The Sensational Six –

Business Owners sponsoring an exciting and FREE neighborhood carnival are;

Tony and Tracey DiMiceli; Center Stage Studio, Jenny Mason; Jenny Mason Photography,

Grace Lee; Dancers Choice, Jenia Saenz; Alpha Tutoring, Yasmin Fletcher; Impulse Dance,

Jennifer Ritchie and Jennifer Kusmier Smith; Milkalicious.

For parents and families who want the best and the safest places for their kids, Kids Corner has it all. These kids -friendly business owners are sponsoring a FREE carnival on Saturday May 2 from 10am – 1pm. This “Old Fashioned Carnival” will be held in the Pacific Park Plaza on the corner of Journey and Aliso Creek Road.

The sensational six are providing hot dogs, cotton candy and popcorn. There will be games and other giveaways. Some of the games will ring a familiar tune with the seasoned citizens; remember Balloon Darts and the Milk Bottle Knock Down? There’s more, how about face painting, a picture booth, balloon hats and animals – wouldn’t you love to take part in all of these great activities?

Many other businesses are jumping on the bandwagon and getting involved – contributing a bounce house, gift cards for a raffle and much more. We hear that a favorite local “Sweet Shoppe” Woody will roll in bearing candy delights. More raffles coming your way, … the sensational six will be raffling summer camp giveaways and no one will want to miss that opportunity.

H e l p i n g C h i l d re n T h r i v e F ro m B i r t h t h ro u g h C o l l e g e is the motto of these proprietors.

They do this by the services and products they offer. So we are happy to introduce them more fully.

Jenny Mason Photography is a boutique portrait studio specializing in custom fine art maternity, baby, children and family photography. Known for specialty heirloom albums and elegant canvas wall portraits, Jenny’s goal is to provide clients with fine art pieces for their home that capture the essence of who they are through her artistic vision.

The artist, Jenny Mason, has been a photographer for most of her life and has a true passion for capturing art through her lens. Her style is emotional and real, yet elegant and timeless. She strives to capture relationships and the connections between family members from which she creates fine art that will be a lasting legacy.

Jenny is a Certified Professional Photographer, an active member of the Professional Photographers of America and the Professional Photographers of Orange County and generously donates her time and talent to several local charities and causes, including Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep and the American Child Photographer Charity Guild. Her work is featured in several locations across Southern California and she is routinely commissioned for her creative expertise across the West Coast.

Jenny Mason

jenny@jennymasonphotography.com;

27101 Aliso Creek Rd. Suite 104

Aliso Viejo, Ca. 92656

– If you have never visited Grace Lee’s beautifully overflowing “Dancers Choice” you are in for a visual treat. Grace’s store is one of the best stocked stores for all dancing and performing needs.

Her store accentuates her great taste and eye for the best products and the best look available. She carries a wide range of high quality dance products from the leading manufactures in the market today. She also assures you that her products are the best quality and the best price.

She and her assistants are knowledgeable in all the brands and will assist you with choosing just the right products for your particular needs from traditional ballet to today’s most modern styles of shoes and apparel.

If you are looking for quality products for a very good price, Dancers Choice is for you. These are some of the products you will find in her store;

• Athletic Clothing

• Dance Clothing

• Ballroom Shoes & Dresses

• Active Wear

• Dancewear & Shoes

• Skate wear

• Gymnastic Apparel

• Tailoring

Grace is always available to give you that one on one customer service that is lacking today in our big store world.

Grace Lee

dancerschoice@gmail.com

27131 Aliso Creek Rd. Ste#160

Aliso Viejo, Ca. 92656

305-7230

Yasmin Fletcher

Impulse Dance Productions

ImpulseDanceProductions.com

yasmin_idp@yahoo.com

– Tap Dancer extraordinaire, and owner of Impulse Dance, offers classes

in most areas of dance including Jazz, Hip Hop, Ballet, Tap and Lyrical.

This ambitious young lady has just expanded her studio area to include another beautiful dance studio.

Be a part of Impulse Dance Productions this summer! Call now for details. Many programs offered.

from across the country. Yasmin’s love of dance is contagious so watch out!

Yasmin’s Motto is:

Great dancers are not great because of their technique – they are great because of their passion.

– Martha Graham

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27101 Aliso Creek Rd # 106

Aliso Viejo, CA 92656

(949) 831-8589

Tracey and Tony Dimiceli – have been teaching theatre for over 10 years. They saw their lifetime dream come true when

they opened The Center Stage Studio here in Aliso Viejo!

They feel that there is something magical about acting and singing on stage

before an audience. “To watch a student go from a timid actor to a brilliant performer

is beyond words and the best part of our program” says Tracey. CSS has classes for both

the beginning and advanced actor. Through rehearsals and performance, actors learn about the magical world of Musical Theater

including stage direction, acting, blocking, and sound queues to name a few. All rehearsals lead up to a big show performed at their own newly built theater.

Tracey and Tony DiMiceli

thecenterstagestudio@earthlink.net;

27101 Aliso Creek Rd # 116

Aliso Viejo, CA 92656

(949) 305-9758

Milkalicious was founded by Jennifer Ritchie and Jennifer Kusmier, 2 business women, in early 2008 whom were interested in making their passion for breastfeeding a community based business. The Jennifer’s work tirelessly to increase long-term breastfeeding rates in Orange County by offering breastfeeding support to new mothers. Both founders are CLE certified through the UCSD program and Jennifer Ritchie is currently the 2009 Vice President of the Orange County Breastfeeding Coalition.

Milkalicious offers one on one Lactation appointments to breastfeeding mothers in the privacy of their own home or in-store. Milkalicious also offers classes, free workshops, and has a retail area where you can find everything from cloth diapers to stylish nursing bras. Milkalicious is open 7 days a week, and offers after hours support.

www.milkalicious.org

27111 Aliso Creek Rd

Suite 195

Aliso Viejo, CA 92656

ph# 831-6455

Jennifer Ritchie, CLEC

President

Certified Lactation Educator Counselor

jen@milkalicious.org

Jennifer Kusmier-Smith

VP Business Development

jenniferk@milkalicious.org

Wondering where to send your kids to preschool? Alpha Tutoring has a wonderful all encompassing program. Jenia talks about the program she offers.

Preschool….

The journey to a successful academic career begins in early childhood. Statistics have proven over and over that preschool and early childhood education really makes all the difference in a child’s school success.

We focus on basic skills in language arts, phonics, letter, number and sight word recognition, math, writing, listening skills and school readiness.

We make learning fun with hands-on experiences, as well as structured time for building their attention spans and preparing them for kindergarten.

Our thematic curriculum provides weekly topics that are relevant and interesting to preschoolers. They help children understand and retain information that they discover for themselves. The curriculum provides a framework for children to build new ideas and generalizations.

Our goal is to prepare these young children for school in a fun, nurturing, safe environment. Academically, we will be introducing Letter and Number recognition and Phonics, as well as other Pre-reading and Math curriculum. Colors, Shapes, Safety and School Rules are other topics we cover to get them “school-ready”. After completing our preschool program, children will be fully prepared for kindergarten, and they will have a positive sense of themselves, their community and the environment around them.

Full Day Preschool open 7:30 m-6:00 pm

Potty Training available

Open enrolment

Tutoring…

. We take pride in providing a unique and individualized program which has proven itself over the last 10 years. We’ve seen amazing results in students’ grades as well as their self-esteem, their motivation and their desire to learn. We not only provide a valuable service; we aim to make a difference in the life of a child.

The concepts of Alpha have been around for almost 15 years now.

Established in 1995, Alpha Tutoring Services has been dedicated to making a difference in the life of a child through improving their educational well being. Our tutors are devoted to building up children to their fullest potential. We work with all levels and all ages, as well as special needs and learning disabled children. It is our privilege to change the world through educating children.

We begin each session with organizational tools, prioritizing work and agenda planning. Having direct, personal guidance and expert attention in each subject matter makes all the difference in truly understanding the material they are required to learn. Their skills improve, their homework gets done accurately and their grades and self-confidence rise!

We help prepare them for upcoming tests and projects, work on the difficult math concepts they are studying in the classroom, guide them through any writing activities teaching them the editing process, help work out science problems so they comprehend, teach them key concepts about their history lesson and set them up for the week’s worth of assignments they should complete on their own. We cover it all, and teach your child how to be a better student through the process.

Our tutors are highly trained in the program we provide, and we employ both licensed, certified teachers as well as college students with expertise in certain subject matter.

We have no more than two students for every teacher in our program to ensure very private, personal attention.

Other Services Alpha Tutoring Offers;

Summer School Support: Alpha Tutoring Services offers a full tutoring program over the summer. We continue to offer our regular services of individualized tutoring for skills improvement, as well as offering support of any summer school classes your child may be taking through the school district.

If your child needs to, or is required to, retake a class through the school district for summer school, we can help them get through the class with flying colors. They can come to tutoring in the afternoons and get their homework done, review concepts from class, and prepare for tests and quizzes. Summer school has an intensive, extremely fast-paced curriculum, and students that struggled during the school year could have even more challenges during a summer school class. We ensure they are learning the material thoroughly, check their progress and grades, and keep them accountable to get all of their homework done properly. The last thing you want is for your child to retake a class and fail again. We can work hard to make sure they comprehend the subject matter, get a good grade, and increase their self-confidence and self-esteem through the experience.

Skills Improvement: If your child is behind in any subject matter or wants to get ahead and be prepared for the upcoming school year, enroll them now for private tutoring. We customize your child’s tutoring session to whatever you request. We can work on one subject area, or create a combination of subjects to review for your child this summer. Choose from a variety of subject matter: Math (all levels), Reading, Writing, Study Skills, Basic Computer Word Processing, Foreign Language Review, Grammar, etc. Use the time off of school this summer to ensure your child’s success for the next school year. We assess their abilities at no additional charge to you, begin at the level they are comfortable with, and work at their pace to improve their skills. The more individual time they receive, the faster they improve. It is our joy to watch their levels increase over the summer, while they build up their self-confidence for next year.

SAT / ACT Preparation Courses: For those of you with children preparing to apply for colleges in the next year or two, any time is a good time to begin reviewing and practicing for the SAT , ACT or SAT II exams. We administer a diagnostic pretest, analyze your child’s results, hone in on their strengths and weaknesses, go over strategies and tactics, and give them plenty of review and practice to fully prepare them to take these exams. The more they understand about these tests, the greater their chances are for scoring higher on them. Summer is a great time to review, prepare and give your child the ability to take these tests with confidence.

Call Jenia now to get the best care and tutoring available for your children. Space fills up fast, so call ASAP.

Jenia@alphatutoring.com

27101 Aliso Creek Rd # 100

Aliso Viejo, CA 92656

(949) 305-8700

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Submitted By
Susan Espenschied
Publisher of Aliso Laguna News

Milkalicious Mama’s Night…
Tomorrow Night!
April 15th at 7pm

Join us tomorrow, April 15th…tax day at 7pm as we help
you unleash your SUPER MAMA! We will have momtails,
snacks, facials, manicures, massage, guest speakers
and a lot of good laughs!

We know how hard it is to take care of yourself when you are
the sole source of life for your little bundle of joy; you look
in the mirror and remember the goddess that was before late night feedings and endless diaper explosions!

7pm-7:30pm What to do about tightening, lifting, and stretch marks – Sponsored by Mama Mio

7:30pm-8pm Get your Super Mama body back! – Melanie Silverman, RD, LC discusses how to get your body back with nutrition, and keeping that milk supply up.

8pm-8:15pm – Protecting your Super Mama! – Financial
Planners discuss the importance of financial planning for your
little ones education

8:15pm-8:30pm – Postnatal Super Mama training –
Mikki Anderson discusses the importance of post-partum
stomach rehabilitation and massage

8:30pm – 8:45 – Charlese from Salon Platinum discusses post- partum hair havoc and what you can do about it!

On display we will have new products from Mama Mio, Elle MacPherson Intimates, Condessa, Bella Bum Bum, Mambino organics and butter LONDON llc!

Grab a friend and we will see you there!

Ricki Lake and KIIS FM are
Coming to Milkalicious!
May 27th and May 28th, 2009

Milkalicious is so honored to be sponsoring
two very special events in May.

Milkalicious will be sponsoring a FREE screening of
Ricki Lake and Abby Epstein’s movie
“The Business of Being Born”
on May 27th at 6pm, followed by a Q & A session!

We are also pleased to announce that KIIS FM will be sending thier crew back to Milkalicious May 28th at 7am. Ricki will be doing a live interview with Ryan Seacrest

When: Time 6pm, Wednesday, May 27th
Location: RANCHO NIGUEL 8 – LAGUNA NIGUEL
25471 Rancho Niguel Road
Laguna Niguel, CA. 92677
(949) 831-4359

Ticket info – free
Q&A Panel: Ricki Lake, Abby Epstein, Dr. Robert Biter, BJ Snell (Beach Cities Midwifery/Community Alliance for Birth Options)

Stay tuned for more info, and Save the Date!!!
Submitted By Jennifer Ritchie

ALISO VIEJO STREET FAIR – MAY 16th

Saturday
May 16, 2009
10:00 am – 3:00 pm

Aliso Viejo Town Center
26601 & 26851 Aliso Creek Road, Aliso Viejo

Want to exhibit but you’re not a Chamber Member?

We’ve put together a special package for you that includes:

1 year of Chamber Membership 1 table at the “Chamber Member Exhibitor” level
A Saving of $100 !

Contact Mark Furlan at 949-635-1643 or via email mfurlan@socchambers.com
for more details on this special package!

STREET FAIR ‘09

The Aliso Viejo Chamber of Commerce, along with it’s Community Partner, the City of Aliso Viejo, will host a Street Fair in the Aliso Viejo Town Center along the main thoroughfare.

The area will be partitioned off so that business storefronts can participate along with exhibitors and promote their goods and services, in-cluding food, beverages, and a variety of retail items.

The event will include:

Chamber Business Booths
Live Entertainment
Classic Car Show
Bounce House
Cotton Candy

ADMISSION: FREE

This event generates funds for charitable causes important to the Aliso Viejo Community as well as provides a great atmosphere for the community to come together. The Aliso Viejo Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors is grateful to the Sponsors and Vendors.

Special “Pyrate” Adventure Sail for Members Onboard the Tall Ship Spirit of Dana Point on April 26

DANA POINT, CA, April 10, 2009 – The Ocean Institute is offering a special “Pyrate” Adventure Sail for members of the Ocean Institute onboard its tall ship Spirit of Dana Point on Sunday, April 26, 2 – 4:30 p.m.
Cast off for an adventure aboard our 118-foot schooner, Spirit of Dana Point. Experience “pyrates” and sailors during the Golden Age of Sail. Enjoy a fun-filled cruise with historical characters who will bring you back into their time!
These popular sails fill up quickly and this date is reserved just for Ocean Institute members and their guests. Cost is $36 adults, $21 for children ages 4-12 and includes admission to the Ocean Institute. To become a member so you can join us on this sail, or for additional information, call (949) 496-2274 or visit www.ocean-institute.org.

Founded in 1977, the Ocean Institute is a non-profit organization dedicated to ocean preservation through education, setting the standard for educational excellence and serving as a leading resource for universities, museums, teachers and all others seeking to increase their knowledge of the ocean. The Ocean Institute is open to the general public on weekends, 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. Cost: $6.50 adults, $4.50 children (ages 4-12), Ocean Institute members free. Unique maritime and ocean-themed items are available in the Chambers Gallery everyday, 9 a.m. – 6 p.m. Institute address: 24200 Dana Point Harbor Dr., Dana Point. Website: www.ocean-institute.org.

2008 Business of the Year – The Dana Point Chamber of Commerce has selected the Ocean Institute as Dana Point’s “Business of the Year.” The award recognizes the positive contribution the Ocean Institute has made to the Dana Point community.

Submitted By Jim Graves