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Classically Trained: Time to Strike Up Laguna's Band
It's the kind of group that gets people out of their chairs and into new ones.
That's what happened to Matt Wood. He hadn't played trumpet in 24 years, and for his father, it was 53 years. But after Wood bought his dad one as a birthday present, they rekindled their love for music-making.
So the Woods joined the band. Again.
But this time it was their hometown Laguna Community Concert Band.
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Classically Trained: Time to Strike Up Laguna's Band
It's the kind of group that gets people out of their chairs and into new ones.
That's what happened to Matt Wood. He hadn't played trumpet in 24 years, and for his father, it was 53 years. But after Wood bought his dad one as a birthday present, they rekindled their love for music-making.
So the Woods joined the band. Again.
But this time it was their hometown Laguna Community Concert Band.
Acting Out in Song
Stop the presses — Judy Garland, Liza Minnelli, Keely Smith and Marilyn Monroe will be joining forces to perform in Newport Beach next week.
Well, sort of.
Bethany Owen, the "Woman of 1001 Voices and Faces," will bring the four favorites to a one-night appearance Aug. 13 at the Balboa Bay Club.
Community Band Recognizes Student Music Standouts
Exceptional, talented, driven, and dedicated are but a few of the adjectives that describe the five local high school seniors awarded music scholarships by the Laguna Community Concert Band last week.
Forest Avenue Comes Alive with the Sound of Music
Forest Avenue will be alive with the sound of music from 11:30 a.m. to 3 p m. on Saturday, June 20, when the Laguna Beach Sister Cities Association sponsors their second annual "Fête de la Musique." The event celebrates the arrival of summer and Laguna's sister city, Menton, France, with an eclectic variety of free street music.
Memorial Day Events:
It's the Unofficial Start of Summer Fun
Though the summer season officially begins June 20, this weekend's Memorial Day holiday really kicks off the not-so-lazy, but for sure hazy and crazy days of summer.
Given the beach as the venue of choice for celebrating, residents can start Monday with a 7 a.m. pancake breakfast at Heisler Park, attend an 11 a.m. Memorial Day ceremony at Monument Point and continue the celebration with a 12:30 p.m. free concert at Main Beach.
Paying Tribute to Fallen
Members of American Legion Post 222 and Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 5868 will muster at 7:30 a.m. Monday to put up tiny American flags around town and then head for Heisler Park to set up seating for the audience that will attend the 25th annual Memorial Day Program at Monument Point...
OUR LAGUNA: Band marks 10 years of music making
The Laguna Community Concert Band has earned the right to toot its own horn.
Sunday’s 10th anniversary concert was a joyous triumph that few would have imagined when the idea was first conceived over a cup of coffee at Zinc Café by founders Bill Nicholls, Teresa Marino and Carol Reynolds, then an arts commissioner...
Concert Celebrates A Gift Musicians Give Themselves
Sharing the stage with Juilliard-trained musicians and working professionals seems unfathomable to fledgling trumpeter Len Wood, who joined Laguna Community Concert Band after two years of intensive lessons...
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