Yesterday evening, July 11, I attended the 14th annual Long Beach City College Pops Concert led by Dr. Gary Thomas Scott. This is the first time I have attended this concert. It consisted of two parts.

The LBCC pops band played for the first part. This band consists of people in age from middle schoolers (one of the band members is a teacher and he brings some of his students in to play and get experience) and a couple of people in their 90's! The second part is when The Band of The California Battalion plays. This is a recreation of a Civil War era band and Dr. Scott also leads them. This band is very good and Paul and I heard them at the Memorial Day celebration we went to at Forest Lawn in Long Beach.

The concert went from 6 PM to almost 8 PM. The pops band played music from the movie The Incredibles, a music medley from movies, a couple of marches, a music medley in tribute to Ray Charles and finishing up with a medley from Meredith Wilsons' Music Man. They were very good. Then there was a break while the Civil War band set up and then they played for almost an hour. They are very good and Dr. Scott is very good and funny and the band does schtick behind him. They play recreations of instruments from the Civil War era and even have three actual Civil War instruments. Here is a link to their web site. It is sponsored by LBCC and even though out of date gives you a pretty good idea of what they are about. LBCC has a new web master and is going to be updating this site.

Civil War Band

Also pictured is a shot of the quad area of the college and one of the many rabbits that populate the campus. Rabbits have been there for generations. I remember them from when I went to classes back in the early 80's. This is also the school that Jennifer is currently attending.

Tonight I will be attending an OASIS class. I'll tell you about that tomorrow.