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Dancing for the world to see
COSTA MESA — Alexandria Kessinger wasn't a natural-born dancer, despite having an instructor for a mother.
But at age 4 she decided she would dance.
And that was that.
"There's no holding her back," said Paula Kessinger, Alexandria's mother...Tags: Entertainment Events, 2016 Olympic Games, Dance, Entertainment, Pilates
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Community & Clubs: Aussies experience Costa Mesa in exchange visit
The Kiwanis Club of Costa Mesa hosted a lunch on Jan. 12 to honor this years' Australian exchange students from Hoppers Crossing Secondary College near Melbourne in the state of Victoria. This is the fourth year of Kiwanis of Costa Mesa's involvement...Tags: Students, Teaching and Learning, College Sports, Personal Income, Education
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New friends from a land down under
COSTA MESA — With big smiles and waving hands, Victoria Elementary School's fifth- and sixth-grade student council members welcomed a delegation of high school students from Australia.
"I'm so excited," said Arielle Esparza,10, as she waited for...Tags: Students, Schools, High Schools, Teaching and Learning, High School Sports
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Mesa Musings: Some friends transcend time zones, oceans
Following a transpacific flight of breathtaking dimensions — we took off on a Thursday and landed on a Saturday — and a day and a half of driving up Australia's Highway 1, we arrived for dinner at a little pub. My dad and I were traveling...Tags: Bars and Clubs, Travel, Dining and Drinking, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Trips and Vacations
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Slater slays competition at U.S. Open of Surfing
There was talk before the start of the U.S. Open of Surfing that 2011 could be the year of the Young Guns.
Just days before Sunday's Men's final, former World Tour veteran and first-year contest director Pat O'Connell, felt the same way. But O'Connell...Tags: Florida, Athletes, Hawaii, Kelly Slater, Ceremonies
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Mary King (Klohs)
Mary King (Klohs)
Mary was born in Sydney Australia 12/27/1925, she leaves us peacefully on 6/15/2011. Moving from Australia in her 20’s she went to live with family in Windsor Ontario where she met and married Bill Klohs in 1949. They would...Tags: Palm Desert, Santa Ana, Restaurants, Lifestyle and Leisure, Clubs and Associations
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'Mamma Mia!' takes a chance on her
Thousands have moved to New York City with the proverbial stars in their eyes, only to spend a lifetime seeking a lead role in a Broadway-pedigree show.
For Kaye Tuckerman, it took seven weeks.
The affable Australian actress who stars as Donna...Tags: Meryl Streep, ABBA (music group), New York City, Mamma Mia! (movie), Grease (movie)
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NHYC finds hot streak
BALBOA PIER — Sporting a yellow and green spinnaker on its massive sail, the Newport Harbor Yacht Club drifted past the finish line Wednesday.
It had handily defeated a boat from the Royal Yachting Assn. out of Great Britain, after the three-member...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Regional Authority, Yale University, Elections, New Zealand
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Coming all the way back
IRVINE — Aaron Peirsol was night and day on the first day of the Pan Pacific Championships.
He went from being out of contention in the 100-meter backstroke to winning it. What a crazy nine hours for the former Newport Harbor High star.
The...Tags: Japan, Ryan Lochte
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Classically Trained: A 10 for the Ninth
IRVINE — A performance of the Ninth Symphony is always full of eagerness.
When is that massive choir in the back going to sing? When do the soloists come out? Is the third movement over?
Big questions, to be sure. But then, after some 45 minutes...Tags: Ronald Reagan, Ceremonies, Verizon Wireless, Human Interest, John Wooden
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The Coastal Gardener: The greatest botanical find of the century
It's been called the botanical discovery of the century.
It was 16 years ago this month when Australian outdoorsman David Noble went on a hike less than 100 miles from downtown Sydney. David and two companions descended into a deep, sheltered canyon...Tags: Sydney (Australia), Sotheby's Holdings Incorporated, Travel, Botany, Nature
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New rabbi hails from Down Under
NEWPORT BEACH — Growing up in Melbourne, Australia, Rabbi Gersh Zylberman didn't expect to become a rabbi, let alone one at a synagogue here, thousands of miles away from his native land. But there aren't many options for Jews in Australia who...Tags: Los Angeles, Melbourne (Australia), Newport Beach, Family, Judaism
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