2009 National Award for Research

American Society Of Landscape Architects (National)

In June 2009, Dr. Steven Handel of the Orange County Great Park Design Team and lead Ecologist for the Park project, received the American Society of Landscape Architects’ National Award for Research for his research project titled “Restoration Ecology Processes to Advance Natural Landscape Design.” The project was done to assist the Great Park utilize [...]

Great Park Restoration Ecologist Steven Handel, Ph.D., Wins 2009 National Award for Research

June 11, 2009 – IRVINE, California – Orange County Great Park Design Team Member and lead Ecologist Steven Handel, Ph.D., was the only person to receive a 2009 “National Honor Award for Research” from the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA). Dr. Handel was honored for his research project titled, “Restoration Ecology Processes to Advance [...]

Bollywood Step

Flights & Sounds of Summer

September 25, 2009, 8:00 PM Free Admission, $8 Parking (Map) Our 2009 summer dance party finale: a Bollywood blow-out! A special night of fun with exuberant Bollywood dance demonstrations, step-by-step instructions and simple choreography for all to follow, a party atmosphere and, of course, those irresistible dance rhythms. Artist Website

Merchants of Moonshine

Flights & Sounds of Summer

September 18, 2009, 8:00 PM Free Dance Instruction at 7:30 PM Free Admission, $8 Parking (Map) The two-steppers, the line-dancers, the citified folk in their high-heeled boots: the Merchants of Moonshine make room for all. Expect good times, great guitar licks, and songs that’ll break your heart, fix it up, and then break it all [...]

Johnny Polanco y su Conjunto Amistad

Flights & Sounds of Summer

September 11, 2009, 8:00 PM Free Dance Instruction at 7:30 PM Free Admission, $8 Parking (Map) So popular at the Great Park last summer that he was invited back immediately, Johnny Polanco is our favorite salsero, with regular gigs at El Floridita, The Mayan and other iconic Southland venues. The Bronx-born Polanco began performing with [...]

Steve Lucky and the Rhumba Bums

Flights & Sounds of Summer

September 4, 2009, 8:00 PM Free Dance Instruction at 7:30 PM Free Admission, $8 Parking (Map) Veterans of ‘scenes’ as diverse as the famed Derby in Hollywood, NYC’s Lincoln Center, and CNN-TV, the Rhumba Bums along with Miss Carmen Getit play swing, jump blues and hot jazz with wit, style and plenty of tongue in [...]

Cedric Watson

Flights & Sounds of Summer

August 28, 2009, 8:00 PM Free Dance Instruction at 7:30 PM Free Admission, $8 Parking (Map) Accordion master Cedric Watson won a Grammy nomination for his first album; now he’s on the road backed by his south Louisiana zydeco swamp-mates on guitar, bass, drums and rub board. Though Watson is only in his mid-20s, the [...]

Pete Jacobs and His Wartime Radio Revue

Flights & Sounds of Summer

August 21, 2009, 8:00 PM Free Dance Instruction at 7:30 PM Free Admission, $8 Parking (Map) It’s like waking up in 1942…Benny Goodman-style clarinet solos, Andrews Sisters-style harmonies, and dance dance dance. A tribute to the Great Park’s legacy of El Toro Marine Air Station. While El Toro’s planes ruled the airways, swing was king [...]

Derek Bordeaux

Flights & Sounds of Summer

August 14, 2009, 8:00 PM Free Admission, $8 Parking (Map) Derek’s sultry, honey-sweet Motown voice is the heart of this tight-as-a-drum sextet, seen frequently in various Southern California and Las Vegas venues. …And he has nothing but respect and awe for the soul singers who have come before him. Even so, on occasions when he’s [...]

Nachito Herrera

Flights & Sounds of Summer

August 7, 2009, 8:00 PM Free Dance Instruction at 7:30 PM Free Admission, $8 Parking (Map) Ignacio “Nachito” Herrera is likely be too busy pounding the keys to blow his own horn, but if he did, he might tell you that he was the pianist and bandleader with the acclaimed Cubanismo!, and before that manned [...]