Pomona Concert Band's 2025 December Holiday Concert

Dear Friends of the Pomona Concert Band and Supporters,

The Pomona Concert Band proudly presents their annual Holiday Concert titled "Happy Holidays" on Friday, December 12th, 2025 at 7:30 pm.  The concert will be held in the Palomares Park Community Center, 499 E. Arrow Hwy in Pomona and is sponsored by the City of Pomona.  The concert will be directed by Artistic Director and Conductor Linda W. Taylor and Assistant Conductor Kerry Kline.  The Master of Ceremonies for the evening will be Mayor Tim Sandoval, and the color guard will be Heriberto Feliciano, USAF, Retired and Thomas Laffey.  Refreshments will be served at intermission.  The concert is FREE to the public.

The concert will include music celebrating the Christmas and Hanukkah holidays.  The numbers that the band will perform will include: "Festival Fanfare for Christmas" by John Wasson, "African Holy Night" arranged by Robert W. Smith, "Midnight Sleighride" by Tom Wallace, and "Fairytale of New York" by Shane MacGowan & Jeremy Finer and arranged by Sean O'Loughlin.  Other holiday favorites will include "'Twas the Night Before..." by David Shaffer, "A Christmas Carol" by Alan Silvestri and arranged by Robert Longfield, "The Eighth Candle" by Steve Reisteter, "The Polar Express" arranged by Jerry Brubaker, and our finale will be "Irving Berlin's Christmas" arranged by Mark Brymer & Michael Brown.

Celebrate and get a joyous start to your holiday season with a concert by one of the premier community Wind Bands in Southern California.  The best part is that the concert is FREE.  So bring your entire family and invite your friends to Palomares Park on December 12th at 7:30 pm.

You can follow the Pomona Concert Band on their website at www.pomonaconcertband.org to view their concert schedule plus photo gallery and video gallery.  The band has a YouTube Channel, along with Facebook, X and Instagram websites.  So click on the icons at the bottom of this email and visit our sites and let us know what you think.

Donations to the band are always welcome and appreciated.  The community can help support the Pomona Concert Band by becoming a supporter of The Friends of the Pomona Concert Band at the FRIENDS level ($99 & under), PATRONS ($100+), BENEFACTORS ($500+) and DISTINGUISHED BENEFACTORS ($1,000+).  All Donor's names will be included on every program and our website for the entire concert season.  The Friends of the Pomona Concert Band is a registered charity under Internal Revenue Code Section 501 C (3).  Checks may be made out to:  Friends of the Pomona Concert Band, P.O. Box 2753, Pomona, CA 91769.

Sincerely,