ADBF 2005

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Conejo Valley Unified School District Bands
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For the second year in a row, musicians from Conejo USD bands performed in the Fred Kavli Theatre at the Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza. Instrumentalists representing the three area high schools along with musicians from their respective feeder middle and elementary schools performed to a packed house of family and friends. Too large to perform together on any stage in the Conejo Valley, musicians performed on three nights during early May 2005. More than 1,200 students performed during the three day music festival.

The largest concert, combining the talents of the Thousand Oaks High School's instrumental music department with musicians from three middle schools and several elementary schools, performed on May 5, 2005. With this large performing group, the stage had to be extended all the way back wall of the facility. Every square-foot of performance space was utilized. Similar performances were seen earlier in the week when the Newbury Park Cluster and the Westlake Cluster performed on the same stage.

This was the performance of a lifetime for many of these young instrumental students who will have few opportunities to perform on a professional stage. Usually, All District Band Festival performances are conducted in local area high school gyms, not a particularly good venue for concerts. Funding for this year's event was provided by the City of Thousand Oaks, the Conejo Valley Arts Council, the Conejo Schools Foundation, the Alliance for the Arts, the Conejo Valley Unified School District and a private donors. We applaud the support of these local organizations and hope they sponsor a return to this fine venue in 2006.