26-PIECE BRASS/PERCUSSION CONCERT IN BELMONT SHORE

Tickets available now

1. Glad you'll be with us Sat., Dec. 21, 2024 for the 5 p.m. concert at Bay Shore Church. There are 25 musicians!
2. It's free if you bring non-perishable food items and/or packs of socks to donate. 
3. If you are unable to attend Dec. 21, please cancel your tickets so those on the waitlist can get tickets. 
4.  Each ticket should have a different person's name.  If you registered four people but your name is on all tickets, please log back in and add their names.
5. Be seated by 4:50 p.m., sharp. 
6.Please consider bringing some baked goods or Christmas cookies to the church fellowship hall before the concert, and please stay for the post-concert tasting reception.  Details about the cookie contest/bake-off/tasting reception at www.JustinRudd.com/cookiecontest  

We suggest parking on 2nd St. and walking the block south to the church.  

Children: Well-behaved, very quiet children with ticket reservations are welcome at this event.

Latecomers Policy: As a courtesy to other patrons and to the performers, latecomers and those who exit the sanctuary during the performance will not be admitted back into the auditorium until an appropriate interval (between songs) as determined by the performance management/ushers.




Donation-based Christmas Concert in Belmont Shore by 25 professional musicians

Justin Rudd and his nonprofit Community Action Team (CAT) invite the public to a (donation-based), ticketed 90-minute "Joy to the World" Christmas concert at Bay Shore Church, 5100 E. The Toledo @ Granada Ave. in Belmont Shore.  Doors open at 4:30 p.m., and all seats are general admission.  All ages and all sizes of groups are welcome.  The professional talent is provided by the Southern California Brass Consortium. 

BRING THIS: Organizers are asking concert attendees to bring peanut butter, breakfast cereal, boxes of macaroni and cheese, and/or canned fruit that will be donated to a local food bank, or bring packs of mens socks that will be donated to agencies serving the homeless.

"Joy to the World!"
Southern California Brass Consortium (donation-based), ticketed holiday concert and optional Christmas cookie/Bake-off reception

Sunday, Dec. 10, 2023; 5 p.m.
Bay Shore Church
5100 E. The Toledo
Long Beach, 90803. MAP

PARKING
Free lot on the corner of The Toledo & Livingston Drive. MAP
We also encourage carpooling, public transit, biking and walking.

Schedule
- Doors open about 4:30 p.m.
- Concert (tickets required): 5 p.m.

SPONSORS
Justin Rudd’s Long Beach Turkey Trot and the Port of Long Beach are generous sponsors.

WHAT TO BRING
Organizers are asking concert attendees to bring peanut butter, breakfast cereal, boxes of macaroni and cheese, and/or canned fruit that will be donated to at local food bank, packs of socks, or toys and treats for shelter dogs/cats for CAT’s Operation Santa Paws.

Rudd says, “I've always wanted to give the community a BIG, amazing, Christmas Concert, and here it is!  Twenty-six professional instrumentalists will make this a holiday event to remember.”

SAMPLE RECORDINGS
The ensemble has sample recordings at www.socalbrass.org/media.  There is a video of the group practicing for the concert at http://youtu.be/LiqbLT79QBQ 

A PREVIOUS YEAR'S PROGRAM
A Charlie Brown Christmas • Bells of Valhalla • Eighth Candle • We Three Kings of Orient Are • Gloucestershire Wassail • Deck the Halls • O Come, O Come Emmanuel • The Joy of Christmas • A Wintry Mix • Angels We Have Heard on High • Gabriel's Oboe


General Policies for this Performance

Bay Shore Church has a traditional sanctuary with stained glass windows, mahogany paneled walls, mahogany pews, and burgundy carpeting and flooring.  The main floor has a center aisle and seats 350.  The balcony seats an additional 150 persons.  The church has a pipe organ and a Steinway grand piano. 

Children: Well-behaved, very quiet children with ticket reservations are welcome at this event.

Latecomers Policy: As a courtesy to other patrons and to the performers, latecomers and those who exit the sanctuary during the performance will not be admitted back into the auditorium until an appropriate interval as determined by the performance
management/ushers.

Justin Rudd's Community Action Team (CAT) | 3040 E. First Street | Long Beach | 90803  
A 501c3 nonprofit.  Tax ID# 05-0545777.  Contributions are tax deductible.

WHAT WE DO: monthly 30-Minute Beach Cleanups; Bulldog Beauty Contest; Father/Daughter Dance; Long Beach Giving Project; Operation Easter Basket; $1,000 Nat'l Elem. School Spelling Bee; Nat'l Adult Spelling Bee; Mother's Day Concert; 4th of July Kids Bike Parade; Long Beach Losers weight-loss contest; Interfaith Blessing of the Animals; National Mutt Show; Haute Dog Howl'oween Parade; Miss Long Beach & Miss Southern California pageants; Long Beach Turkey Trot; Operation Santa Paws; more.  CONTACT: Justin@JustinRudd.com