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Photo courtesy of Cantabile Youth Singers
The locally based Cantabile Youth Singers earned a gold medal and a silver diploma at the fourth European Choir Games last month. 

After competing against 171 other choral groups, Cantabile Youth Singers of Silicon Valley won a top-level gold medal and a silver diploma last month at the fourth European Choir Games.

Cantabile, based in Los Altos and Los Gatos, spent a week in Gothenburg, Sweden, vying for medals against choirs from 47 countries. More than 6,300 singers participated in the annual event, held Aug. 3-10.

The 70th annual Morning Forum of Los Altos lecture series is underway.

Founded in Los Altos in 1950, the Morning Forum boasts 450 local members. The series features 16 speakers who appear 10 a.m. every other Tuesday from September through the beginning of June at Los Altos United Methodist Church, 655 Magdalena Ave.

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Sarah Zebb, owner of Therapy Salon in Los Altos, is scheduled to host her ninth annual “Spirit Day” fund- raiser for cancer patients 1-5 p.m. Oct. 13 at the salon, 660 Fremont Ave.

The festivities will include food and beverages, a bake sale, a raffle, face painting, arts and crafts, hair extensions and children’s games.

It’s been over 20 years since my husband, Bob, and I attended a wonderful performance of “Hamlet” at Los Altos’ Bus Barn Stage Company (now called Los Altos Stage Company, but still located in the old, corrugated-metal bus building). After the play, we realized what a gem the theater company is – polished acting, professional staging and innovative set design.

The Los Altos main library will begin offering U.S. passport services Tuesday, according to Santa Clara County Library District officials.

This marks the third county library to become an official passport facility. The expansion comes more than a year after the library district made the services available at the Milpitas and Cupertino libraries. District officials said the program has been well received.

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Members of Mountain View’s Unit 503 play bridge on a recent summer afternoon. Players range in age from 10 to nearly 100. The group formed in 1957, known then as the Palo Alto Bridge Center.

For almost a decade, Los Altos resident Donald Cohn has come to Unit 503 to play bridge. That’s the unofficial name of the Palo Alto Bridge Center, now based in Mountain View, which draws bridge players ranging in age from 10 to nearly 100.

“It gives you an opportunity to use your mind, it’s competitive and I’m pretty good at it,” the 75-year-old Cohn said. “When you’re retired, you look for things to do, and it’s very rewarding to me.”