By Kevin McKeown Mayor pro tem Santa Monica
The congratulatory messages I’m getting about conducting the Santa Monica College Concert Band on Sunday, based on a story in the Daily Press “Politics as unusual at SMC Concert,” June 2, page 3), are wholly underserved. The band will be conducted not by me, but by Kevin McKeown.
The other Kevin McKeown and I have both lived in Santa Monica for many years. I was surprised by the giggly teen-age girl admirer messages on my phone machine when Kevin McKeown was a student at Samohi and later drum major for the UCLA Marching Band. I’m sure Kevin McKeown was equally surprised when lawn signs appeared around town six years ago announcing that “he” was running for City Council.
To make our confusion even more confounding, both Kevin McKeown and I currently work for the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District.
Kevin McKeown is an accomplished musician who has conducted many times before, including at the annual SMMUSD “Stairway to the Stars” concert. The pops concert Sunday at Santa Monica College will be a wonderfully enjoyable afternoon due to Kevin McKeown’s baton, not mine.
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on June 4, 2004. Read the original PDF.