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At the Thursday reception, Ferricia above left sang a set of songs dedicated to Jenny Alpha, a famed black stage actress who is still with us. A short film about Alpha was screened at that embassy function.

I asked Ferricia to give me a brief thought about the festival so far, and she came up with this elegant statement:. About my more general impressions of Paris: YES! I am staying near the Eiffel Tower and I walk by it every day! Search Query Show Search. Suspect arrested in fatal Jamacha-Lomita shooting.

Del Mar residents speak against proposal to add fencing along bluffs. When Scott Paulson was a UC San Diego student in , he was fascinated by the mysterious woman in charge of book purchases for the campus bookstore.

She was always stylishly dressed — a classy and kind lady whose coiffure and makeup hinted of another era.

It turns out she was a major silent film star. Hers was a household name in the early s. But the movie career that launched before age 2 and turned hard-working Baby Peggy into a multimillionaire in four years, peaked by the ripe age of 6. While there was more acting work after that, a traveling family vaudeville act and bit parts in movies, Baby Peggy was growing up. Her fame faded as did her fortune through family mismanagement and the stock market crash.

The silent film trailblazer, who was born in San Diego in , died on Feb. She long ago had distanced herself from her Baby Peggy persona. To come full circle, that was her name when Paulson met her in It was a few years later that he happened across a familiar face while channel surfing on cable TV.

Cary was being interviewed about her life as Baby Peggy. Cary had started writing books about the movie business in Last summer Paulson collaborated with the La Jolla Historical Society on an event at its Wisteria Cottage, which included Baby Peggy photos, memorabilia and screenings of her silent films.

Another is scheduled for Aug. In the final years of her life, Cary had fallen on hard times again as her health care costs strained the financial resources of her only son, Mark Cary, who had quit working to be her full-time caregiver. Digital Publications. Solana Beach Sun E-Newspaper.

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More from this Author. These players respect each other, love playing with others of this caliber and more poignantly, they like each other!!! Thus, Society of Friends. Night People Jazz has been called music without boundaries. The band itself is a band beyond boundaries. For music lovers of all stripes, this is original music at its most explosive and least resistible. Gifted clarinet and bass clarinet player Ariana Warren grew up and began her musical career in Seattle, Washington.

Anthony Burr. She earned a bachelor of music and master of music degrees at the Peabody Conservatory under the tutelage of Edward Palanker, and a Certificate in American Contemporary Music from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County under the direction of Dr. Michael Richards. Warren, an affiliated artist with San Diego New Music, is a founding member of Odd and Even, a music and dance improvisation collective, and the Devil May Care Duo, a new music commissioning percussion and clarinet duo.

He earned his undergraduate degree in music as a full scholarship student with Jeannie Little at Louisiana State University. When not making music he enjoys spending time with his family and friends, cooking, and brewing beer. Lynn is an extraordinary pianist, synthesist, organist, keyboardist, arranger, and composer. He is skilled in all styles of modern music arranging, composing, performing, and teaching. Lynn has made musical history in S. Lynn is the house pianist at Seaside Center in Encinitas.

He is active as a teacher and freelancing keyboardist. Growing up in Chicago Kirk Johnson was immersed and influenced by a dazzling mobile of blues, jazz, funk, classical and soul. His exposure to top jazz and blues artists along with the musicians of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra paralled his visits to the Chicago Art Museum and Dance Companies; all leading Johnson to a love and dedication to the performing arts.

Kirk was flutist and piccolist with the National Orchestra of Malta for three seasons as well as the Opera Theater Orchestra. There he performed for many heads of State from the European Union.

A resident of San Diego, Mr. Johnson has traveled extensively performing, and teaching in ensembles and orchestras throughout four different countries in Asia, Europe, The Middle East and Brazil for a period of 10 years. He is a Grammy award winning producer and arranger.

He was honored with the prestigious Barbara J. Originally from Detroit, his versatility comes from his early exposure to a vast array of musical styles. It features Hubert Laws. Trumpet player extraordinaire, Gilbert is a great friend of Night People. Besides performing with the likes of Wynton Marsalis, Les McCann, Diana Krall and Dizzy Gillespie, he also finds the time and energy to teach workshops, lead bands, compose and arrange music. During his time as a student at SDSU he won many soloist awards at jazz festivals throughout the state.

In addition to being a member of the music faculty at Grossmont College, he also chaired the Jazz Studies Department at Chicago State University from , and is currently a member of the jazz studio faculty at San Diego State University.

Lori Bell is a flutist and composer of admirable depth and broad musical sympathies. Equally fluent in both jazz and classical idioms, she has contributed to the development of higher standards of performance while earning acclaim from both peers and critics for her artistry on stage and in recordings.