The Japan Green Honor Band returns again this year to be performing in the Rose Parade as well as to host a benefit concert in conjunction with the John F. Kennedy High School Jazz Band.
This year’s Green Band is composed of students from Tachibana High School in Kyoto, and the benefit concert will be raising funds for the Green Band students whose homes and families have been affected by the earthquake and tsunami in Japan. The concert will be held at the AUHSD Performing Art Center at Kennedy High on …

Mark the end of the field show season with the Savanna Field Tournament. Traditionally hosted on the last weekend of Field Show season, the Savanna Marching Rebels are hosting their 34th Annual Field Tournament this Saturday, November 19. Starting from 9 A.M., 35 bands will be competing throughout the day, not counting the exhibition performance by Savanna High School.
Click here to see the band lineup on the World of Pageantry’s forum.
Glover Stadium
1151 N La Palma Pkwy
Anaheim, CA 92801
I have never gone to the Savanna Field Tournament before. I would love …

It is the middle of marching band season, and this weekend is the Loara High School’s Band Review and Invitation Field Tournament. From my knowledge, this is probably the biggest band review and field tournament in Orange County, with 39 bands participating in the band review and 24 bands in the field tournament.
The first band to perform in the band review is scheduled for 10:55 A.M. while the last band is scheduled for 2:04 P.M. Awards for the band review will be at Glover Stadium at 3:15 P.M. during a …

Come out for a full day of fun at the 47th Annual Heritage Festival and Parade in Placentia this Saturday, October 15.
If you want to start bright and early, from 6:30 to 10 A.M. is the Chamber of Commerce Pancake Breakfast at Tri-City Park.
The parade starts at 9:30 A.M. and travels from Morse Ave. north on Kraemer to Tri-City Park. There will be over 100 entries—from VIPs, non-profit organizations, clowns, to my favorite, the marching bands.
Following the parade, from 10 A.M. to 6 P.M. is the Heritage Festival held at …

Marching band season traditionally starts in Orange County with the John F. Kennedy High School Field Tournament. A tradition started by Magnolia High School over three decades ago, John F. Kennedy High School 11th Annual Invitational Field Tournament will be held on Saturday, October 8 at Glover Stadium in Anaheim. Named the “Preview of Champions,” local marching bands from around Southern California come to showcase their talents. This year, the field tournament will be showcasing 25 high school’s band and color guard units.
Glover Stadium
1151 N La Palma Pkwy
Anaheim, CA 92801
Parking …

Want to earn free tickets to Pacific Symphony’s Summer Festival Series at Verizon Wireless Amphitheater? Volunteer at their Musical Carnivals and Concerts on Saturday mornings throughout the year!
Pacific Symphony
3631 S. Harbor Blvd. Suite 100
Santa Ana, CA 92704
There is a wide variety of tasks for volunteers to do from greeting families as they enter the building, passing out programs and goodies, assisting with ushering, passing out seat cushions, leading games and activities for the children, and acting as guides for the groups of families who attend the concerts through the Heartstrings …

What’s there better to do on a Sunday afternoon than go to something relaxing? How about by attending a high school band benefit concert and supporting talented high school musicians?
The North Japan Honor Green Band, comprised of high school and college students from the Hokkaido and Tōhoku region of Japan, and John F. Kennedy High School Jazz Band are hosting a benefit concert this Sunday, January 2 at 2:30 P.M. to raise money for the Fallen Firefighters Fund and in honor of Sydney Ramirez, a Kennedy High School student killed …

There’s this Tagalog phrase, “ISANG BAGSAK!” which you’ll hear a lot of the Filipino clubs shout in solidarity.  It means “One Fall”.  We’ve seen the Filipino-American community come together all across America to provide relief for the people affected by Typhoon Ondoy and everything that has followed after.  We’ve seen the whole YouTube community come together to raise money through uStream shows, benefit concerts pop up all over the place, people donate money for each of their Twitter followers, food/clothing drives – you name it, it’s happened over the past …

Starting today, you can score a free ticket to any of 52 different shows in Orange County from October 1st – 31st, 2009.  It’s all a part of Theatre Communication group’s FREE NIGHT of Theatre program.  In it’s 5th year, the program provides free tickets to shows all across the nation, in hopes of bringing the unique theatre experience to those that haven’t experience it before!
There are plenty of shows in Southern California – from Orange County to LA and San Diego!  This is a great opportunity to check out …

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