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# Santa Monica College Emeritus Band to Perform Mid-Winter Concert Feb. 26
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/021706-story-20060217-4/
- Published: 2006-02-17T16:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T17:17:07.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Events, Pico, #archive-import

*By Daily Press staff*

The Santa Monica College Emeritus College Band will present its Mid-Winter Concert — an eclectic program that will include cowboy music, Bob Dylan melodies and more —at 3 p.m. on Feb. 26 in the SMC Concert Hall, 1900 Pico Blvd. Admission and parking are free.

The 60-member concert band, part of SMC’s acclaimed Emeritus College for older adults, is under the direction of Wallace Umber.

One highlight of the program is Morton Gould’s “Cowboy Rhapsody,” based on American cowboy songs and idioms including “Home on the Range,” “Bury me Not on the Lone Prairie,” “Trail to Mexico,” and more. The Bob Dylan melodies include the famous protest songs of the 1960s such as “Blowin’ in the Wind.”

Also on the program will be Tchaikovsky, Big Band music, Sousa marches and more.

For more information, call (310) 434-4306 or (310) 474-5271.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on February 17, 2006.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/021706.pdf?ref=smdp.com)