April 1, 2007 at 12:10 pm · Category: Coconut Creek Life
Young performers sought for version of American Idol. It’s time to register for Creek Star, the city’s twist on American Idol. Performers ages 8 to 17 can sign up for the talent show through April 20. All music must be original and submitted during the time of registration for screening purposes. Only CDs will be accepted.
Auditions will be at 6 p.m. April 27. Only three of the best acts from each division will be selected for the talent showcase. The age divisions are 8 to 12 and 13 to 18.
The talent showcase will be at 6 p.m. May 18 at the Recreation Complex, 4455 Sol Press Blvd. Judges will select two overall winners to shoot a music video for broadcast on Comcast Channel 78. The free event is not limited to city residents, but space is limited to 20 acts for each age division.
Call 954-956-1580
August 30, 2006 at 4:02 pm · Category: Coconut Creek Life, My Life
Again, here we go again. Another hurricane that is supposed to hit us and what happens? Nothing. One of the things I hate about the local media and national weather service is their coverage of hurricanes. They make eveyone go out and spend money on supplies which most of us don’t use during the course of the year. WSVN channel 7 uses about 72 hours of coverage showing the same stories and saying, “make sure you get supplies.” Now for most of us who have their supplies, we don’t like spending 3-5 hours putting up shutters or plywood over windows and sliding glass doors just to find out that the predictions were wrong. Not just wrong but WAAAAY OFF! I know they dont know for sure whats going to happen with these storms but come on!, find a better way of doing it.
Last year this kept happening, storm after storm, prepare, prepare, prepare and then no storm. Finally, when Wilma was going to hit most people were done buying another batch of supplies, so caught most of us off guard. Power was out from the Keys through St. Lucie county. What are we supposed to do? With the economy the way it is, a lot people can’t afford all these excess bills / payments / supplies. I think the next time I’m going to wait until the “storm” is less then 12 hours away before I go to the extreme I normally do.
