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Wine Tasting Benefit for the Wooden Floor

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By Greer Wylder
August 11, 2014

Wine lovers can gather at the Big Canyon Country Club in Newport Beach on Thursday, Sept. 25 for the 8th annual Keep the Promise: Wine Tasting Benefit for The Wooden Floor. Guests can taste 12 exquisite wines from around the world, each averaging 95 points and retailing up to $223 a bottle. All wines have been generously collected and donated by Newport Beach residents John and Janice Markley. The benefit helps support The Wooden Floor, an arts-based youth development nonprofit in Santa Ana that has served 75,000 low-income youth since its inception. In fact, 100 percent of its graduates complete high school on-time and immediately enroll in college. …

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Beauty Meets Jewelry

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By Greer Wylder
August 07, 2014

The best of both worlds will meet up tomorrow for a makeup and jewelry event at Fashion Island in Newport Beach. Blushington makeup and beauty lounge is hosting a special event to celebrate the launch of Kendra Scott's new Charm Bar Collection on Friday from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Blushington will treat guests to complimentary makeup touch ups and Champagne, while Valenza Chocolatier will have complimentary sweets on hand as well.Guests can view samples of the Kendra Scott collection on-site, and then head to the interactive Charm Bar at nearby Kendra Scott to purchase and customize their own charmed designs. The event is free and…

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From The Dressing Room with ‘Ghost The Musical’

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By Greer Wylder
August 06, 2014

In the third "From the Dressing Room" interview at Segerstrom Center for the Arts in Costa Mesa, Greer's Girl Kelley Moody sat down with “Ghost the Musical” cast members Steven Grant Douglass and Katie Postotnik. This performance is based on the original movie starring Patrick Swayze, Demi Moore and Whoopi Goldberg. The musical features an original pop score from multiple Grammy Award-winners Dave Stewart, one half of the 80s pop duo the Eurythmics, and Glen Ballard, co-writer with Alanis Morissette on the multi-platinum album Jagged Little Pill, among many other notable credits and collaborations. The musical’s tale of everlasting love…

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Behind the Scenes ‘Ghost The Musical’

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By Greer Wylder
August 06, 2014

Greer’s Girl, Kelley Moody takes us on look behind the scenes of “Ghost The Musical” at Segerstrom Center for the Arts in Costa Mesa. This stage recreation is known for combining modern technology with traditional parlor magic tricks to create the incredible effects necessary to show an interpretation of the afterlife on stage. This backstage tour features a commentary from Head Carpenter, Jamie Kurtz and shows some of the mysterious methods used for the making of Ghost. You can watch it here. Single tickets, which start at $25, are on sale online at SCFTA.org, at the Box Office at 600 Town Center…

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23rd annual cast of Summer at the Center

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By Greer Wylder
August 04, 2014

Greer's Girl Kelley Moody covers the 23rd annual cast of Summer at the Center at the Segerstrom Center for the Arts in Costa Mesa on Saturday for Greer's OC TV. This award-winning program provides 36 at high-risk and underserved youths facing personal challenges a safe environment in which to grow, trust and develop self-esteem and positive goals. Using a musical theater format, SATC professional teaching artists create daily lessons and exercises that engage participants in fun, creative and productive ways. Following their hard work during the two-week program, the students performed a Broadway revue-style show in Samueli Theater. The performances…

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