{"id":25695,"date":"2021-08-05T11:27:11","date_gmt":"2021-08-05T18:27:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/hi-lo\/?p=30000021494"},"modified":"2021-08-05T11:27:31","modified_gmt":"2021-08-05T18:27:31","slug":"long-beach-municipal-band-returns-with-summer-show-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/hi-lo\/long-beach-municipal-band-returns-with-summer-show-series","title":{"rendered":"Long Beach Municipal Band returns with summer show series"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Long Beach Municipal Band is slated to return with two weeks of free summer shows in August, according to a city memo released yesterday.<\/p>\n<p>This will be the first time the historic band has performed since the COVID-19 pandemic halted the outdoor concert series.<\/p>\n<p>This will also be the first season the band will play under the direction of Kurt Curtis, the son of the band&#8217;s esteemed conductor Larry Curtis, who led the band for 27 years before <a href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/hi-lo\/lb-municipal-bands-larry-curtis-was-the-model-for-local-musicians-and-teachers\">his death in 2020<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The city memo noted that Curtis and the Parks, Recreation and Marine staff are working on hiring part-time professional musicians for the concerts, which will include eight shows over a two-week course in various locations. Concert times will be announced in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n<p>Curtis has promised the comeback to include &#8220;fan favorite&#8221; songs with the themes &#8220;Stike up the Band&#8221; in the first week and &#8220;A Celebration through Music&#8221; in the second.<\/p>\n<p>The schedule is as follows:<\/p>\n<p>Week 1: &#8220;Strike up the Band&#8221;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Tuesday, Aug. 17 &#8211; Whaley Park (5620 E. Atherton St)<\/li>\n<li>Wednesday, Aug. 18 &#8211; Los Cerritos Park (3750 Del Mar Ave)<\/li>\n<li>Thursday, Aug. 19 &#8211; Marine Stadium Park (5255 E Paoli Way)<\/li>\n<li>Friday, Aug. 20 &#8211; El Dorado Park West (2800 N Studebaker Rd)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">Week 2: &#8220;A Celebration through Music&#8221;<\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">\u00a0Tuesday, August 24 \u2013 Bixby Bluff Park (130 Cherry Ave)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">Wednesday, August 25 \u2013 Los Cerritos Park<\/span> (3750 Del Mar Ave)<\/li>\n<li><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">Thursday, August 26 \u2013 Marine Stadium Park (5255 E Paoli Way)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">Friday, August 27 \u2013 El Dorado Park West <\/span>(2800 N Studebaker Rd)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Long Beach Municipal Band has been performing in Long Beach for over 100 years and is considered to be the oldest-running municipal band west of the Mississippi.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This will be the first season the band has performed since the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":262,"featured_media":71662,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"newspack_sponsor_sponsorship_scope":"","newspack_sponsor_native_byline_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_native_category_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_style":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_placement":"inherit","inline_featured_image":false,"newspack_ads_suppress_ads":false,"newspack_popups_has_disabled_popups":"","_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"_":"","_author_alias":"","cap-aim":"","cap-description":"","cap-display_name":"","cap-first_name":"","cap-jabber":"","cap-last_name":"","cap-linked_account":"","cap-newspack_employer":"","cap-newspack_job_title":"","cap-newspack_phone_number":"","cap-newspack_role":"","cap-user_email":"","cap-user_login":"","cap-website":"","cap-yahooim":"","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_email_html":"","newspack_email_type":"","newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_hide_page_title":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_show_share_buttons":"","newspack_sponsor_byline_prefix":"","newspack_sponsor_disclaimer_override":"","newspack_sponsor_flag_override":"","newspack_sponsor_only_direct":"","newspack_sponsor_url":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_show_updated_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[31898],"newspack_spnsrs_tax":[],"coauthors":[8767],"class_list":["post-25695","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hi-lo","tag-long-beach-municipal-band","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25695","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/262"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25695"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25695\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/71662"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25695"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25695"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25695"},{"taxonomy":"newspack_spnsrs_tax","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/newspack_spnsrs_tax?post=25695"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=25695"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}