TARGET® SYMPHONY IN THE CITIES

It's the perfect way to end a lazy summer day: Pacific Symphony's Target Symphony in the Cities free concerts, in three Orange County communities!

For eight years in a row, Target has been the title sponsor for this popular event, which attracts thousands of people each summer, many of whom arrive with picnics and lawn chairs and make it a thoroughly enjoyable and memorable summer experience.

As always, a "Musical Playground," with many interactive and hands-on activities for children before the concert and includes making an instrument, playing a drum, meeting a musician and a conducting clinic with Maestro St.Clair.

All concerts get underway at 7 p.m., with the Symphony’s pre-concert Musical Playground, featuring many interactive and hands-on activities for children (including making an instrument, playing in a drum circle, visiting an instrument petting zoo and meeting Symphony musicians) beginning at 5:30 p.m. (in Costa Mesa and Lake Forest); Mission Viejo’s “Prelude in the Park,” begins at 4 p.m. and offers an array of pre-concert festivities, with the Symphony’s Musical Playground beginning at 4:30 p.m.

 CONCERT DATES AND LOCATIONS

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COSTA MESA  •  Friday • July 26, 2013
Arts Plaza, Segerstrom Center for the Arts, Plaza
Pre-concert entertainment and a Musical Playground for Children: 5:30pm
Concert featuring Pacific Symphony: 7:00pm

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MISSION VIEJO • Saturday • July 27, 2013
"The Village Green" at Oso Viejo Community Park
24932 Veterans Way, Mission Viejo, CA
Prelude in the Park, including pre-concert entertainment and a Musical Playground for Children: 4:00pm
Concert featuring Pacific Symphony: 7:00pm

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LAKE FOREST • Sunday • July 28, 2013
Pittsford Park: 21701 Pittsford Drive, Lake Forest, CA
Pre-concert entertainment and a Musical Playground for Children: 5:30pm
Concert featuring Pacific Symphony: 7:00pm
Pittsford Park is located on Pittsford Drive, between Lake Forest Drive and El Toro Road

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PROGRAM

Shostakovich		Festive Overture
Johann Strauss Jr.		On the Beautiful Blue Danube
Johann Strauss Sr.		Radetzky March
Massenet		Meditation from "Thais"
Williams		Liberty Fanfare
Various		Armed Forces Tribute
Sousa		Washington Post March
Sousa		Hands Across the Sea (with children conducting)
Bernstein/arr. Mason		Selections from West Side Story
		Bandstand Boogie (Alley Cats) Only You (Alley Cats) Sh-Boom (Alley Cats) America the Beautiful (with Alley Cats)

"We remain grateful to Target for their continued support, sincere interest in our community and for helping make these concerts such a huge success each year," says Symphony President John Forsyte. "Thanks to Target, we are able to offer high-quality music in beautiful outdoor settings to people who might not otherwise have the opportunity to hear these very talented musicians. We are also grateful to the cities for their financial support and for all the work they put into making each concert a memorable experience."

Minneapolis-based Target Corporation (NYSE:TGT) serves guests at 1,750 stores in 49 states nationwide and at Target.com. In addition, the company operates a credit card segment that offers branded proprietary credit card products. Since 1946, Target has given 5 percent of its income through community grants and programs; today, that giving equals more than $3 million a week

For more information about these free community concerts,
call (714) 755-5788.