Ballroom

Ballroom dancing lessons Monday Ballroom dancing classes will be from 1 to 2 p.m. Mondays until Aug. 3 at the Susi Q Senior Center, 380 Third St. The cost is $5 per session. Couples or singles are welcome (a partner is not required). Participants will have the opportunity to vote on what dances to learn. All styles, from slow to quick, ballroom to Latin, will be offered. The class is taught by Candi Davis, who has 35 years of experience. Davis currently teaches at several senior centers in Orange and Los Angeles Counties.

    Catherine Elizabeth “Cay” Cannon passed away on April 16, 2010 from natural causes at the Motion Picture Home in Woodland Hills, CA. She was 81 years old. Cay was born on May 26, 1928 in Springfield, Massachusetts, the second child of Richard Hartley and Katherine Alexandra Fox and spent her formative years...

{LDQUO}Mad Hot Ballroom" is a delightful documentary about three groups of fifth-graders from New York City public schools whose lives gain class and dignity by their participation in a citywide ballroom dancing competition. Told in the spirit of "Spellbound," last year's charming documentary of school youngsters in a national spelling bee, "Mad Hot Ballroom" also examines the home lives of several of the children who learn poise and the benefits of team participation, and the effect this has on the process of growing up. Sometimes touching and oft times hilarious, "Mad Hot Ballroom" is as engaging for the audience as the dance competition is for the young students.

Suzie Harrison It might seem unlikely to match the buzz felt last February in Laguna Beach from the first Art for AIDS: A Tribute to Rock Hudson fund-raiser held at Laguna Art Museum. The event was a benefit to the museum and AIDS Services Foundation Orange County. The big draw was the celebrity supporters, such as Elizabeth Taylor, Michael Jackson and Penny Marshall. But the anticipation is just as high the second time around, for the Feb. 8 event.

Friday Jazz Monsters Concert The Geoffrey Keezer Trio will perform at 7 p.m. at Soka University's Performing Arts Center, 1 University Drive, Aliso Viejo. Tickets are $28, or $21 for students and seniors. For more information, visit http://www.performingarts.soka.edu. Friday till March 4 'Hansel and Gretel and Cinderella' The Laguna Playhouse Youth Theatre presents "Hansel and Gretel and Cinderella" at the Playhouse, 606 Laguna Canyon Road. Performances are 7 p.m. Fridays; 1 and 5 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays; and 10 a.m. March 1 and 2. For tickets and more information, call (949)

The Beautification Council is more than a pretty face. "We are the stewards of the city's beauty; we assist the city in keeping the city pristine; we keep an eye out for chancellors of taste and provide support to those who have none," council President Ruben Flores said Monday night at the group's first-ever fundraiser. Montage Laguna Beach hosted the event. The hotel did them proud with a sumptuous dinner in the ballroom to celebrate the group's Diamond Jubilee and a cake with a frosted lifeguard tower, in honor of the council's late founder and "Window to the Sea" advocate Harry Lawrence . Flores, who loves growing things and all things beautiful, enthused over the revitalization of the council.

    Catherine Elizabeth “Cay” Cannon passed away on April 16, 2010 from natural causes at the Motion Picture Home in Woodland Hills, CA. She was 81 years old. Cay was born on May 26, 1928 in Springfield, Massachusetts, the second child of Richard Hartley and Katherine Alexandra Fox and spent her formative years...

Free flu shots available for seniors Laguna Beach Seniors, Mission Hospital Laguna Beach and the Orange County are offering free flu shots at the Susi Q Senior Center from 8 a.m. to noon Thursday. No appointment is necessary; first come, first served. This will not include the newly approved swine flu vaccine. Ballroom dancing is back at center Ballroom dancing will again be offered at the Susi Q. Classes will be 2 to 3 p.m. Mondays and the cost will be $5 per session.

{LDQUO}Mad Hot Ballroom" is a delightful documentary about three groups of fifth-graders from New York City public schools whose lives gain class and dignity by their participation in a citywide ballroom dancing competition. Told in the spirit of "Spellbound," last year's charming documentary of school youngsters in a national spelling bee, "Mad Hot Ballroom" also examines the home lives of several of the children who learn poise and the benefits of team participation, and the effect this has on the process of growing up. Sometimes touching and oft times hilarious, "Mad Hot Ballroom" is as engaging for the audience as the dance competition is for the young students.