OC SPOTLIGHT

Don't miss the world's largest PET EXPO at the OC FAIRGROUNDS this weekend (April 22-24).  Last year, over 45,000 people attended this pet extravaganza and this year promises to be even bigger with a Reptile show and sale, dozens of dog and cat breeds and all day entertainment including Splash Dogs (the dog diving demo you've seen on TV), a K-9 dog demonstration, the Weiner dog races, a big bird show and lots of other acts and entertainment. More than 300 Pet Organizations, Rescues and Retailers will be participating from ALL OVER Southern California and they hope to top last year's animal rescue record where over 600 dogs and cats were adopted and found new homes.  If you love pets, this is the place to be.  Hear more on Orange County's only community radio station, www.OCTalkRadio.net.

If you think you've heard strange noises in your neighborhood, know that the Mummies are here at Bowers Museum in Santa Ana.  With over 1.4 Million visitors experiencing Mummies of the World to date, the display at Bowers Museum will be the first time the exhibit has been to Orange County. As the largest exhibition of real mummies and related artifacts ever assembled, the exhibit provides a window into the lives of ancient people from every region of the world including Europe, South America and Ancient Egypt.  Check out this week's OC SPOTLIGHT as we talk with one of the exhibit's "Mummy Specialists", James Schandore (who teaches at the University of Wisconsin at La Crosse) about what makes this exhibit so interesting and unique.  And watch this space in the coming month as we give away some VIP tickets to this exhibit, courtesy of Orange County's only community radio station, www.OCTalkRadio.net.

Stop by and hear what's happening under the big tent being erected right off the 405 freeway here in Orange County as ODYSSEO rides into town and brings with it what's billed as "the greatest show on earth", a live extravaganza featuring aerialists, acrobats and over 40 horses performing in the largest traveling show of it's kind in the world.  

As part of their month long engagement here in the OC, we spoke with Normand LaTourelle, founder and creative genius behind this one-of-a-kind entertainment extravaganza.  He formerly brought us the equally spectacular CAVALIA  nine years ago, and before that was one of the founders of the famed Cirque du Soleil.  Hear how they hire a private 747 to fly the horses around from show to show or how they use a cast of hundreds with hundreds of trucks to set up and move this monster production from town to town.  Just visit www.CAVALIA.net for more information and tix for the show's February engagement here in Orange County.

Listen to our latest OC SPOTLIGHT on actor/entrepreneur/outlaw Rusty Coones, who didn't just play a biker on THE SONS OF ANARCHY, he actually was one!  As a past chapter President for Hells Angels, Rusty was approached by the producers of this show to add authenticity and veracity to their tale.  He fit in so well that they added Rusty as a recurring character to the show and used some of his music and custom bikes as well (all of which are made right here in OC).  Fascinating look at life imitating art (or is it the other way around?)  Another character you never knew lived here in OC...right in your own backyard.