Friday, June 11, 2010

14th Annual Summer Concert Series in Farnsworth Park

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

Altadena, CA June 11th, 2010 The Sheriff’s Support Group of Altadena (SSGA) has announced the line up for the 14th annual FREE Summer Concerts in Farnsworth Park’s out door Amphitheater, 568 E. Mt. Curve Ave., Altadena, CA 91001.

This year’s season kicks off on July 3rd the Elk’s #99 Concert Band who will perform patriotic music in celebration of our Nation’s Birthday The July 10th concert will be featuring the Downbeat Express, Altadena’s Big Band, On July 17th Altadena will have its very own Dixieland party with The Crown City Dixieland Band. Back for her second appearance is Melena Latin Jazz Band for the July 24th concert. On August 31st Upstream will perform Caribbean music. Wreck N Sow will perform on August 7th with Bluegrass, Country and Americana. Those Manning Boys & Friends will entertain with Irish Song & Dance from the Public Houses of Ireland on August 14th.Classic Rock ‘n Roll will be performed by The All American Flyers on August 28th. And for our Grand Finale we will feature Randy Caputo’s Legends Show Band who will pay tribute to drummer legends Gene Krupa & Buddy Rich, along with tributes to Connie Francis, Louis Prima and a special tribute to the Andrew Sisters.

The Summer Concert Series is made possible by the generous support of our Sponsors. This year SSGA welcomes back a major sponsor, Warner Bros. Entertainment whose donation accounts for nearly 40% of the total cost of the Concert Series. “Warner Bros. does lots of filming for both TV and Feature Films in Altadena and we wanted to give back to the Community and felt the Summer Concerts were the perfect community event to be part of.” Said Lisa Rawlins Senior Vice President, Public Affairs of Warner Bros. Entertainment. Bob Klomburg, President of SSGA said “Without Warner Bros. participation we would have had to curtail the number of concerts this year. Their generous support made this season’s concerts possible”. In addition to Warner Bros. the Rotary Club of Altadena is again a major sponsor supporting the Concert Series along with Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich. Additional sponsors include Toyota of Pasadena, Dickson Podley Realtors, All American Audio Visual, M & M Printing, Trinity Thread Works and My Irish Pride, Beven & Brock Property Management, Georgia Rutherford in memory of Don Rutherford and Altadena Parks Advisory Committee in Honor of Cumi MacKenzie. The Altadena Sheriff’s Station is our host, and Farnsworth Park. For the fist time the Coffee Gallery, www.funkylittlecoffeehouse.com/ will provide professional stand up comedians to serve as our MC and Altadena’s Amy’s Patio CafĂ© will be offering pre-ordered picnic dinners, available at:
www.amyspatiocafe.net

SSGA is a 501 (c) (3) non-profit organization that assists the Altadena Sheriff’s Station with equipment and supplies not available through the County budget and are the producers of the 14th Annual Summer Concert Series.

Contact:
Robert Klomburg
info@altadenasheriffs.org
780 E. Altadena Dr.
Altadena, CA 91001
626-791-3747


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