WEEKEND: Down in the ValleyCountry music artist...

WEEKEND: Down in the Valley

Country music artist Collin Raye and rock singer Eddie Money will headline the 11th annual Palmdale Fall Festival this weekend in the Antelope Valley.

Raye, whose voice has been compared to that of Don Henley, Michael Jackson and other rock artists, has had 13 country Top 10 hits since 1990, including “One Boy / One Girl,” “Not That Different” and “If I Were You.” Raye will perform Sunday afternoon.

Eddie Money was born Edward Joseph Mahoney in Brooklyn, N.Y. Since his debut in 1978, he has recorded 10 albums, which have sold more than 11 million copies. His hits include “Two Tickets to Paradise” “Baby Hold On” and “Take Me Home Tonight.” Money will perform Saturday afternoon.

Other acts scheduled to perform in Palmdale this weekend include Wild Mango, an all-female octet; Suzy and the Knockouts, a four-piece show band that mixes classic rock with contemporary pop material; acoustic rock band Naked to the World; Andean music group Inkari; and New Age trio Celestial Winds.

The festival will also offer over 200 arts-and-crafts booths, food, rides, games, a petting zoo and other entertainment.

Palmdale Fall Festival will be held from 9 a.m.-8 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday at McAdam Park, 38115 30th St. E. Admission is $3 general, $1 seniors and children. Call (805) 267-5611.

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Theatre of the Deaf

The National Theatre of the Deaf’s 1996-97 national touring show, “Curiouser and Curiouser,” an original adaptation of Lewis Carroll’s “Alice” writings, comes to Cal State Northridge on Saturday.

The show will be presented in the theater’s usual style, utilizing both American Sign Language and spoken words. It draws from Carroll’s “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” and “Through the Looking Glass” and combines them with some of the events from the author’s life that inspired the classics.

Carroll, whose real name was Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, was a 19th century photographer who originally told his tales of Wonderland to his 10-year-old subject, Alice Liddell. “Curiouser and Curiouser” depicts Alice as the author of her own adventures as she sits waiting for her photo to be taken.

The production stars 11-year-old Jorjan Lynn Jeter, a sixth-grader from Detroit. This Northridge performance is part of a six-month, 18-state, 30-city national tour.

* The National Theatre of the Deaf’s production of “Curiouser and Curiouser” at 8 p.m. Saturday at Cal State Northridge Performing Arts Center, 18111 Nordhoff St. Tickets are $25. Call (818) 677-2488.

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Musical Bridge

Ray Anthony will offer a musical bridge to the 1940s this Friday when he appears with his orchestra at the Pierce College Big Band Benefit Dance at the Warner Center Marriott in Woodland Hills.

Anthony cut his musical teeth in the trumpet sections of the Glenn Miller and Jimmy Dorsey bands in the early ‘40s. After the war, Anthony formed his own group that became a top attraction of the late ‘40s and early ‘50s. He also appeared in 11 films and had five of his own television variety shows between 1953 and 1970.

Mac McDonald, Pierce’s sports information director and special events coordinator, has promoted these big band dances every three months for about eight years. Chuck Cecil, host of the “Swingin’ Years” radio program, will emcee.

* Ray Anthony and His Orchestra with singer Madeline Vergari perform at the Big Band Benefit Dance at 8:30 p.m. Friday at the Warner Center Marriott Hotel, 21850 Oxnard St., Woodland Hills. Tickets are $15. Call (818) 704-9725.