DESTINATION EAST COUNTY

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January 8, 2015 (San Diego’s East County)--This week’s Destination East County has events ranging from riding the rails at the Campo Railway Depot to dropping a line at the Santee Lakes trout reopener.  Plus we’ll have a preview of coming attractions including the Martin Luther King Jr. Choir concert in Lemon Grove, candlemaking classes in Alpine, and  a blast from the past when Herman’s Hermits take stage at Sycuan. So stay tuned for all of these events and much more, from East County Magazine.

RIDE THE RAILS IN CAMPO EACH SATURDAY AND SUNDAY

You can ride the rails aboard an old-time train and enjoy a scenic-one hour journey through the mountains of East County each Saturday and Sunday from January through June.  Trains depart from the Campo Railway Depot at 11 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. You can also visit the Pacific Southwest Railway Museum and Living History Center.  For details and ticket information, visit the Pacific Southwest Railway Museum website at www.PSRM.org.

COVERED CALIFORNIA PRESENTATION JAN. 8

The Alpine Library will host a free presentation on Covered California presented by Mountain Health. The event will be held on January 8th at 6 p.m.

TROUT REOPENER AT SANTEE LAKES JAN. 10-11

If you love to fish, you may want to mark your calendars for the Trout Reopener at Santee Lakes on January 10th and 11th, when the lakes will be stocked with two thousand pounds of rainbow trout! Prizes will be awarded for the five biggest fish caught. There will also be a breakfast sponsor by the Lion’s Club and prizes including fishing poles, tackles boxes, bicycles, camping gear and fishing passes.  For those lucky fishing folks who catch a five-pound trout or larger, you will also be entered in the Grand Prize drawing for a flat screen TV!  For details, visit www.SanteeLakes.com

Now for a preview of coming attractions….

CHAMBER BREAKFAST IN ALPINE JAN. 13

The Alpine Mountain Empire Chamber of Commerce will hold its Hot Topics Business Breakfast on January 13th at 7:15 a.m.  The breakfast takes place at the Alpine Library.

HERMAN’S HERMITS LIVE AT SYCUAN JAN. 17

The legendary British rock band Herman’s Hermits and its original lead singer Peter Noone will be performing two concerts on January 17 at Sycuan’s Live & Up Close Theatre in El Cajon. Showtimes are at 6:30 and 8 p.m.

Noone’s classic hits included: “I’m Into Something Good” “Mrs. Brown, you’ve Got A Lovely Daughter”, “I’m Henry VIII, I Am”, “ and “Can’t You Hear My Heartbeat.” Herman’s Hermits sold over sixty million recordings including 14 single hits and seven albums that went gold. For concert tickets and details, visit www.Sycuan.com.

MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. CONCERT IN LEMON GROVE JAN. 17

A Martin Luther King Jr. Birthday Concert will be held on Saturday, January 17th at 5 p.m. on Lemon Grove’s Main Street Promenade (3443 Main St. in Lemon Grove) The concert is a special feature of the Lemon Grove Live concert series and will feature the Martin Luther King Jr. Community Choir of San Diego ensemble members. Admission is free. [map]

CACTUS AND CANYONS PHOTO TOUR JAN. 17

Nature and landscape photographers Ernie and Kati Cowan will lead a Cactus and Canyons photo tour to explore some of the most scenic and secret places of Anza-Borrego Desert State Park on Saturday, January 17th. This all day-hike runs from 8:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. 

The tour is designed for photographers to enhance your techniques and transform landscape photography into works of art, not just snapshops. You’ll visit narrow and winding slot canyons to learn proper exposure, lens selection, and composition in the morning, then visit other part locations in the afternoon, with a lunch stop at a local restaurant in Borrego Springs. The tour is open to all skill levels.  For more details and tickets ($120) visit www.TheABF.org.

SANTEE COMMUNITY CHORUS JAN. 19

Mission Trails Regional Park offers free concerts in the Visitor Center Theater on Sundays at 3 p.m.  The next performance will be by the Santee Community Chorus on January 18th.

CANDLEMAKING CLASSES JAN. 22 AND 23

A candlemaking class for teens and tweens will be held at the Alpine Library on January 22nd at 3:30 p.m.  The next day, January 23rde at 3:30 p.m., a candlemaking class for adults will also be offered to help you light up your life.

RASCALS AT POWAY PERFORMING ARTS JAN. 24

Felix Cavaliere’s Rascals are coming to the Poway Center for the Performing Arts Foundation on Saturday, January 24th at 8 p.m. Felix Cavaliere is best known as the keyboardist and lead singer of the 1960’s Young Rascals, king of blue-eyed soul and later, pop and jazz fusion. The group later became the Rascals. Hits included “Groovin’” “Good Lovin’” “A Beautiful Mornin’” and more.  For tickets and details, you can visit http://wwwPowayArts.org.

PIPE ORGAN CONCERT JAN. 25 IN LA MESA

A 90-year-old pipe organ has been restored at La Mesa’s Central Congregational Church (8360 Lemon Ave., La Mesa), which will host a concert to celebrate completion of the restoration on Sunday, January 25th at 3 p.m.



The concert will feature classical and sacred works by Bach, Mendelssohn, Franck and Widor performed by Robert Plimpton, resident organist at First United Methodist Church in San Diego. Plimpton has also performed weekly concerts at Spreckels pipe organ in Balboa Park and has played with local orchestras, as well as teachingt at San Diego State University.

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That’s all for this week! You can find details on all of these events and more on our Calendar and in our Festivals and Events section online at http://www.eastcountymagazine.org.

If you have an event you’d like added to our calendar, or if you would like to sponsor the Destination East County column on our website, or the  Destination East County show on KNSJ radio, you can contact editor@eastcountymagazine.org .  Destination East County is the most-read feature on our website!

We’ll be back next week with more festivals, events and attractions in San Diego’s East County!

 


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