Malibuites in concert

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Malibu residents who on June 3 performed in the Jr. Philharmonic Orchestra's 72nd Anniversary Concert Spectacular at Walt Disney Concert Hall (from left): percussionist Rebecca Gray, solo trumpeter Stephen Ravaglioli, assistant producer Debra Marisa Greene, conductor Gary S. Greene, flutist Alissa Myer and narrator/soloist/actor Dick Van Dyke. Not pictured: Dr. Ernest Katz.

Numerous Malibu residents performed in the Jr. Philharmonic Orchestra’s 72nd Anniversary Concert Spectacular at Walt Disney Concert Hall on June 3, which honored the orchestra’s 95 year-old founder-conductor and longtime Malibu resident, Dr. Ernst Katz.

Resident Gary S. Greene conducted the orchestra in works by Schubert, Paganini and Mendelssohn as well as a collection of Broadway tunes, featuring live performances by Dick Van Dyke, Carol Lawrence, Pat Boone, June Lockhart and Jordan Bennett.