Donating your old electronics can help make music

The Canyon High School Golden Warrior Regiment s first eCycle for the new year is 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday in the campus s upper parking lot. This is a good opportunity to clean out all your old electronics - whether the items are no longer working or you have new replacements - Canyon High School s music program will benefit. Bring all unwanted or broken electronics such as printers, computers, DVD players, telephone equipment, calculators, CDROM drives, cables, keyboards, typewriters, floppy drives, iPods, gaming systems, speakers and radios. Exclusions include: batteries, exercise equipment and nothing with Freon, lightbulbs or major appliances. A complete list of suggested eCycle items is available at canyonreqiment.com. Proceeds from the fundraiser help the school s band program earn much-needed dollars, while keeping potentially dangerous items out of landfills. Donations are also tax deductible. Drive into Canyon s upper parking lot, and you don t even nsomeone will take items out for you. If you have items to donate, but are unable to bring them, contact the group at ecycle@canyonregiment .com to make an arrangement for pickup of larger items. MUSICIAN ON RIGHT NOTE AT PRINCETON Congratulations to Solene LeVan, a winner of the 2016 Princeton University Concerto Competition. Solene selected one of the most difficult and exciting pieces in the operatic repertoire, Glitter and Be Gay by Leonard Bernstein, for her audition piece. She will perform it on March 5 with the Princeton University Orchestra under the direction of Michael Pratt. As a conductor of the orchestra for the past 38 years, Pratt has helped the ensemble emerge as one of the finest university orchestras in the country. In her junior year at Princeton, Solene, 18, is an accomplished violinist, pianist, guitarist, mandolinist as well as a singer who has won numerous awards and given more than 300 concerts at various venues. Some of these include: Carnegie Hall (Weill Reccore Committee of the L.A. Philharmonic Concert Series and the 26th International Jazz Festival in Munster, France, as part of the renown LeVan Family Musicians. Solene s debut CD of French Art songs on the label Sheva Collection is ready to be released with an international distribution. She is the daughter of hills residents Erie and Myriam LeVan. CRAZY CLUB MAKES SENSE FOR MATH The Canyon Hills and East Anaheim branch libraries will offer a Crazy 8 s Club, which is an afterschool club designed to help kids get excited about math. C lasses are at 1:30 p.m. Wednesdays through March 9 at East Hills Library for kids in grades 3-5. Canyon Hills Branch will offer classes for kids in grades K-2 at 3 p.m., and for grades 3-5 at 4 p.m. on Mondays through March 2L Classes will also be offered for grades K-5 at 4 p.m. on Tuesdays through March 15. 'STAR WARS' AT EAST HILLS The East Hills Library has a fun Star Wars craft program planned at the branch at 11:30 a.m. on Jan. 30, followiOK CLUBS TO TALK 'THE MALTESE FALCON' The Adult Book Discussion groups at both the East Anaheim and Canyon Hills branch libraries will read The Maltese " by Dashiell Hammett. On Tuesday, the Canyon Hills group will meet at noon in the multipurpose room. The East Hills book group will meet at noon on Jan. 28 at the branch. Those wishing to participate should read the book, bring a sack lunch and get ready for an interesting discussion. Dessert is provided. Contact the library branches for more information.