SWING FEST BIG BAND ERA TUNES IN NEWHALL.Byline: Daily News NEWHALL - Fans of music made famous by the Beach Boys, Louis Armstrong, Benny Goodman and Frank Sinatra are invited to attend 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's third annual music extravaganza, ``It's Swingtime in Newhall.'' The program will feature Big Band favorites of the 1930s and '40s, Broadway show tunes, pop classics from the 1950s to '70s, a 45-piece band and male and female guest vocalists. The band, which is celebrating its 20th year, will present the 8 p.m. Saturday concert at the Canyon Theatre Guild, 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. The SCV SCV Santa Clarita Valley (California) SCV Sons of Confederate Veterans SCV Santa Clara Vanguard SCV Singapore Cable Vision SCV Special Category Visa (Australia) SCV StarHub Cable Vision Concert Band is flexible, according to musical director Tim Durand. ``We are able to play virtually any type of music, including classical, rock 'n' roll rock 'n' roll: see rock music. , waltzes, 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 , Broadway and movie themes, country and western and folk music,'' Durand said. The band was formed in 1984 in order to offer local amateur musicians a place to develop their musical skills and to provide the community with an accomplished, low-cost musical resource. Today there are 50 band members, ranging in age from from the early 20s to the mid-70s. They rehearse weekly, year-round, at the Santa Clarita Valley Senior Center and perform about 12 times a year. Local amateur musicians are welcome to join the concert band. They are looking for people who can play the oboe oboe (ō`bō, ō`boi) [Ital., from Fr. hautbois] or hautboy (ō`boi, hō`–), woodwind instrument of conical bore, its mouthpiece having a double reed. , bassoon bassoon (băs  n`), double-reed woodwind instrument that plays in the bass and tenor registers. Its 8-ft (2.4-m) conical tube is bent double, the instrument thus being about 4 ft (1. , clarinet, trumpet or French horn. Cost of admission to ``It's Swingtime in Newhall'' is $15 for adults and $12 for students and seniors. To purchase tickets, call the Canyon Theatre Guild box office at (661) 799-2702. For information about the band or to hire members for an event, call Jim Bartos at (661) 947-8989. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Santa Clarita Valley's concert band, now 20 years old, practices weekly and is 50 members strong. Its ``Swingtime in Newhall'' show will be Saturday. |
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