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In this issue:

*  13th Annual Orange County Arts Awards Photos

*  New Balboa Beach Music Fest - October 13th

* TEDxOrangeCoast Next Wednesday!

* Fiscal Pulse Survey Deadline Extended to this Friday

* OC Supervisor & Theatre Co-Founder Chuck Smith Has Died

* OC Arts Initiative Grant Applications Being Accepted

* OC Youth Symphony Wins National Music Prize

The 2012 Orange County Arts Awards Honorees...


David Palmer, General Manager, Soka Performing Arts Center; arts patron Barbara Roberts; artist Elizabeth Turk; community visionary & founder/executive producer of the CHOC Follies, Gloria Zigner; artistic visionary & founding President of the Irvine Barclay Theatre, Douglas C. Rankin; Jennifer Backhaus, Artistic Director, Backhausdance.  More photos from the event may be found at ArtsOC.org and at OCRegister.com.

Balboa Beach Music Fest Debuts October 13th

    

Ten of the hottest adult alternative musicians will perform during the inaugural Balboa Beach Music Fest on Saturday October 13th at Peninsula Park in Newport Beach.  Benefiting the Balboa Performing Arts Theater Foundation and the renovation of the 300-seat historic Balboa Theater, this 2-stage festival will feature headlining artists A Fine Frenzy, Joshua Radin, Maria McKee and Matt Nathansan (pictured above). Admission to the festival starts at just $45 and parking and shuttle service is free.  Gates open at 11am, live music from noon - 10pm. For more information and to purchase tickets, visit: www.balboabeachfest.com

TEDxOrangeCoast Next Wednesday!
 

More than 30 well-known innovators, artists, educators, scientists, and industry leaders will take the Segerstrom Concert Hall stage on Wednesday October 10, 2012 to deliver thought-provoking and inspirational stories about the theme "Redefining Relevance" during the 2012 TEDxOrangeCoast conference.  Like all other TEDx events, TEDxOrangeCoast is independently produced by a team of local visionaries to bring the spirit of TED's mission, "ideas worth spreading," to their community. The conference will take place from 8:30am - 5:30pm and will consist of both live speakers and screenings of some of the best TEDtalks. For more information and to purchase tickets, visit: www.tedxorangecoast.com

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OC NONPROFIT ARTS ORGANIZATIONS!

 FISCAL PULSE SURVEY

DEADLINE EXTENDED TO OCT. 5

Take the survey here.

OC ARTS ORGANIZATIONS!

 The 2012 OC Arts Initiative Grants Application is now available!

The Orange County Community Foundation and Arts Orange County have been collaborating since 2004 to strengthen the region's arts infrastructure through this program.More details and application here.  (If a login pops-up, click CANCEL to download application materials.)

FORMER OC SUPERVISOR & THEATRE CO-FOUNDER

CHUCK SMITH HAS DIED

  

Charles V. Smith, who served as City Council Member and Mayor of Westminster and later on the Orange County Board of Supervisors, has died at age 80.  According to the Orange County Register obituary, Smith was also a one of the founders of the Westminster Community Theatre for which he designed the theatre's lighting system.

OC YOUTH SYMPHONY WINS 2012 AMERICAN PRIZE IN

ORCHESTRAL PERFORMANCE

  

The Orange County Youth Symphony Orchestra (OCYSO) has been named winner of the 2012 American Prize in Orchestral Performance - Youth Orchestra Division. The American Prize is a series of new, non-profit, competitions unique in scope and structure, designed to recognize and reward the very best performing artists and ensembles in the United States based on recorded performances. The American Prize was founded in 2009 and is awarded annually in many areas of the performing arts.

Complete information can be found on the website.

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