Local Horn Players Join “The Four Tops” Saturday in Arcadia

Local horn players from Arcadia and surrounding communities will be joining legendary Motown group “The Four Tops” onstage at Arcadia Performing Arts Center on Saturday, Feb. 21 at 8 p.m.
Tickets, available online by visiting www.Arcadiapaf.org, are $39.50 to $109.50 with VIP Meet and Greet Packages available. The theatre is at 188 Campus Drive at North Santa Anita Avenue, Arcadia CA 91007. For more information please call (626) 821-1781.
The lucky, local musicians include three horn players who performed in the Tony & Emmy Award-winning production of “Blast!” They include Fabio Spinella, a graduate of Arcadia High School; Matthew Murdock, who was a teacher for the Arcadia High School Band program; and Mike Danielson, Music Director at First Avenue Middle School for over 20 years and president of the Arcadia Teachers Association.
Other local musicians who will be backing up “The Four Tops” include Peter Connell, lead trombonist for the Disneyland Band; Jason Goldman, Jazz Studies professor at USC; Paul Navidad; Nick Gomez; Andrew Carney; and Sean Franz, who has toured with the Brian Setzer Orchestra, plays professionally at Disneyland, and travels to perform all over the world.
“The Four Tops” have had over 15 top-20 singles in the U.S. including “Baby I Need Your Loving,” “I Can’t Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch),” ”It’s The Same Old Song,” “Reach Out, I’ll Be There,” and “Ain’t No Woman (Like The One I’ve Got).”

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