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(Later) This Week, May 17-20

Sunday, May 13th, 2012 | Posted by Marie Thomas McNaughton | no responses

There’s something for every age group this week as the school year winds down and summer gears up: school plays, “Legally Blonde,” Fundraiser Friday at Spancky’s, the Rose Parade.

This Thursday, consider a “school event crawl,” starting with a Pride & Pasta Feed, featuring the Pasta King, $5, at Evergreen Elementary, 5:30 p.m., 1125 Emily Ave., Rohnert Park, 588-5715. The hour-plus Marguerite Hahn Elementary School talent show begins at 6 p.m., free, 825 Hudis St., Rohnert Park, 588-5675. Fifty-four fourth graders sing and dance at Waldo Rohnert Elementary in the half-hour gold-rush-camp comedy “Gold Dust or Bust,” 6:30 p.m., free, 1075 Bonnie Ave., Rohnert Park, 792-4830. To cap off the evening, attend the Rancho Cotati High School Spring Dance Concert at 7 p.m. Multi-use Room, 5450 Snyder Lane, Rohnert Park, 792-4750.

Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m., Sunday at 2 p.m, “Legally Blonde the Musical,” based on the hit comic movie of the same name, takes its characters from Malibu to Harvard Law. Spreckels Performing Arts Center, 5409 Snyder Lane, Rohnert Park. For tickets $20-$26, call 588-3400,Tuesday-Saturday, 12-5 p.m., and one hour before curtain.

Friday night, keep those big tips coming as cancer-survivor Amy DeLong collects donations for the American Cancer society as the Spancky’s Bar celebrity/guest bartender, 5-7 p.m., 8201 Old Redwood Highway, Cotati, 664-0169.

On Saturday morning, you can cheer for the Rancho Cotate High School Color Guard and Marching Band playing classic rock in the 118^th Annual Luther Burbank Rose Parade & Festival. The two-hour parade of floats, horses and novelty units starts 10 a.m. at Sonoma Avenue and E Street and proceeds north on E Street and then west on Fourth Street. A festival follows until 3 p.m. in Courthouse Square, and includes an Iron Chef competition among the county’s high school culinary arts programs. For more info: www.roseparadefestival.com.

(Later) This Week, May 17-20