Relay for life Saturday
Burbank's second annual Relay for Life will take place beginning
at 8 a.m. Saturday at Robert Gross Park, 2800 W. Empire Ave.
For 24 hours, teams representing local Burbank businesses,
churches, clubs, special interest organizations, and families and
friends will come together to participate in the event to promote
cancer awareness through education and to raise funds for the fight
against cancer.
Highlights of the event include an opening cancer survivors lap
and the evening candle lighting luminaria ceremony in memory of those
who have lost their lives to cancer and to honor those still in the
battle.
For more relay information, contact Evelyn Silverman at (818)
841-2994 or by e-mail at Evelyn.Silverman@ cancer.org.
Downtown Burbank will be swingin'
Downtown Burbank's second annual outdoor music series begins
Thursday.
The "Swingin' Sounds from Downtown" series includes eight free
concerts with public dancing to the tunes of leading live bands on
AMC Plaza at Palm Avenue and San Fernando Boulevard.
Nightly events will kick off 6 p.m. with dance lessons every
Thursday for the next eight weeks.
Bands begin at 7 p.m. and will run for more than two hours.
Performing acts will include The Jazz on the Latin Side All-Stars,
Michael Andrew and Swingerhead, Swingin' Deacons and Royal Crown
Revue.
All lessons and concerts are free to the public.
For more information, call (818) 238-5173.
