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The ������Ƶ Orchestra performs at several Southern California cities on its way to San Diego Feb. 15-18. This year’s annual spring tour includes stops in Yucaipa, Spring Valley, San Diego and Westminster. Admission is free to all performances, although a goodwill offering will be taken.

The 58-member orchestra, under the direction of , and six members of the ������Ƶ Chapel Band will perform Rimsky Korsakoff’s “Russian Easter Overture,” Alphons Diepenbrock’s Hymne, “Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing,” Tchaikovsky’s “Serenade for Strings” and Gabriel Faure’s “Masques and Bergamasques.”

“The orchestra’s annual tour is a highlight of the season for the musicians and a tremendous outreach for ������Ƶ,” Shasberger says. “It brings ������Ƶ’s story to a wide-ranging and diverse audience and heightens the performance skills and experiences of our students.”

Performance Dates and Locations:

• Saturday, Feb. 15 at 7 p.m. in Yucaipa High School’s Multi Purpose Room, (Sponsored by) 33333 Yucaipa Boulevard in Yucaipa
• Sunday, Feb. 16, at 3 p.m. at , 325 Kempton St. in Spring Valley
• Sunday, Feb. 16, at 7 p.m. at , 12395 World Trade Drive in San Diego
• Tuesday, Feb. 18, at 7 p.m. at , 15750 Magnolia St in Westminster

The musicians, who stay in church family homes, will perform in a workshop at Disneyland on Monday, Feb 17, and the following day at Beckman High School in Irvine for an orchestra clinic.

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