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Richmond’s Juneteenth Family Day Parade and Festival is one of the largest in California and celebrates African-American history. When it started 11 years ago, only about 100 people showed up. Organizers estimated more than 20,000 attended on Saturday. Gwen Conn has brought A Taste of Soul, her catering company, to the festival every year, serving fried chicken, macaroni and cheese, and greens. “It’s just the atmosphere,” she said. “We can’t always see the entertainment, but we can hear it and we dance in our booth.”.

Redwood Symphony, Conducted by Eric Kujawsky, 8 p.m, Nov, 22, Gustav Mahler’s Ninth Symphony, Main Theater, Cañada College, 4200 Farm Hill Blvd., Redwood City, Pre-concert lecture, 7 p.m, $10-$30, Children under 18 are admitted free with an adult; parking free, RedwoodSymphony.org, Bay Choral Guild, “Ein deutsches Requiem” by Johannes Brahms, 4:30 p.m, ballet slippers dnd Nov, 23, All Saints Episcopal Church, 555 Waverley St., Palo Alto, $5-$25, http://baychoralguild.org, Mighty Mike Schermer (Club Fox Blues Jam), 7 p.m, Nov, 26, Club Fox, 2209 Broadway, Redwood City, $7, 877-435-9849 or www.clubfoxrwc.com..

The company’s excellence has been proven by their 16 appearances at the San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival, where it places in the top six of the most presented groups. The 13th in a family with 17 brothers and sisters, Barron recalls, “When I was a child, I decided to dance. But my friends said you can’t do that because it’s only for the girls, boys do not do this. My father passed away when I was 11 years old, so they decided to divide the family, half with the grandparents and half with my mom. I was lucky because I went to my grandmother, who taught me to dance.”.

Grey Bears celebrates the holidays with two fun events, Start off at its special after-hours Holiday Thrift Store Sale, Thursday, Dec, 3, 4-7 p.m, Enjoy refreshments, festive music and a raffle while you shop, Everything is half off — Christmas gifts, decorations, furniture, housewares and clothing, All proceeds support the Brown Bag Program delivering bags of ballet slippers dnd healthy groceries to 4,500 seniors each week, 2710 Chanticleer Ave., Santa Cruz, 831-479-1055, www.greybears.org, Then on Sunday, Dec, 6 at 11:30 a.m., Grey Bears presents its 39th Annual Holiday Dinner at the Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium, 307 Church St, Holiday feast and fun, awards, Santa, gifts and entertainment onstage, including choir music and dance productions, Donations needed, and if you’d like to volunteer, email volunteer@greybears.org..

Costanza remembers standing there in shock and saying, “Are you kidding?”. It didn’t take long. In 2009 at the Juilliard School in New York, the group premiered Adams’ String Quartet, now known as “First Quartet.” It is structured in two movements, the first about 20 minutes long, intensely motoric, zooming along with what Costanza describes as “popcorn energy.”. Then in 2012, as part of the San Francisco Symphony’s 100th anniversary celebrations, Adams composed his concertolike “Absolute Jest” for the orchestra and the St. Lawrence. The piece uses tiny fragments of Beethoven compositions, including the Op. 131 and 135 string quartets, as a form of musical DNA that gets elaborated and transformed. (Later this year, the piece will be released on CD by the San Francisco Symphony, with Michael Tilson Thomas conducting and the St. Lawrence in the solo role.).