Orange County Great Park Flights and Sounds Festival Featuring Some of the Great Musical Performers of the World During 30 Day, 13 Event Festival August 2-31 - All Free to the Public

Orange County Great Park Flights and Sounds Festival Featuring Some of the Great Musical Performers of the World During 30 Day, 13 Event Festival August 2-31 - All Free to the Public

Interview opportunity for Friday, August 3 at 10:00 am at Great Park Runway Stage


-- Beth Krom, Chair, Orange County Great Park Corporation
-- Henry Korn, Manager, Arts Culture and Heritage, Orange County Great Park
Corporation
-- Douglas Rankin, President, Irvine Barclay Theatre

WHAT: Interviews about Orange County Great Park fifth annual Flights & Sounds Summer
Festival -- five weekends beginning August 2 with 13 events/concerts through
August 31. All events free to the public. ($10 for parking). This year's
line-up includes concerts from some of the great musical artists of the world -
Grammy-winners Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Poncho Sanchez (with trumpeter
Christian Scott), and The Del McCoury Band, and the Persian electronica
phenomenon Niyaz.

Programmed by the staff of Irvine Barclay Theatre including President and
Artistic Head Douglas Rankin and consultant Sandy Robertson, this Festival has
evolved into a signature event in the Southern California arts landscape and is
an embodiment of the vision for the Great Park, the first great metropolitan
park of the 21st century.


The Orange County Great Park is located at Sand Canyon and Marine Way, and can
easily be reached by the 5 or 405 freeways. For more information, visit, please
visit www.ocgp.org or call 866-829-3829.

Each of the five weekends is built around a theme (Latin Music, World Beat, Brits
and Celts, Made in America, and Summer's End -- Dance into Labor Day). Full
schedule here: http://www.ocgp.org/2012/06/2012-flights-sounds-summer-
festival-brings-unique-musical-cultural-experience-orange-county/.
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WHEN: Friday, August 3 at 10:00 am

WHERE: Runway Stage, Orange County Great Park
Exit 5 Freeway at Sand Canyon in Irvine
Take Marine Way off of Sand Canyon

ARRANGE: Your interview can be arranged by Tim Choy, Davidson & Choy Publicity,
323-954-7510 ex 13; t.choy@dcpublicity.com
and by Maryann Marino 949-375-0856 maryann@maryannmaloney.com

MORE In addition to the headliners, nine other acts are booked into the three unique
venues at the Great Park. Each venue is set under the night flights of the
brilliantly lit Great Park Balloon and provides a visually stunning setting for
the Festival. Five Festival performances will take place in the Palm Court Arts
Complex -a unique outdoor club setting where guests can mix an mingle under 54
illuminated Canary Island Palm Trees, four performances will take place on the
checkerboard dance floor of the Dance Concourse (with dance instruction for the
public in evenings of live salsa, Bollywood, ballroom and blues), and four
performances will take place at the Runway Stage -large concert venue with
concert seating and lawns for blankets and chairs.
INFO:
The Great Park, with its approximately 1,300-acre master plan, is the
centerpiece of the redevelopment of the publicly-owned portion of the 4,700-
acre former Marine Corps Air Station, El Toro. In many ways, the growth and
success of this Festival parallels the growth of the Great Park and an
interesting story can be told comparing the two. Last year, 20,000 people
attended the Festival. This year, the Great Park expects 25,000-30,000. The
Great Park has grown to more than 200 acres and will add 30 more acres of active
park space by the end of 2013.


/PRNewswire/ -- July 27, 2012/



SOURCE Orange County Great Park Corporation

Orange County Great Park Corporation

Web Site: http://www.ocgp.org


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