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The Long Beach Municipal Band, one of the most distinguished and professional municipal bands in America, kicks off its Centennial Concert Season Tues., June 30 in Whaley Park, with the first of 11 concerts under  the Charter Communications Long Beach Sea Festival banner set for Thurs., July 2 in Marine Stadium.

The free concerts, which run through August 14, begin at 6:30 p.m.

Highly-acclaimed conductor Larry Curtis returns for his 16th season at the helm of the best of Southern California’s symphony, studio recording and jazz performers.  Combining with talented guest vocalists, the band will highlight a variety of jazz, movie, musical and light classical literature concert themes throughout the summer.

The complete Long Beach Municipal Band’s 2009 schedule, with Sea Festival concerts in bold face:

Whaley Park (Tuesdays):  6/30, 7/7,  7/14.
Bixby Bluffs Park (Tuesdays):  7/21, 7/28, 8/4, 8/11.
Los Cerritos  (Wednesdays): 7/1, 7/8, 7/15, 7/22, 7/29, 8/5, 8/12
Marine Stadium (Thursdays):  7/2, 7/9, 7/16, 7/23, 7/30, 8/6, 8/13.
El Dorado Park (Fridays):  7/3, 7/10, 7/17, 7/24, 7/31, 8/7, 8/14.

The Long Beach Sea Festival is presented by Charter Communications with additional sponsorship provided by: the Port of Long Beach; Mercedes  Benz of Long Beach; Odwalla, St. Mary Medical Center; TranSystems; Long Beach Department of Parks, Recreation  and Marine; Supervisor Don Knabe; the Long Beach Airport; Coke; Moffatt & Nichol; Aquarium of the Pacific; Anchor Environmental; Fred Hall Fishing Show; Keesal, Young & Logan; Long Beach Convention and Visitors Bureau; Grunion Gazette; Long Beach Press-Telegram; Long Beach TV 8 and Professional Business Services.

A complete list of all Sea Festival activities, with event location and information, can be found at www.longbeachseafestival.com.

Charter Communications is a leading broadband communications company and the third-largest publicly traded cable operator in the U.S.   Charter provides a full range of advanced broadband services and cost-effective broadband communications solutions to business organizations.  For more information about Charter, visit www.charter.com.