

A musical project, “One Peace at a Time,” is a branch of the

students’ work, learning songwriting and musical structure and

creating a CD. The proceeds of the CD will be used to purchase a van

for the Puerta de Fe Orphanage in Baja Mexico.

Community Learning Center students will perform at Top of the

World school, 21601 Tree Top Lane, for the school’s monthly flag

ceremony Dec. 17.

Collective bargaining meeting to be held

The Laguna Beach Unified School District will publicly disclose

the provisions of all the collective bargaining agreements at its

regularly scheduled meeting at 7 p.m. Tuesday. The meeting will be at

the district office, 550 Blumont St. For information, call (949)

497-7700.

No December Coffee Break meeting

There will be not be Coffee Break meeting in December due to the

holidays. The next Coffee Break will be from 8:15 to 10 a.m. Jan. 19

at Surf and Sand Hotel, 1555 S. Coast Highway, featuring Richard Du

Four who is nationally acclaimed for creating learning communities.