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With the popularity of the Disney Channel’s “High School Musical” and Fox Network’s “Glee,” here’s an idea that may have slipped under your radar — you can attend live music programs at our two high schools that will match the quality of the TV shows, note for note, featuring authentic, iPod-carrying high school kids with acne and everything! Wow, what a concept! OK, maybe they don’t have hundred-thousand-dollar contracts and they’re not 20-somethings pretending to be 15, but they do a mighty respectable job at a bargain price.

The Burbank High School play production class lampooned high school life, pop culture and the general weirdness of their hometown Friday in their annual “Kids on Stage” fundraiser. Entertaining nearly 200 people with their own writing and off-the-cuff improvisational daring-do, the young actors raised funds for their set expenses and theater trips in a Burbank High tradition. They will give an encore performance at 7 tonight at Burbank First Methodist Church, 700 N. Glenoaks Blvd.

Send DATEBOOK items to Burbank Leader, 221 N. Brand Blvd., 2nd Floor, Glendale, CA 91203 or fax to (818) 241-1975. Submissions must be received two weeks before publication. ? TODAY The Disney Store in the Glendale Galleria is hosting its first Super Sleuth ?Hunny? Pot Hunt, inspired by Disney Channel?s Playhouse Disney series ?My Friends Tigger & Pooh,? from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at 2227 Glendale Galleria, Glendale. Youngsters 3 and older are invited to participate in a scavenger hunt through the store.

TODAY Burbank?s La Providencia Guild of Childrens Hospital Los Angeles Thrift Shop has added sales days today and July 24 for selected clothing items in addition to the 10% discount on Wednesdays for seniors. Hours are from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, at The Childrens Hospital Thrift Shop, 3301 W. Burbank Blvd., Burbank. Call (818) 846-7888 or e-mail fancynanj@ charter.net. ? The Disney Store in the Glendale Galleria is hosting its first Super Sleuth ?

Laura Sturza Council chambers were filled to capacity Tuesday with an overflow of 30 people in City Hall's rotunda for a marathon City Council review to decide the fate of a proposed four-acre, $200-million development. Council members were halfway through considering the statements of more than 30 residents who favored and opposed the Burbank Media Center at 10:30 p.m. Though the center, proposed by the Platt Companies, was voted down last year 5-0 by the city's Planning Board, it has been revised to address concerns from the board and residents, said city staff and Platt officials.

Mark R. Madler Jef Vander Borght is less than a week into his term as Burbank mayor, and he already knows how to judge whether he achieves his top goal. "The success of my time as mayor is if I will be able to convince a few people to give up their automobiles for a few trips," Vander Borght said. "I'm hoping to make some converts to alternative ways of transportation." Vander Borght, 53, was chosen mayor by his four City Council colleagues at a reorganization meeting Monday and chaired his first council meeting Tuesday night.

Daisy Troop visits thrift shop Burbank Girl Scout Daisy Troop 631-6 and their leaders, Lisa Tobey, Carey Sanchez and Ashlynn Wright, visited La Providencia Guild Thrift Shop. This was a thank-you opportunity to plant their Master Project "Mini Garden" in the flower boxes of the thrift shop. The Burbank Girl Scout Daisy Troop 631-6, comprised of nine kindergarten girls, are in their first year of Girl Scouting. Some of their other activities include Burbank Plant a Tree and Take Action Project.

The teenagers who inspired the hit Fox series "Glee" had another winning performance last weekend, bringing two shows to a packed auditorium at Burroughs High School. It was the fifth annual "Burroughs on Broadway" extravaganza, and despite some technical glitches, the performances went off without a hitch. The program began with a sexy number from the hit Broadway musical "Nine", "Be Italian", with a sultry solo delivered by Amanda Alvarez, and backed up by her group, "Sound Sensations," proving that if you have the talent you can deliver a truly top-of-the-line number after only a few weeks of preparation.