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1st Annual Fundraising Event and Benefit
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Join us for an extravagant evening of music, art, friends, celebrity appearances and great food and drink featuring the Laguna Concert Band's big band, 'SwingSet of Laguna' under the direction of Gary Gould and featuring local Laguna Beach resident - Ginger Hatfield, performing with the legendary bass player, Max Bennett and his band 'Private Reserve' !
*Proceeds from this event will benefit the Laguna Concert Band, and the Max Bennett, "Music in the Schools" programs and furthers the Laguna Concert Band’s efforts to bring music programs into local schools in Orange County through specialized music clinics, summer programs, yearly scholarships, instrument loans to deserving children and provide them with a positive musical learning experience. The Laguna Concert Band is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization and is a tax-exempt organization under IRS Section 501(c)(3). Tax ID number is 33-0930625.
*Proceeds from this event will benefit the Laguna Concert Band, and the Max Bennett, "Music in the Schools" programs and furthers the Laguna Concert Band’s efforts to bring music programs into local schools in Orange County through specialized music clinics, summer programs, yearly scholarships, instrument loans to deserving children and provide them with a positive musical learning experience. The Laguna Concert Band is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization and is a tax-exempt organization under IRS Section 501(c)(3). Tax ID number is 33-0930625.
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Join OUR Band...
 Peter Asher, CBE - Honorary Member of the Laguna Concert Band
The Laguna Concert Band currently has positions open in OUR concert band for talented and enthusiastic wind ensemble instrumentalist!
We of course are looking for the best amateur players out there but would like any musician with an intermediate to advanced level of playing ability - and the desire and commitment to play in our award winning band - to take advantage of this opportunity! Of greatest need at this time are percussion and clarinet players. The age of our members ranges from 20 to 80 plus! We rehearse every Tuesday from 6-8 PM at the Laguna Beach High School band room. The Laguna Concert Band has enjoyed ongoing support from the college administration at the prestigious Irvine Valley College (IVC) and its Emeritus Institute. |
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Recent Events and Performances... Max Bennett, Craig Gordon & David Kizziar-Artist
Meet Max Bennett Event...
Thursday, Sept. 8 5-7 PM FREE! Mystic Art Gallery 664 South Coast Highway Laguna Beach, CA 92651 Enter to win a Fender Stratocaster Bass Guitar autographed by Max to be given away Oct 2 at our 1st Annual Fundraising Event and Benefit... "A Musical Tribute to a Living Bass Legend, Max Bennett…" with the Laguna Concert Band, 'SwingSet of Laguna' and Max Bennett band, 'Private Reserve' to support 'Music in the Schools' programs! Facebook Event Post  Max Bennett, Craig Gordon & Jason Feddy
KX 93.5 INTERVIEW...
Thursday, Sept 8 - 9 AM Bass legend Max Bennett with Craig Gordon of Laguna Concert Band-Thursday Tune in to “Daily Scramble Live” on KX 93.5 with Jason Feddy, Thursday, Sept 8 at 9 AM for an exclusive interview with Max and Craig Gordon, Executive Director of the Laguna Concert Band. Learn about Max's unbelievable career, OUR Oct 2 Event and a special Meet and Greet Thursday at 5-7 PM at Mystic Art Gallery! "Max Bennett is truly a music legend, with a career spanning 60 years, he’s played with Ella Fitzgerald, Elvis Presley, Joni Mitchell and everyone in between. Here he chats with our Jason Feddy and Laguna Concert Band’s Craig Gordon about his life in music and their latest collaboration to raise cash for music in schools programs." - KX 93.5 Tune in Laguna Beach at 93.5 FM or Listen Online: http://streamdb7web.securenetsystems.net/v5/KXRN Podcast available after program.  Mayor Steve Dicterow will be our guest conductor on August 17 at the Festival of Arts.
Festival of Arts Concert
Wednesday, August 17 5:30-7:30 PM Festival of Arts Grounds 650 Laguna Canyon Rd., Laguna Beach, CA Join the Laguna Concert Band with featured vocalist, along with our special guests during this annual tradition at the Festival of Arts! Mayor of Laguna Beach, Steve Dicterow will be our guest conductor. We are also proud to feature students of our first annual Summer Music Program in several combined numbers with the adult band! ALL LAGUNA BEACH residents are free with an ID. The cost of tickets is $8 or $5 for seniors and students Monday through Friday. If you have tickets for Pageant of the Masters, the ticket or stub also allows entrance into the Festival of Arts. Facebook Event Post Festival of Arts Concert
Monday, July 11 5:30-7:30 PM Festival of Arts Grounds 650 Laguna Canyon Rd., Laguna Beach, CA Join the Laguna Concert Band as we pay tribute to Veterans of our Armed Forces. Featured vocalist, Lisa Morrice and our Dixieland Group along with our special guests will sure to delight during this annual tradition at the Festival of Arts! Facebook Event Post Concert Program Huntington Beach Summer Concert Series
Sunday, July 10 5:00- 6:30 PM Huntington Beach Central Park 18100 Goldenwest, Huntington Beach, CA Huntington Beach Central Park behind the library FREE! Join the Laguna Concert Band for a special repeat performance featuring our fabulous vocalist, Ginger Hatfield and Lisa Morrice at this year's Huntington Beach Summer Concert Series at Central Park! Facebook Event Post Concert Program Swing Set at Sawdust Art Festival
July 4 at Sawdust Art & Craft Festival Monday, July 4 Sawdust Art Festival - 935 Laguna Canyon Rd, Laguna Beach, CA 92651 10:30-12:30 PM Join the Swing Set 18 piece big band at the Sawdust Art Festival for a Swingin' good time and start your July 4th celebration off with a bang! FREE with admission to the festival... Facebook Event Post Swing Set at Fête de la Musique
Saturday, June 18,12 pm - 2 pm Main Beach, Laguna Beach, CA 1:00 - 1:20 Opening Ceremony US National Anthem: Sydney Haik La Marseillaise: Lisa Morrice Welcoming Speeches - Mayor, French Consulate, Sister Cities Join the Swing Set big band band at the Laguna Beach Sister Cities ninth annual Fête de la Musique for a Swingin' good time featuring Ginger Hatfield! FREE! See the video featuring Swing Set from 2015: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COiXSzmRCgg Facebook Event Post 
Laguna Concert Band featured guests on-
"The Importance of Being" on KX 93.5 FM Hosted by Ernest Hackman Date: Saturday, June 11 at 8-9 am Tune in Locally at 93.5 FM or Listen to the Pocast: www.kx935.com/podcasts/the-importance-of-being-show-laguna-concert-band Guests Brad Balen, Jennifer Baker, Craig Gordon, and Andy Alison of the Laguna Concert Band discuss their adventures sharing music with the community including their performances with rock legends Lee Rocker (Stray Cats) and Peter Asher (Peter and Gordon, and Apple Records). Podcast of the show will be available after broadcast. More info: http://www.kx935.com/podcasts/the-importance-of-being-show-laguna-concert-band The Laguna Concert Band and Laguna Beach Elementary Music Program combined on June 6, 2016 to perform a joint music performance of Star Wars as the Grande Finale as part of the schools end-of-the-year concert performance.
The "Star Wars Medley" was arranged by James H. Burden, with special arrangements for the elementary school students by Laguna Concert Band board member, Jennifer Baker. The concert was held at the Thurston Middle School gymnasium, 2100 Park Avenue, Laguna Beach. In the summer of 2014 the Laguna Concert Band expanded its Board of Directors to include a Director of Educational Outreach, specifically to promote collaboration with the local school music community. Over the past two years, the Concert Band has focused on special events with LBUSD resulting in a December 2014 joint performance with the Thurston Middle School Band at Laguna’s Holiday Hospitality Night and a February 2015 performance with LBHS instrumentalists (wind ensemble and jazz) alongside the Laguna Concert Band—Lee Rocker program at the Laguna Playhouse. The Laguna Concert Band also recognizes and awards yearly scholarships to senior graduates of the LBHS Instrumental Music Program. This summer, the Concert Band will have open enrollment to students of all ages in a first-ever community summer program, culminating in special performances in August. For more information about our ensemble, you can email: LagunaConcertBand@gmail.com. Learn more on our Summer Music Program page. See the Facebook Event
The Laguna Flutes at The Willows
Sunday, May 22, 2016 at 1 PM Hodges Hall - The Willows Community 23871 Willows Drive, Laguna Hills, CA 92653 FREE! Join the Laguna Flutes for "Music...the Fifth Element", featuring classical works by our 24 member Laguna Flutes under the direction of Cynthia Ellis. 
Cynthia Ellis is the solo piccolo player for the Pacific Symphony Orchestra and also served as Principal Flute for the Opera Pacific Orchestra from 1995 until the company closed in 2009. She is a member of the Pedagogy Committee for the National Flute Association and served as Program Chair for the NFA's annual convention in Anaheim, CA in 2010. She has taught on the music faculty at the Claremont Graduate School, Pomona College, Biola College, and CSU Fullerton.
New Music from Cynthia Ellis...Petite Delights: Romantic Music for Flute and Harp . Available for purchase now at: www.naxosdirect.com/petite-delights. Listen to "Overture, Magic Flute-Laguna Flutes" on SoundCloud. Facebook Event Post 
Laguna Flutes Spring Concert
Presented by North Orange County Community Concerts Association Monday, April 18, 2016, 7:30 PM Fullerton First United Methodist Church 114 North Pomona Avenue, Fullerton, CA 92832 
Join our 24 member Laguna Flute Ensemble for their annual spring concert presented by the North Orange County Community Concerts Association who have been presenting musical memories and exciting live performers for 70 years!
The Laguna Flute Ensemble, under the direction of Cindy Ellis, principal piccolo with the Pacific Symphony, features many members of the flute family including piccolo, C flute, alto flute, bass flute, contr'alto flute and contrabass flute! If you haven't already experienced the beautiful sounds of this type of ensemble, you owe it to yourself and your family and friends to indulge in this unique experience! For Tickets and additional information, Ph. (714) 871-4115. Adults-$20 Students-$10 See our Facebook Event post Listen to "Overture, Magic Flute-Laguna Flutes" on SoundCloud. A Swingin' Affair with SwingSet
Check out more video's of Sammy performing with SwingSet of Laguna on Alfredo Miller's website: alfredomiller.com.
Thursday, March 24th
1:30 Matinee Performance Huntington Beach Central Park Library Theater Join us when we travel to the Central Park Library Theater in Huntington Beach to see "A Swingin' Affair", an afternoon show of some of the best Swing and Jazz songs ever written and recorded in American musical history. The show, "A Swingin' Affair", features performances by some of the best Vegas sound and look-alike tribute performers to have ever graced a stage. You'll hear the songs of Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr and a special performance by Judy Garland. All backed up by one of the hottest swing bands in Southern California, the Laguna Beach "SwingSet", an award winning 16 piece Swing / Jazz band that has performed all over Southern California from Festivals, Theaters, Outdoor Concerts to Film soundtrack recording sessions at Capitol Records, Hollywood. In one afternoon performance you'll hear some of these great songs performed like "Fly Me To The Moon", "My Way", "New York, New York", "I Get A Kick Out Of You"…smooth, swinging renditions of "I Wish You Love", "It's Been A Long Long Time", "Stormy Weather" to the "The Birth Of The Blues", "The Candy Man","Mr. Bojangles" to classics that have enchanted generations like "I Got Rhythm," "Dear Mr. Gable: You Made Me Love You," "The Trolley Song," and "Swanee" and for the child in us all, everyone's favorite song "Over the Rainbow". AND; we don't stop there, as the "Swing Set" band will make you want to get up and dance to the sounds of Glen Miller, Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Tommy Dorsey and a few of their own arrangements of great American Swing and Jazz classics. So jump on this A-Train and let our conductor drive the train back to the days when great entertainers and music where being born. Relive the sounds of the 30's, 40s' and 50s' again like you've never done before in this afternoon performance of "Swingin' Affair," a tribute to great American Music and Entertainers from days gone-by. Buy Tickets Call June at (714) 475-9678 Email: jrwgrp@att.net © 2016 by JRW Group Entertainment Facebook Event 
Laguna Beach Patriots Day Parade
Celebrating the 50th Year! FREE Concert with the 60 member Laguna Concert Band Saturday, March 5 @ 10am Peppertree Parking lot - Forest Ave. at 2nd St. Laguna Beach across from the Presbyterian Church. Parade starts at 11 am. On the first Saturday of each March, a hundred marching units assemble in Laguna Beach to step off in the annual Laguna Beach Parade. Celebrating 50 years, Orange County has enjoyed the parade and its entrants, the celebrities and music, and the community spirit of this charming city by the sea. Entries in the popular event range from civic and veterans organizations to school bands, floats, vintage automobiles, and light-hearted novelty groups. The parade also honors citizens who have served the community and those who have served the nation in time of war or national emergency. Facebook Event 
Laguna Flutes at South Coast Plaza
Monday, Dec. 14 South Coast Plaza - Jewel Court 3333 Bristol St., Costa Mesa, CA 92626 6:30-8:30 PM Enjoy the season with the unique sound of the 24 member Laguna Flutes as they perform a program of Holiday and Classical music favorites in the Jewell Court (near Macy's) underneath the giant Christmas Tree! Be sure to bring the whole family! FREE! See the Facebook Event post 
Concert Band and SwingSet at Hospitality Night in Laguna
Friday, December 4 at 5:00pm - 7:00pm 322 Forest Avenue Laguna Beach, CA 92651 FREE Event! Enjoy all you Holiday favorites with the Laguna Concert Band featuring local guest artists AND Big Band tunes too with a performance by our Swing Set featuring Randy and Ginger Hatfield at Hospitality Night 2015...Downtown Laguna Beach twinkles brilliantly with holiday lights, shopping, food/drink, music, ice skating, entertainment, Santa, and much, much more! Forest Avenue and surrounding streets become pedestrian-only for this annual community event. See Facebook Event post Balboa Bay Resort and Club Annual Tree Lighting Ceremony
Tuesday, December 1 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm 1221 West Coast Highway, Newport Beach, California, 92663 FREE Event! The Balboa Bay Resort and Club wish to thank... "5-StarAV, John Wortmann, Kim Salyer, Sydney Haik, Ed Peterson and the Laguna Concert Band, Brendan McKenney, Rev. Rich, The Pickup and Martin family, Santa and everyone on the entire BBC/BBR team. It took contributions from every single department, every employee and many many more. Each contributing in some capacity to make this presentation such a huge success. This was our best year yet." - Aaron Trent | Director of Member Relations & Club Events | 949-630-4382 |1221 West Coast Highway | Newport Beach, CA 92663
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