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Symphony Plays the Classics in Downtown SB

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President Elect of the San Bernardino Symphony Guild Judy Podskalan handing out information about the Guild to concert goers.

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Newly wed couple, Donita Remington and Susan Hodges enjoys some time in the Will Rogers room before the concert starts.

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Megan Harley is a member of the San Bernardino Symphony Debs and takes tickets. They receive a certificate of community service at the end of the concert season.

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Pat Rowe and Vicki Darrington are dressed in their finest and enjoy a night of classical music in downtown San Bernardino at the historic California Theatre.

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Andre Moore, Willson Nguyen, Pablo Barrios, Pedro Zecena, and Billie Luong are members of the Red-Tie Guys. They help out patrons during the concert and are juniors and seniors at local schools.

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Frank Summers and Jung Won Jin take a break in the lobby during intermission. Rachmaninoff is the next composer on the program list.

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Maria Lopez, Ethan Silva, Sandra Molina, Oscar Pimentel, Aiden Silva, Jaslyn, and Jennifer Pementel attend the symphony for the first time. They all enjoyed the music and were looking forward to the second act.

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Rey Ramirez, Rosa Cruz, Anna Sevilla and Raul Sevilla came from out of town and happened to come across tickets a friend couldn't use for the night.

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Javier Medina, Sylvia Isom, and Emily Isom traveled from the city of Big Bear. The students were excited to be there and to see live music.

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Natalie Momari, Cassidy Rojas, and Sharol Ruiz are finishing up their drinks before the second act begins.

By Samantha Carlson, Community Writer
May 15, 2014 at 02:48pm. Views: 90

MASTERWorks was performed recently by the San Bernardino (SB) Symphony Orchestra at the historic California Theatre in San Bernardino. Judith Valles, the board president, welcomed guests in the program by saying, “Music transcends all barriers, real or imagined, of language, countries of origin, color, creed or anything else you can imagine. Music is the glue that binds us all together as we are transported by the music to beautiful memories and events in our lives.” MASTERworks was the final concert of the 85th season and the music in the program included; Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5 and Sergei Rachmaninoff’s piano concerto No. 3 with guest pianist Norman Krieger. Judy Podskalan, President Elect of the SB Symphony Guild, handed out brochures for the organization before the program and during intermission. She shared, “I love music and the symphony is amazing. It’s so lovely to have a symphony in SB and it’s important to the community.” Donita Remington and wife Susan Hodges were relaxing in the Will Rogers room before the concert began. They shared some of their reasons for attending, stating, “We like the music and want to support the community. We love the new conductor, Frank Fetta, and we have some friends on the symphony board.” Before the show began, the Symphony Guild Debs and the Red-Tie Guys were on hand to assist patrons by helping them out of their cars, taking tickets and escorting patrons to their seats. The concert was dedicated to three members of the community: Allen Brooks Gresham, Edward G. “Duke” Hill and Nancy Bricard-Woods. Before the concert began, Frank Fetta spoke to the audience and said he loves his wife, music and his orchestra and explained that rather than Rachmaninoff starting the program, they decided to play Tchaikovsky to energize the audience because his works are so energetic. Sandra Molina came to the symphony for the first time with her family and said at intermission, “It’s really good. When the lights came back on, we were thinking, it was finished already and we wanted more.” Rey Ramirez traveled from Coachella Valley to see the symphony with friends and commented, "It brings back memories. It’s a good selection and there is nothing like live music.”

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