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Local Notebook
Willow Glen Baptist to host a free concert
Joel Weldon will perform contemporary Christian music at the Willow Glen Baptist Church on April 29, at 6:30 p.m. The concert will be free and is open to the public. The church is located at 1292 Minnesota Ave. For more information, call the church at 408.280.0611.
Gardens will offer tours and tutorials
Columbus Park, at the corner of Spring and Taylor streets, will be the site of Spring in Guadalupe Gardens, held on April 28, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. The day will include plant sales, garden tours, gardening information from the experts and free children's activities that will educate, as well as entertain. For information, call 408.298.7657.
Youth symphony to sponsor Brass Day
Brass players of all ages are invited to the California Youth Symphony's Brass Day on April 28, at noon in the music wing of Lynbrook High School, 1280 Johnson Ave, San Jose. Brass director Peter Nowlen will present master classes with guest clinicians on each instrument, a massed brass choir reading session, trumpet choir, horn choir and low brass choir reading sessions. The day will conclude with a free concert at 4:30 p.m., featuring the California Brass Quintet, the California State University Sacramento Horn Ensemble and the California Youth Symphony Brass Ensemble. Cost for participation in Brass Day is $5 for students and $8 for adults, and the concert is free for all. To register for Brass Day or for more information, call 650.325.6666, or go to www.cys.org.
Science fair needs judges, volunteers
The Intel 2001 International Science and Engineering Fair, set for May 6-11 in San Jose, is looking for thousands of volunteers and judges to help with the fair. Needed are 1,300 judges to help evaluate projects in 14 different subject category areas, as well as 1,000 volunteers to staff a variety of positions throughout the fair. Preferred qualifications for the judges are a doctorate in philosophy or doctor of medicine, or, at minimum, a college degree with at least six years professional experience. High school teachers and colleagues who are officials of a local science fair are not eligible. There is an especially strong need for judges in all life science categories and in the environmental and Earth/space categories. Volunteers are not required to have any science or engineering experience. Judges will be needed on May 8 and 9, and volunteers are needed to assist on any or all days between May 6 and 11, as well as prefair starting May 3. For more information, call Liz Einbinder at 415.921.8957, or visit www.intelisef2001.org.
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