CONCERT BAND TO SHOW SWINGING REPERTOIRE.Byline: Daily News NEWHALL - ``It's Swingtime in Newhall,'' a concert featuring diverse classics, will be presented by the Santa Clarita Valley The Santa Clarita Valley is the valley of the Santa Clara River in Southern California. It stretches through Los Angeles County and Ventura County. Its main population center is the city of Santa Clarita. The valley was part of the 48,612-acre (19,672. Concert Band at 8 p.m. March 8 at the Canyon Theatre Guild Theatre Guild U.S. theatrical society. Founded in New York City in 1918 by Lawrence Langner (1890–1962) and others, the group proposed to produce high-quality, noncommercial plays. . With a guest vocalist and a 45-piece band, the program will highlight big-band favorites of the 1930s and `40s, Broadway show tunes and pop classics of the 1960s and `70s. The musicians will perform songs made famous by music legends Glenn Miller Noun 1. Glenn Miller - United States bandleader of a popular big band (1909-1944) Alton Glenn Miller, Miller , Henry Mancini, Frank Sinatra, Billy Joel and Spike Jones. ``The concert band is one of the most flexible musical groups in existence,'' said its musical director, Tim Durand. ``We are able to play virtually any type of music, including classical, waltzes, rock `n' roll, jazz, patriotic, blues, big band, ragtime ragtime: see jazz. ragtime U.S. popular music of the late 19th and early 20th centuries distinguished by its heavily syncopated rhythm. Ragtime found its characteristic expression in formally structured piano compositions, the accented left-hand , country, Broadway and movie themes, marches, western and folk music. Our library contains some 600 musical arrangements.'' Tickets to the concert are $15 for adults and $12 for students and seniors. Tickets can be purchased at the Canyon Theatre Guild box office at 24242 San Fernando Road San Fernando Road is a major street in the city and county of Los Angeles. It starts off in Castaic as The Old Road, passing through Santa Clarita and the Newhall Pass, where upon its intersection with Sierra Highway near the junction of the Golden State (I-5) and the , Newhall, or by calling (661) 799-2702. Established in 1984, the band rehearses weekly year-round at the Santa Clarita Valley Senior Center and performs about 12 times a year. The schedule last year included performances at Memorial Day services at Eternal Valley, the Fourth of July Fourth of July, Independence Day, or July Fourth, U.S. holiday, commemorating the adoption of the Declaration of Independence. Celebration of it began during the American Revolution. concert at Valencia Town Center, the Newhall Street Faire, the Senior Center picnic and Christmas concerts at the Senior Center and at Friendly Valley. Members of the band range in age from 20 to past 70. The band is financed through donations and sponsorships. It is available to local nonprofit organizations for fund-raising concerts, and local accomplished amateur musicians are always welcomed. For information about the Santa Clarita Valley Concert Band, contact Jim Bartos at (661) 947-8989 or visit the band's Web site at www.geocities.com/scvconcertband. |
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