PARK CONCERT TO FEATURE BIG-BAND PERFORMANCE.Byline: Daily News Lovers of big-band music will get a special treat at the Father's Day concert in Warner Center where the featured act will be Horace Heidt Horace Heidt (May 21, 1901 - December 1, 1986) was an American pianist, Big Band leader, radio and television personality, and entertainer. He was born in Alameda, California, and he attended Culver Academies. Jr. doing a tribute to his father. Horace Heidt Sr. was a 1930s and '40s big-band leader who performed on radio and television and created the unique Magnolia Estate Apartment complex in 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. as a home for artists and entertainers. He died in 1986 at the age of 85. At the free Concerts in the Park, people have picnics and spread out blankets on the lawn in front of the Lou Bredlow Pavilion at Warner Center Park. Entertainment will start at 4 p.m. Father's Day with the California Conservatory of Music's Young Musical Theater performing excerpts from their coming performance of ``Pinocchio'' in a special family program. The younger Heidt is scheduled to perform from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. His father is remembered for his band the Musical Knights and television and radio shows that drew audiences from around the world. Performing with Heidt will be Dick Contino Dick Contino (born January 17, 1930, Fresno, California) is an American singer and accordionist. Contino began performing in various Los Angeles talent shows, and beginning in 1946 received some mainstream attention that later became—for a brief period—stardom. , a legendary accordion accordion, musical instrument consisting of a rectangular bellows expanded and contracted between the hands. Buttons or keys operated by the player open valves, allowing air to enter or to escape. The air sets in motion free reeds, frequently made of metal. player who worked with the Musical Knights, recorded 12 albums and appeared frequently on ``The Ed Sullivan Show.'' Heidt served as musical director for the Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. Raiders during their tenure at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum For board track racing circuit, see . Present use The Coliseum is now primarily the home of the USC Trojan football team. During the recent stretch of its success in football, most of USC's regular home games, especially the alternating games with rivals UCLA and Notre . He manages the 10-acre Magnolia Estates Apartments in Sherman Oaks and supports a number of San Fernando Valley community groups, including the Valley Cultural Center which sponsors the Concerts in the Park. Warner Center Park is at Topanga Canyon Boulevard and Califa Street, two blocks north of the Ventura Freeway The Ventura Freeway is a freeway in southern California running from Ventura to Pasadena. It is the principal east-west route through Ventura County and in the southern San Fernando Valley in Los Angeles County. . Concertgoers can use the parking lot on the east side of Owensmouth Avenue between Oxnard and Califa Streets for a $2 donation. CAPTION(S): Photo PHOTO Horace Heidt Jr. Tribute to his father |
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