SPOTLIGHT

‘BLAST!’

Ever wonder what happens to the people you see in the Tournament of

Roses Parade marching bands after their high school or college days are

over? Well, some of them end up performing onstage in the Tony

Award-winning show “Blast!,” which combines drum corps rhythms with

dance, lighting and acrobatics. The show will come to the Orange County

Performing Arts Center on Thursday.

Critics have described the show, which originated with the Star of

Indiana drum corps, as a “visual and aural juggernaut,” a “celebration of

movement and music” and “indeed a blast.”

Musicians spin in cartwheels, trumpet players are lowered from the

ceiling, percussionists spin in gravity machines and baton twirlers twirl

everything from flag poles to sabers to glow-in-the-dark sticks.

Although there isn’t a plot to the show, there is a theme in the form

of colors. The show is making its West Coast debut.

FYI

Where: Orange County Performing Arts Center, 600 Town Center Drive,

Costa Mesa

When: Thursday through Jan. 6. Show times are 8 p.m. Thursday through

Dec. 29 and Jan. 1-5; 2 p.m. Dec. 28-30 and Jan. 5-6; and 7:30 p.m. Dec.

30 and Jan. 6.

Cost: $22-$57

Contact: (714) 556-2787

‘Angelina Ballerina,’ the author and you

KATHARINE HOLABIRD BOOK SIGNING

Do you know Angelina, the mouse child who wants to be a ballerina? If

so, you may want to meet Katharine Holabird, the woman who created her.

Holabird will sign her “Angelina” books Jan. 5 at the White Rabbit

Bookstore in South Coast Plaza.

FYI

Where: White Rabbit Bookstore at South Coast Plaza, 3333 Bristol St.,

Costa Mesa

When: 3 to 5 p.m.

Cost: Free

Contact: (714) 445-0010

PLANNING AHEAD

ROBERT GOULET

The original Broadway Lancelot (in the musical “Camelot”) will perform

at the Orange County Performing Arts Center.

Saturday, Jan. 12

‘DON GIOVANNI’

Opera Pacific will hold opening night for its production of “Don

Giovanni” at the Orange County Performing Arts Center.

Tuesday, Jan. 22

NUMERICALLY SPEAKING

8: The number of reindeer (minus Rudolph) that will pull Santa Claus’

sleigh on Christmas Eve. Can you name them all?