`MOOD' MUSIC SET AT '40S AIR SHOW.Byline: Andrea Cavanaugh Staff Writer Visitors who come out to this weekend's Camarillo Air Show to see vintage World War II-era aircraft will be able to swing along with a 1940s soundtrack. A band of 20 teenagers from the San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. will perform classic swing tunes like ``In the Mood'' and ``Moonlight Serenade serenade [Ital. sera=evening], term used to designate several types of musical composition. Opera and song literature yield numerous examples of the serenade sung or played by a lover at night beneath his beloved's window; outstanding is ,'' led by an original member of the Glenn Miller Noun 1. Glenn Miller - United States bandleader of a popular big band (1909-1944) Alton Glenn Miller, Miller Army Air Force Band. ``I think it's going to be an experience that these kids are never going to forget, even when they're as old as I am,'' said Murray Wald, 81, one of six military musicians chosen by Glenn Miller to play in his band in 1943. The orchestra will perform at 11 a.m. on Saturday and Sunday during the 24th annual event, just two hours before the three-hour narrated air show featuring aerobatic displays, sky divers
Wald began rehearsing with the musicians, ages 13 to 16, just two months ago. ``The idea was to expose some youngsters of this age to some good music for a change,'' Wald said. ``Today's music is really discouraging. Most of it is played by musicians who only know two chords.'' The Glenn Miller Young Americans Orchestra, with seven saxophones, four trombones and five trumpets, along with a drummer, a pianist, and a bass guitarist, mirrors the makeup of the original Glenn Miller orchestra The Glenn Miller Orchestra was originally formed in 1937 by Glenn Miller. It was arranged around a clarinet and tenor saxophone playing melody, while three other saxophones played the harmony. , Wald said. Surprisingly, the vintage music wasn't a hard sell for teenagers born nearly 50 years after Miller died in a plane crash, parents said. ``There are kids who really like this kind of music,'' said Alan Ehrlich of West Hills, whose 16-year-old son, Sam, plays trumpet trumpet, brass wind musical instrument of part cylindrical, part conical bore, in the shape of a flattened loop and having three piston valves to regulate the pitch. in the band. ``Kids usually pick music their parents hate, but he picked music we love.'' Andrea Cavanaugh, (805) 583-7602 andrea.cavanaugh(at)dailynews.com IF YOU GO --The Camarillo Air Show runs Saturday and Sunday at Camarillo Airport Camarillo Airport (ICAO: KCMA, FAA LID: CMA) is a public airport located three miles (5 km) west of the central business district of Camarillo, a city in Ventura County, California, United States. , near Highway 101 and Las Posas Road. Gates open at 8 a.m. and close at 5 p.m. The Glenn Miller Young Americans Orchestra will perform at 11 a.m., and aerobatic demonstrations will be held from 1 to 4 p.m. Admission is $8 for adults, $6 for seniors 55 and older. Tickets for children 12 and under free with adult admission. Parking is free. CAPTION(S): box Box: IF YOU GO (see text) |
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