Bone-A-fieD Brass Concert & Mini-Mardi Gras Party - A Benefit for Charley Brown Children's Center

 “76 Trombones led the big parade…”

Robert Preston, as Professor Harold Hill, created one of the movies’ most memorable musical moments – parading those 76 trombones, 110 cornets and a plethora of other instruments through the streets of River City in The Music Man.

  Fast forward to 6pm, March 6, 2011.  That’s when the eight trombonists of San Diego’s own Bone-A-FieD Brass Ensemble will appear in a special concert to be followed by a “Mini-Mardi Gras Party” featuring Cajun hors d’oeuvres and more music!

The Brass, a San Diego tradition since 1991, lists among its members four former school band directors, including Dean Hickman, San Diego’s 2003 “Teacher of the Year.”

The concert will feature movie and TV themes (Superman, Pink Panther…), marches, patriotic tunes and an original arrangement by conductor Gerry Kirk, which highlights the 15 most viewed TV westerns of all time, among them Gunsmoke, Bonanza, The Lone Ranger and Death Valley Days.

Hosted by the United Church of Christ of La Mesa (UCCLM) as a benefit for the Charley Brown Children’s Center (CBCC), the concert will be held in the church’s sanctuary, the party in its Friendship Hall.  (5940 Kelton Avenue, La Mesa, CA 91942, 619-464-1519, www.ucclm.org).  All donations will benefit CBCC, a non-profit children’s center licensed for youngsters from six weeks to five years of age.

Childcare – and a special craft activity for children – will be provided.

All are welcome!