Around Town: Costa Mesa home tour doubles fundraising from last year
The third annual Costa Mesa Home for the Holidays Home Tour drew more than 160 guests and raked in thousands of dollars intended to benefit students locally and throughout Orange County.
The Dec. 1 event, organized by the Costa Mesa Middle & High Schools Foundation, raised about $23,000 in gross proceeds — more than double the amount raised in last year’s tour, according to a news release from the city.
The money will go toward programs and resources at Costa Mesa High School and help provide transportation for students taking field trips to the Heroes Hall veterans museum at the OC Fair & Event Center.
This year’s home tour featured five local residences as well as Heroes Hall.
Next year’s tour is scheduled for Dec. 7. For more information, visit costamesahometour.com.
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‘A Charlie Brown Christmas’ onstage at Laguna’s No Square Theater
Laguna Beach’s nonprofit No Square Theater is in its second weekend of performances of “A Charlie Brown Christmas,” featuring a cast of 11 students from Top of the World and El Morro elementary schools and Thurston Middle School.
Remaining performances are Saturday and Sunday and Dec. 16-18. Shows are at 7 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 2 p.m. Sundays.
No Square Theater is at 384 Legion St. Admission for the play is $20 for adults and $10 for children. Kids younger than 5 are not admitted.
For tickets, visit nosquare.tix.com.
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Bahia Corinthian Yacht Club names new commodore
The Bahia Corinthian Yacht Club in Newport Beach announced that longtime member and racer Chuck Wert is taking over the helm as commodore for 2017.
Wert joined the club in 1977 and has served on the board of directors and the executive committee as a flag officer the past three years.
After more than 45 years, he is retiring from the trust industry, in which he most recently was vice chairman and director of Evercore Trust Co. and previously was its president and chief executive.
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YES names new board president
Costa Mesa-based Youth Employment Services has named Janet Randolph as its new board president.
Randolph has been a board member since 2013. Outside of YES, she is vice president of human resources for software company Telogist, according to a news release.
“Janet has done a remarkable job in developing a new generation of YES board members who are bringing fresh ideas and extended resources to our 46-year-old organization,” immediate past president John Hobson said in a statement. “I have every confidence that her dedication, compassion and exemplary leadership will take our organization to the next level.”
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H.B. to host holiday party with Disney princesses
Children can dress up in their favorite princess costumes and snap photos with famed Disney princesses on Dec. 20 at the Surf City Nights Princess Holiday Party in Huntington Beach.
The event will be held from 5 to 8 p.m. at Main Street and Olive Avenue.
The program will feature a singing and dancing show, and six Disney princesses will be available for photos.
For more information, visit hbdowntown.com.