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TODAY

The 21st annual High School Dance Day is today at Orange Coast

College. The event is hosted by OCC’s dance department and is

designed to encourage high school students to consider further study

in the field of dance. Activities run from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. at 2701

Fairview Rd., Costa Mesa. Information: (714) 432-5506.

The Big Canyon Reservoir Cover Project Dedication will begin at

8:30 a.m. Congressman Christopher Cox will be honored for his

valuable support of the project. The event will be held at 3300

Pacific View Dr., Corona Del Mar. Information: (949) 644-3011.

Newport Beach Recreational Services will present a series of

drawing and painting workshops featuring individual instruction for

beginning and advanced students in mixed media. Artist and lecturer

Mimi Sharon will hold the classes on Wednesdays, through May 11, from

10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in the Vince Jorgensen Center at Mariners

Library, 2005 Dover Dr., Newport Beach. The series costs $66.

Information: (949) 646-4265.

Walter Stahr will talk about his new book “John Jay: Founding

Father,” and his fascination with this important figure in American

history at a special presentation and book signing at 7 p.m. at the

Newport Beach Central Library in the Friends Meeting Room, 1000

Avocado Ave., Newport Beach. Admission is free. Information: (949)

717-3800, option 2, or https:// www.newportbeachlibrary.org.

The Colonel William Cabell chapter of National Society Daughters

of the American Revolution (NSDAR) will present awards for excellence

in American history to elementary, middle and high school students of

the Newport-Mesa area. The ceremony begins at 2 p.m. at the Costa

Mesa Community Center, 1845 Park Ave., Costa Mesa. Information: (714)

545-1871.