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The band is on hiatus for the summer.
We will resume rehearsals on Sept. 13, 2010.
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Alushta student visit (Nov. 29 - Dec. 12, 2008) -
21 students from the Alushta Music School
and 6 adults visited Santa Cruz. The Santa Cruz City Band and the
Alushta Music School Band performed together and separately in a
concert on December 8 (click on the "Sounds" link to the left for
some audio and video clips). During their stay in Santa
Cruz the students were hosted by local families and they experienced
many activities and events.
Trip to Alushsta, Ukraine (May 8-18, 2008) -
Music is a
language that needs no translation,
as members of the Santa Cruz City Band discovered on their
recent trip to sister city Alushta, Ukraine.
The band played 2 concerts in this city situated on the Black Sea coast of
the Crimean Peninsula of Ukraine. In one
concert
the Santa Cruz band combined with the Alushta Music School Band to perform
before a packed auditorium. During the concert conductor John Thomas announced the
donation of several instruments (clarinet, trumpet, trombone and tuba) to the music school. During the trip the Santa Cruz
band members were treated to outings at
wineries, museums, the czar's palace in Yalta, a public school, an
afternoon at a spa and a day of horseback riding in
the mountains. The band made many friends and highlights were a meeting
with local government officials, and parties given by the parents of the music school students and the Rotary Club of Alushta.
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