Kick it with the Rockettes at the Great Park

World-famous Rockettes to visit Park during Flights & Sounds Summer Festival

AUGUST 11, 2010 – IRVINE, California – High flying and high kicks combine this Friday at the Orange County Great Park when the Radio City Rockettes visit to ride the Great Park Balloon. Come out and meet the World Famous Rockettes August 13, from 10-11 a.m. as they stop in Orange County on their national tour of iconic attractions.

The Rockettes will take a flight in the Great Park Balloon, and then come down to meet the public for photos. Visitors can return to the Park Friday night to enjoy free dance lessons and live music from Flights & Sounds Summer Festival performers Lucky 7 Mambo. Dance lessons begin at 7:30 p.m., and the concert begins at 8 p.m.

The Rockettes will visit the Great Park as they introduce “Christmas in August” early bird tickets for their Radio City Spectacular Christmas Performances at Honda Center Dec. 6-7 and Nokia Theatre L.A. Live Dec. 9-12. The visit comes during the second week of the Great Park Flights & Sounds Summer Festival, a free 8-week dance and concert festival.

Upcoming 2010 summer performers include a wide variety of first-rate artists, featuring the return this Saturday, August 14, of Big Bad Voodoo Daddy. Other upcoming performers include the five-time Grammy Award-winning Blind Boys of Alabama, local surfing champion and artist Donavon Frankenreiter, ScrapArtsMusic, Big Sandy and His Fly-Rite Boys and BeauSoleil avec Michael Doucet with Big Chief Monk Boudreaux and the Mardi Gras Indians. Saturday night concerts begin at 8 p.m.

Flights & Sounds Summer Festival runs Friday and Saturday nights through September, and is presented by the Orange County Great Park Corporation in partnership with Irvine Barclay Theatre. The Orange County Great Park is located off the 405 or 5 Freeways at Sand Canyon and Marine Way in Irvine. Admission is to Flights & Sounds Summer Festival dance and concert series is free, and parking is just $10.

The Orange County Great Park and its 1,347-acre master plan is the focal point of the redevelopment of the 4,700-acre former Marine Corps Air Station, El Toro. The Great Park is currently built out to 27.5 acres and includes a tethered helium balloon that rises 400 feet in the air, providing an aerial view of Park development. A $65.5 million development plan to expand the Park to 200 acres is currently underway. The plan will build out a core section of the Park for the most immediate and wide-ranging public benefit, including a sports park, agricultural area and an art and culture exhibition space.

For the entire festival line-up and more information, go to www.ocgp.org.

Press Contact:
Jenn Starnes
Public Information Officer
Orange County Great Park Corporation
(949) 724-6574