{"id":249,"date":"2019-02-02T17:27:11","date_gmt":"2019-02-03T01:27:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/?p=999937444"},"modified":"2019-02-02T17:27:11","modified_gmt":"2019-02-03T01:27:11","slug":"long-beach-symphony-flies-away-with-second-annual-family-concert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/hi-lo\/art\/long-beach-symphony-flies-away-with-second-annual-family-concert","title":{"rendered":"Long Beach Symphony flies away with second annual family concert"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Rain storms Saturday afternoon couldn\u2019t keep an estimated crowd of 3,000 children and families from attending the Long Beach Symphony\u2019s second annual family concert at the Terrace Theater, sponsored by the Earl B. and Loraine H. Miller Foundation.<\/p>\n<p>With an aerial theme of \u201cUp! Up! And Away!\u201d the concert featured a full symphonic performance celebrating things that fly: from bumblebees to birds, kites to magic carpets, dragons to aliens, and superheroes to starships.<\/p>\n<p>Saturday\u2019s family concert followed seperate student-focused performances by the Symphony earlier in the week. As part of the Toyota Youth Concert Series, 12,000 fourth and fifth grade students from Long Beach Unified School District and several Wilmington schools visited the Long Beach Performing Arts Center on Thursday and Friday to experience a live performance by the orchestra.<\/p>\n<p>The Symphony\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/longbeachsymphony.org\/calendar\/\">2018-19 season<\/a> continues through June.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_999937463\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-999937463\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/0202-CONCERT01.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-999937463 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/0202-CONCERT01-970x599.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"371\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-999937463\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Long Beach Symphony bassoonist David Muller,left, shows his bassoon to Bianca Marquez,6, of Long Beach, as the Long Beach Symphony held it&#8217;s second annual Family Concert entitled, Up! Up! And Away at the Terrace Theater, inside the Long Beach Performing Arts Center Saturday, February 2, 2019.<br \/>Photo by Stephen Carr \/ Long Beach Post<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_999937464\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-999937464\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/0202-CONCERT02.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-999937464 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/0202-CONCERT02-970x701.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"434\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-999937464\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Families look on as Taylor Casas of Aerial Butterflies performs during the Long Beach Symphony&#8217;s second annual Family Concert entitled, Up! Up! And Away at the Terrace Theater, inside the Long Beach Performing Arts Center Saturday, February 2, 2019.<br \/>Photo by Stephen Carr \/ Long Beach Post<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_999937465\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-999937465\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/0202-CONCERT03.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-999937465 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/0202-CONCERT03-970x655.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"405\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-999937465\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Long Beach Symphony&#8217;s second annual Family Concert entitled, Up! Up! And Away at the Terrace Theater, inside the Long Beach Performing Arts Center Saturday, February 2, 2019.<br \/>Photo by Stephen Carr \/ Long Beach Post<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_999937466\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-999937466\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/0202-CONCERT04.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-999937466 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/0202-CONCERT04-970x693.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"429\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-999937466\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tiegan Fletcher,3, left, and her brother Cory Fletcher,5, of Long Beach, pose for a photo during the Long Beach Symphony&#8217;s second annual Family Concert entitled, Up! Up! And Away at the Terrace Theater, inside the Long Beach Performing Arts Center Saturday, February 2, 2019.<br \/>Photo by Stephen Carr \/ Long Beach Post<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_999937467\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-999937467\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/0202-CONCERT05.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-999937467 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/0202-CONCERT05-970x770.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"476\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-999937467\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Julia Nikitina,left, and her daughter Vera Nikitina,3, of Long Beach, during the Long Beach Symphony&#8217;s second annual Family Concert entitled, Up! Up! And Away at the Terrace Theater, inside the Long Beach Performing Arts Center Saturday, February 2, 2019.<br \/>Photo by Stephen Carr \/ Long Beach Post<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_999937468\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-999937468\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/0202-CONCERT06.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-999937468 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/0202-CONCERT06-970x574.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"355\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-999937468\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Long Beach Symphony Music Director Eckart Preu, conducts during the Long Beach Symphony&#8217;s second annual Family Concert entitled, Up! Up! And Away at the Terrace Theater, inside the Long Beach Performing Arts Center Saturday, February 2, 2019.<br \/>Photo by Stephen Carr \/ Long Beach Post<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_999937469\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-999937469\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/0202-CONCERT07.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-999937469 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/0202-CONCERT07-970x634.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"392\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-999937469\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Long Beach Symphony Music Director Eckart Preu, during the Long Beach Symphony&#8217;s second annual Family Concert entitled, Up! Up! And Away at the Terrace Theater, inside the Long Beach Performing Arts Center Saturday, February 2, 2019.<br \/>Photo by Stephen Carr \/ Long Beach Post<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_999937470\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-999937470\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/0202-CONCERT08.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-999937470 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/0202-CONCERT08-970x569.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"352\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-999937470\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Guest conductor Long Beach 9th District Councilmember Rex Richardson conducts during the Long Beach Symphony&#8217;s second annual Family Concert entitled, Up! Up! And Away at the Terrace Theater, inside the Long Beach Performing Arts Center Saturday, February 2, 2019.<br \/>Photo by Stephen Carr \/ Long Beach Post<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_999937471\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-999937471\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/0202-CONCERT09.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-999937471 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/0202-CONCERT09-970x676.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"418\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-999937471\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ballerina Piper Hammond performs Long Beach Symphony&#8217;s second annual Family Concert entitled, Up! Up! And Away at the Terrace Theater, inside the Long Beach Performing Arts Center Saturday, February 2, 2019.<br \/>Photo by Stephen Carr \/ Long Beach Post<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_999937472\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-999937472\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/0202-CONCERT10.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-999937472 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/0202-CONCERT10-970x648.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"401\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-999937472\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">From left to right, 19-month-old Lawson Vanderbeek-McCall, Maya Guayasasin,5, and Lottie Vanderbeek-McCall during the Long Beach Symphony&#8217;s second annual Family Concert entitled, Up! Up! And Away at the Terrace Theater, inside the Long Beach Performing Arts Center Saturday, February 2, 2019.<br \/>Photo by Stephen Carr \/ Long Beach Post<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_999937473\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-999937473\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/0202-CONCERT11.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-999937473 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/0202-CONCERT11-970x648.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"401\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-999937473\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Long Beach Symphony&#8217;s second annual Family Concert entitled, Up! Up! And Away at the Terrace Theater, inside the Long Beach Performing Arts Center Saturday, February 2, 2019.<br \/>Photo by Stephen Carr \/ Long Beach Post<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_999937474\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-999937474\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/0202-CONCERT12.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-999937474 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/0202-CONCERT12-970x678.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"419\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-999937474\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Long Beach Symphony&#8217;s second annual Family Concert entitled, Up! Up! And Away at the Terrace Theater, inside the Long Beach Performing Arts Center Saturday, February 2, 2019. Photo by Stephen Carr \/ Long Beach Post<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_999937475\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-999937475\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/0202-CONCERT14.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-999937475 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/0202-CONCERT14-970x611.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"378\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-999937475\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Long Beach Symphony Music Director Eckart Preu, conducts during the Long Beach Symphony&#8217;s second annual Family Concert entitled, Up! Up! And Away at the Terrace Theater, inside the Long Beach Performing Arts Center Saturday, February 2, 2019. 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