VERSATILE SCV CONCERT BAND FINALLY COMING IN FROM COLD.Byline: Daily News SANTA CLARITA Santa Clarita, city (1990 pop. 110,642), Los Angeles co., S Calif., suburb 30 mi (48 km) NW of downtown Los Angeles, on the Santa Clara River; inc. 1987. Situated in the Santa Clara valley and nearby canyons, Santa Clarita includes the former towns of Canyon Country, - Fans of 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 have been asking the group to perform an indoor concert for years, but it's never been able to find a suitable venue that is affordable to rent. That search ended when Tim Ben Boydston, director of the Canyon Theatre Guild, not only offered the guild's new theater in downtown Newhall but agreed to co-sponsor the concert scheduled for 8 p.m. Saturday. The program will feature the 45-piece concert band performing big band favorites, Broadway show tunes and pop and rock classics with talented local singers. With a library containing 500 arrangements of music, the band is one of the most flexible musical groups in the area. Recent performances have included classical music, waltzes, rock 'n' roll rock 'n' roll: see rock music. , jazz, 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 , show tunes, marches, western, country and folk music. The band has performed at fund-raisers at Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital, Magic Mountain, the Santa Clarita Valley Senior Center, and at other local events including Memorial Day ceremonies. Formed in 1984 by local businessman Gordon Filtcorn, 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 a nonprofit organization Nonprofit Organization An association that is given tax-free status. Donations to a non-profit organization are often tax deductible as well. Notes: Examples of non-profit organizations are charities, hospitals and schools. financed through donations received from performances and gifts from businesses and individual sponsors. Band members volunteer their time so funds can be used to purchase musical instruments, performance aids and musical arrangements. Today the band has 45 members ranging in age from their 20s to 70s. After weekly practices, the band performs about 16 concerts per year. Tickets to Saturday's concert are $12 for adults and $10 for students and seniors. Tickets can be purchased at the Canyon Theatre Guild box office located 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 in Newhall, or by calling (661) 799-2702. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: The 45-piece Santa Clarita Concert Band will perform at the Canyon Theatre Guild's new theater in downtown Newhall. Members of the nonprofit band range in age from their 20s to 70s. |
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