Band of the Battalion returns to LW
The Long Beach City College Evening Wind Symphony and Band of the California Battalion, a fully reenacted Civil War Union Brass Band, will be featured in a special holiday concert on Monday, Dec. 9, at 7 p.m. in Clubhouse 4.
The program includes marches, holiday music, period music and a few surprises. The Wind Symphony is under the direction of Dr. Gary Thomas Scott, retired dean of the School of Creative Arts and Applied Sciences at LBCC.
The Band of the California Battalion, a fully reenacted Civil War Brass Band, will provide an entertaining and informative program of music from the period when “instruments had character and characters had instruments!”
The Band of the California Battalion is celebrating 30 years as an ensemble and has toured all over the country providing living history presentations, concerts, reenactments and special performances at festivals and a variety of other venues.
This concert is always a crowd pleaser at Leisure World and features something to be enjoyed by all. Admission is free.
