Nearly 10K To Attend Easter Service At Hollywood Bowl

LOS ANGELES (CBS) — Nearly 10,000 Angelenos are expected to attend a non-denominational Easter Sunday service at the Hollywood Bowl.

The service, which has been organized by the Bel Air Presbyterian Church, is scheduled to begin at 11 a.m. and will include the church choir, its Modern Worship Band and a professional orchestra.

The Hollywood Bowl's longtime tradition of hosting a sunrise service on Easter Sunday was brought to a halt last year.

This Easter would have marked the 90th Anniversary of the sunrise services, which at one time were broadcast to a national radio audience numbering in the millions. Worshippers overflowed the Hollywood Bowl, and until a decade ago the sunrise services were also telecast on LA stations.

For more information about the free service, visit the Church's Web site.

Elsewhere, 92-year-old Father Maurice Chase, known as "Father Dollar Bill" plans to continue his Easter tradition of handing out cash to those on Skid Row.

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