Locals turn out to enjoy Atascadero Community Band performance
Concert is the first in a free series
–The Atascadero Community Band introduced a new conductor and performed a free concert at Atascadero Lake Park Tuesday evening. The concert is the first in a series of weekly Tuesday evening concerns which will run through the month of August.
Brenda Haskell of Nipomo is the new conductor, and she’s enthusiastic about it. Haskell has lived on the Central Coast for many years with her family. She met her husband, Brian, playing in a high school band in high school many years ago. She says her son and his wife recently bought a home in Atascadero.
Haskell graduated from Cal State Northridge, and Sam Houston University. She previously taught band at several county schools including Cayucos Elementary. She is also serving as Director of the Cuesta College South County Community Band.
The Atascadero Community Band performs every Tuesday evening between 7 and 8 at the Atascadero Lake Park.
For more information, go to their website: AtascaderoBand.org.
