In honor of military veterans, the Santa Maria Valley Senior Citizens Club will host its USO Dance at the Elwin Mussell Senior Center in Santa Maria on Sunday, Nov. 10, from 1:30 to 4 p.m. Admission to the event is free, thanks to grant funding from the Community Foundation of San Luis Obispo County, according to press materials.
The event will feature live music from the Riptide Big Band, an ensemble based in the Santa Maria Valley. Led by former music teacher Judy Lindquist, the group includes local musicians from both Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties and specializes in big band era music, soft rock from the ’60s and ’70s, the music standards of the ’30s and ’40s, and “pretty much anything written for standard big band orchestration,” according to the group’s website.
Thanks to consistent funding from the Community Foundation of San Luis Obispo County, the Riptide Big Band has been providing live dance events with free admission at venues across the Central Coast for several years.
To find out more about the USO Dance and other upcoming dance concerts featuring the Riptide Big Band, visit riptidebb.com. The Elwin Mussell Senior Center is located at 510 Park Ave., Santa Maria.
For more info on the Community Foundation of San Luis Obispo County, call (805) 543-2323 or visit cfsloco.org. Since 1998, the nonprofit has awarded grants and scholarships totaling more than $37 million, according to the organization’s website.
This article appears in Oct 31 – Nov 10, 2024.