The Woodland Opera House will be hosting the Yolo Community Band on July 8 as they delight audiences with a family friendly concert featuring music from beloved Disney classics.

The Yolo Community Band will be playing music from “The Lion King,” “Aladdin” and “Encanto.” In addition, the audience will enjoy the sweeping melodies of Rossano Galante’s “Mt. Everest”, the high-spirited folk dances of “Puszta” by Jan van der Roost and W. Francis McBeth’s “Air and Dance” with its crisp driving rhythms.

The musicians in the band come from communities throughout Yolo County including Woodland, Davis, Esparto, Capay Valley, Dunnigan and Winters. They meet weekly under the baton of music director Michael Loya, band director at Woodland High School.

“It is a thrill to work each week with such talented and enthusiastic musicians and to share their music with the community,” Loya said.

The band recently performed at the Golden Gate Park Band Festival in San Francisco with other northern California community bands. Closer to home, they shared the stage with the musicians from Winters Middle School in an outreach concert to encourage those young musicians to continue to enjoy music as a part of their lives throughout and beyond their years in school.

For tickets to “Feel the Beat: Disney, Dances and Delights,” which will be held at 4 p.m., contact the Woodland Opera House Box Office (530) 666-9617 or reserve online at https://vivenu.com/event/feel-the-beat-disney-dances-delights-gfx7ov . Ticket prices are adults $10, children 17 & under $5 and all balcony seating $5.

The band rehearses on Wednesday nights from 7-9 p.m. at Woodland High School and welcomes new members on all wind and percussion instruments throughout the year. For more information, contact yolocommunityband@gmail.com.

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The Winters Friends of the Library 2023 Summer Concerts at the Gazebo will kick off on Thursday, July 6 with “The Nickel Slots.”

With influences from early roots Americana music as well as a touch of rebellious ’70s punk, “The Nickel Slots” have won three Sammies (Sacramento Area Music Awards) for Outstanding Americana/Alt-Country and one for Best Live Performer, and are now in the Sammies Hall of Fame.

The concerts are free, but donations will be gratefully accepted. All proceeds will benefit the Winters Community Library. For more information, visit wfol.org.

“The Nickel Slots” will be at the Gazebo, located at Rotary Park on Main Street at Railroad Avenue in downtown Winters from 7 to 8:30 p.m. on July 6.

For more information about “The Nickel Slots,” visit www.thenickelslotsmusic.com.

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Locally based, “acapella-plus” group “Tune Up” will perform at Peregrine School in Davis on Saturday, July 8.

The free concert is the third performance of Peregrine School’s 2023 Second Saturday Concert Series. The program features vocalists Bill Cavins, Dianna (Dede) Craig, Lane Suarez and Vicky Boesch. Prior to the performance, Craig and Cavins will present a free, one-hour presentation about the vocal harmony found of doo-wop.

The gates of Peregrine’s South campus, located at 2650 Lillard Dr., will open at approximately 9:45 a.m. Outdoor seating is limited and will be on a first come, first served basis. For additional information, please contact Peregrine School at (530) 753-5500 and www.peregrineschool.org.

Center Stage is a column exploring the arts in and around Yolo County.