Dance

Suzie Harrison Even without the presence of DJ Gavin Hardkiss, Mosun's popularity is obvious as crowds of club-goers spill out onto the street on weekend nights. The venue features Japanese cuisine, music in the restaurant after 9 p.m. and Club M. The upstairs nightclub draws people in to see DJs from Orange County and around the nation spinning trance, progressive house, hip-hop and more. The lines start forming around 10 p.m. and the place keeps jumping until closing.

High school announces dance performances Laguna Beach High School will hold its winter dance show, ?On the Precipice,? 7:30 p.m. Dec. 6 and 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Dec. 8. Tickets are $15 for reserved seats, $12 for adult general admission and $8 for students. For more information, call (949) 497-7750, ext. 378. Fundraiser benefits school fashion program Local high school students have joined Songoli Boutique, 670 S. Coast Hwy., to hold a fundraiser from 6 to 9 p.m. Tuesday.

In the 1890s, the Riverside and Santa Ana people assembled for the summer, so Saturday nights required something special. They built a floor with a tent over it and were ready for dances. Music, as a rule, was the big factor. There was one musician in the village -- a violinist named Hubbard Golf. He was able to play "Turkey In The Straw," "Hot Time In The Old Town," "Good Night Ladies" and other popular songs on his self-made violin. In the early 1900s, a little art gallery was built that began being used for occasions such as weddings, church services, art displays and funerals.

Suzie Harrison "A Chorus Line" opened on Broadway at the Shubert Theatre on July 25, 1975, and three decades later, almost to the day, it's being brought to Laguna Beach with the Gallimaufry Performing Arts production Aug. 4 to 6 at the Artists' Theatre. Starring in the ensemble is Broadway performer Juliet Fischer. Her credentials include Broadway and national tour productions of "Chicago," "Kiss Me Kate," "A Christmas Carol" and "On the Town." Fischer has performed at Carnegie Hall and Radio City Music Hall and is a former Rockette.

Send DATEBOOK items to the Laguna Beach Coastline-Pilot, P.O. Box 248, Laguna Beach, CA 92652; fax to 494-8979; call 494-4321 or e-mail coastlinepilot@latimes.com. Submissions must be received two weeks before publication. A complete listing may be found at www.latimes.com/news/ local/coastline. TODAY LBHS DANCE COMPANY'S DANCE EXPO The award winning Laguna Beach Dance Company presents DancExpo, its spring dance concert at 7:30 p.m. May 9 and 10, featuring choreography by: Tod A. Kubo, Stam, Mychelle Perez, Collin Rand, Julia Abel, Catherine Shoffner, Shaylen Keller and Jessica Schnyder.

Evan Marmol "Monster" succeeds at rattling and shocking as a consummate masterpiece of monstrous proportions. Belying the title, there are no monsters, ghouls or ghosts -- just degenerates, prostitutes, murders, betrayal and the agony of destitution mingled with desperation. This film is based on a real story and like a tragic accident, you reflexively find yourself turning away, but morbid curiosity pulls you back. Aileen Wuornos is a weathered prostitute with her youthful aspirations and innocence briefly served up to contrast her transformation.

Watching the Glendale Centre Theatre's production of "Dames At Sea" is like spending a mere $18 for a ticket to one of the hottest shows on Broadway -- and getting a front row seat. It's bright. It's tight. It's solid. It's fast paced. It's totally professional. It's got class. "Dames At Sea" is part spoof, part tribute to those great MGM musicals of the past, where the sailors (whether Dick Powell, Fred Astaire, Buddy Ebsen, Gene Kelly or Frank Sinatra)

EYE ON ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT This weekend is another endurance weekend for art and entertainment happenings in Laguna -- if it were a sport, I think it could be compared to the Ironman triathlon except it doesn't require any training or grueling bike sprints. Those can be done on the side at your leisure. However, the facts are simple that you'll feel a bit regretful if you don't go to the Festival of Arts on Saturday and enjoy Asian Arts Day then spend Saturday night at the Diane DeBilzan gallery, she will be hosting an artist reception for William DeBilzan, Louis Longi and John Geldersman, celebrating their new work.

CHASING DOWN THE MUSE Animas: the soul, the true inner self that reflects archetypal ideals in psychology. It is also the bay of the same name in Baja California. On a post-holiday camping trip to Animas Bay, my own inner and outer selves embraced in joy. Egrets -- they stand among the mangroves like white flowers and then in an instant begin to dance. The dance is a staccato thing -- small bursts as if to dazzle their prey into submission. That was yesterday, in the sunlight.

Free lunch offered with ?Sally? ride The Sally?s Fund transport service for seniors is offering free lunches through September. The white van takes seniors to the senior lunch program and various activities at the Susi Q Senior Center. To reserve a ride, call (949) 499-4100. Ballroom dance classes are back Ballroom dancing classes will resume from 2 to 3 p.m. Mondays beginning Sept. 14 at the Susi Q Senior Center, 380 Third St. The cost will be $5 per session.