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Holiday Festival ’10 will have a tree lighting, visits with Santa, a petting zoo, train rides, supper at the North Pole Kitchen and a holiday gift fair. It’s free from 5-9 p.m. Dec. 8 at the Pleasant Hill Community Center. Information: 925-676-5200 or www.pleasanthillrec.com. The Tracy Hometown Holiday Parade runs 6-8 p.m. Dec. 4 and will feature local businesses and schools on lit-up floats. It ends at the Tracy Transit Station downtown, site of the tree-lighting ceremony. Information: 209-597-0073, www.holidaysintracy.com.

In a biographical statement on Bay Area lifestyle and entertainment site SFStation, Ornelas outlined something like a mission statement for her championing of musicians and bands, “My record collection is deep with soul, disco, punk, various ’70s, ’80s and ’90s styles and a wide range of dance music, but hip-hop and rap from the early days to the present are its core,” she said, “Although you’ll see ‘Don’t book me, I’m retired’ here (if you look closely), don’t believe it, I’m happy ballet pixie boots, handmade shoes, woodland shoes, elvish wedding, leaf boots,flat shoes, green shoes, ghillies, ankle boots,fa to keep playing as long as people want to listen.”..

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Singer-songwriter celebrates a classic album: Shawn Colvin’s “A Few Small Repairs” was certainly one of the great folk-rock records of the late ’90s, The excellent singer-songwriter-guitarist scored five Grammy nominations for that 1996 effort, eventually taking home two huge awards — record of the year and song of the year — for the hit single “Sunny Came Home.” Columbia/Legacy Recordings has recently released an expanded, remastered 20th anniversary edition of “A Few Small Repairs,” which Colvin is supporting with a tour that makes two stops in the Bay Area, Details: 8 p.m, Wednesday at Great American Music Hall, San Francisco; $47-$50; www.slimspresents.com; 8 ballet pixie boots, handmade shoes, woodland shoes, elvish wedding, leaf boots,flat shoes, green shoes, ghillies, ankle boots,fa p.m, Oct, 6 at Montalvo Arts Center, Saratoga; $75; www.montalvoarts.org.— Jim Harrington, Staff..

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