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French sounds to fill the air

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By Daily Press staff

If you like France, then it will be music to your ears this weekend at Santa Monica College.

The SMC Emeritus College Band will present “Holiday in France,” a French-themed program, at 3 p.m. Sunday, May 14 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 baton of Wallace Umber.

On the program will be such pieces as Gershwin’s “An American in Paris,” Offenbach’s “Orpheus in the Underworld,” “Suite Française” by Darius Milhaud, and “Quadrille” by Cole Porter.

For further information, call (310) 434-4306 or (310) 474-5271. Spin into diabetes prevention

Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on May 13, 2006. Read the original PDF.

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