Music of the 70's
Schedule
Mon, 15 May, 2023 at 07:30 pm
Location
Ontario Town Square | Ontario, CA
Popular music in the 1970's saw the rise and development of many subgenres that included Disco, Funk, Soul, R & B, Smooth Jazz, Hard Rock, New Wave, Punk Rock, Progressive Rock, Blues Rock, Soft Rock and Pop, and Heavy Metal. The first half of the 1970's witnessed the emergence of British heavy metal groups such as Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath. In the second half of the decade, many acts primarily from the U.S.A. along with groups from the British Isles and Australia, became very popular. They included Alice Copper, Aerosmith, Van Halen, Ted Nugent, Elton John, Simon and Garfunkel, Barry Manilow, Frank Zappa, Billy Joel, Olivia Newton-John, The Carpenters, Carlos Santana, The Bee Gees, The Jackson Five, Neil Diamond, Helen Reddy, Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gayes, and many others.
Vocalist Vicky Shell will make her debut with the Show Band in "Copacabana." Also, a talented group of Show Band soloists will be featured as soloists that include trombonist Jose Padilla in "Song Sung Blue," clarinetist Neil Vargas in "Strangers On the Shore," trumpeter Steve Collins in "We've Only Just Begun," a flute duet featuring Barbara Farr and Kenya Nelson in "A Stairway to Heaven," a tenor sax solo on "A Song For You" by Pat Arnold, vocalist Natasha Le in "I Am Woman," vocalist John Holguin in "Black Magic Woman," clarinetist Richard Montague in "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road," a percussion trio featuring Bob Mattus, Richard Rakijian, and Steve Sturges in "Haskell's Rascals," and "Puff the Magic Dragon" featuring the tuba section; Dave Schaafsma, Brunson Achiu, Michael Bachman, Bruce Ford, and Dennis Sampson.
The performance will be narrated by City of Ontario Mayor Paul Leon and Retired Ontario City Manager Al Boling.