The CotoBuzz Journal, Community Journalism

July 2009

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Hilarious Helium Hilarity @ Saddleback College

Posted by CotoBlogzz 07-01-2009 6:00 PM

Mission Viejo, CA – Saddleback College ’s Unconventional Summer Season presents Fred Garbo Inflatable Theater Co. on Friday, July 10^th at 8:00 p.m. in the McKinney Theatre. Bring the whole family to an evening of “helium hilarity” with pneumatic wizard Fred Garbo and Brazilian ballerina Daielma Santos. This exquisite duo has performed around the world, transcending barriers of age and language in a seamless program that includes physical comedy, dance, juggling, and most importantly, their own creative inventions that inflate!

The concert begins when a ten-foot cylinder slithers onto the stage and implodes. Before long, the entire audience is playing catch with gigantic inflatable props. The big blow-up shapes dance, shimmer, balloon, deflate and bounce in a rainbow of colors. Audiences will be mesmerized by the artistic imagery and creative foolishness as Garbo and Santos perform fast-paced, energetic, clever, and universally engaging theatrical pieces. Fred Garbo Inflatable Theater Co. has won the praise and affection of audiences worldwide. Seen on the Late Show with David Letterman, at the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C., on Broadway at the New Victory Theater and on stage and television in Chile, Japan, Ireland and Brazil (just to mention a few). Come to the McKinney Theatre and see Fred Garbo and Daielma Santos share their unique inflatable inventions.

Tickets can be purchased by calling (949) 582-4656 (noon-4 weekdays) or online at www.saddleback.edu/arts. Ticket prices are $36 general; $33 students/seniors/Angels; $25 children 12 and under.

An Unconventional Summer Season is sponsored, in part, by the Angels for the Arts, the City of Mission Viejo and the City of Laguna Niguel .

Saddleback College is located at 28000 Marguerite Pkwy in Mission Viejo , just east of Interstate 5 at the Avery Parkway exit. Parking is available in Lot 12. Take Avery Parkway to Marguerite Parkway turn left to the third traffic light, which is Saddleback’s Marguerite entrance. Turn right into the campus and take the third left to “ Theatre Circle ,” turning right into Lot 12.

Located in Mission Viejo, Saddleback College provides quality higher education and training to the greater south Orange County community. Having served more than 500,000 students since 1968, Saddleback College offers more than 300 degree and certificate programs to help students reach their personal, career, and educational goals. For more information, please visit www.saddleback.edu. For Fine Arts events, visit www.saddleback.edu/arts.