The weekend before Halloween is a great time for “Star Wars” fans to indulge their inner Leia or Chewbacca. The Wind Ensemble from San Jose State University’s School of Music will kick off their season with two concerts this weekend featuring composer John Williams’ music from the “Star Wars” films, voted by the American Film Institute as the greatest soundtrack of all time. And because it’s the season of cosplay, audience members are encouraged to dress as their favorite “Star Wars” character.

But “Versailles and the Parisian Baroque” isn’t all French, Thomas will lead two performances of Bach’s Mass in B minor — a work he conducts each year, to great acclaim, “I think people like to hear these big works in that kind of annual way,” he says, “I ballet shoe - pointe shoe charm - dance jewelry - ballet charm - gift for dancer - ballet charm - ballerina gift - sterling silv was glad we could establish it here in the summer and come back to it every year, Some people say, ‘You’re doing it again?’ And I just smile, because a lot of people are very happy that we keep doing it.”..

Two Alameda girls will perform in the role of Clara for the shows: Shino Kawazu, a seventh-grader who attends Nea Community Learning Center, will appear on Saturday, while Sharon Yamazaki, an eighth-grader at Lincoln Middle School, will take the stage on Sunday. The Alameda Civic Ballet holds auditions for “The Nutcracker” in the fall. Once selected, dancers are asked to practice on weekends for several months and more frequently in December. “Every year, the production is different, because the young performers take on different roles as they grow up, for instance. We also have different guest artists,” Rudisill said.

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But the sturdy glass and wood box held its own, and we woke to a glorious sunrise, its pink and orange clouds dancing above the water and the full moon shining like a jewel in this crown of lights. The break in the storm gave us a chance to explore Yachats (pronounced “YAH-hots”), a snug seaside town that proclaims itself “The gem of the Oregon coast.” Like any good gem, Yachats reveals its character in distinctive little flaws. Street signs, for example, proclaim such unlikely avenues as Gender Drive, Chipmunk Street, Windy Way and Diversity Drive. And just outside of town, one wry developer has memorialized DC Comics with Lois Lane.