Dick Crest
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Richard "Dick" Crest was a longtime member of the music department faculty at the College of San Mateo
in San Mateo, California
.
and Vince Guaraldi
, to make appearances with the band, which performed in the college's little theatre. Crest also led a professional band during the summer months at Rio Nido, California
, on the Russian River
, for evening concerts and dances in the village square, during the 1950s and 1960s. Richard also performed special events. One such memorable evening with at the Moscone Center
. His band was the main event for the gala Christmas Party sponsored by TRW/ESL, Incorporated. He was the first director of a high school band playing at a National Football League game. He also directed the orchaestra for the Democratic Party National Convention at Moscone Center one year. He died at the age of 80 and taught at James Lick High School
.
College of San Mateo
College of San Mateo is a community college in San Mateo, California. It is part of the San Mateo County Community College District....
in San Mateo, California
San Mateo, California
San Mateo is a city in San Mateo County, California, United States, in the San Francisco Bay Area. With a population of approximately 100,000 , it is one of the larger suburbs on the San Francisco Peninsula, located between Burlingame to the north, Foster City to the east, Belmont to the south,...
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Life
After leading the college's concert band, Crest took over the leadership of the jazz band from Bud Young in the early 1960s. The San Mateo College Jazz Band won the majority of California Jazz competitions. Crest invited a number of professional jazz musicians, including John HandyJohn Handy
John Richard Handy III is an American jazz alto saxophonist.-Biography:In the 1960s, Handy led several groups...
and Vince Guaraldi
Vince Guaraldi
Vincent Anthony "Vince" Guaraldi was an Italian American jazz musician and pianist noted for his innovative compositions and arrangements and for composing music for animated adaptations of the Peanuts comic strip...
, to make appearances with the band, which performed in the college's little theatre. Crest also led a professional band during the summer months at Rio Nido, California
Rio Nido, California
Rio Nido, California is a small, unincorporated resort community on the Russian River, east of Guerneville, in Sonoma County. The town's name is meant to mean "river nest" in Spanish...
, on the Russian River
Russian River (California)
The Russian River, a southward-flowing river, drains of Sonoma and Mendocino counties in Northern California. With an annual average discharge of approximately , it is the second largest river flowing through the nine county Greater San Francisco Bay Area with a mainstem 110 miles ...
, for evening concerts and dances in the village square, during the 1950s and 1960s. Richard also performed special events. One such memorable evening with at the Moscone Center
Moscone Center
Moscone Center is the largest convention and exhibition complex in San Francisco, California. It comprises three main halls: Two underground halls underneath Yerba Buena Gardens, known as Moscone North and Moscone South, and a three-level Moscone West exhibition hall across 4th Street...
. His band was the main event for the gala Christmas Party sponsored by TRW/ESL, Incorporated. He was the first director of a high school band playing at a National Football League game. He also directed the orchaestra for the Democratic Party National Convention at Moscone Center one year. He died at the age of 80 and taught at James Lick High School
James Lick High School
James Lick High School is a high school in the East Side Union High School District located in San Jose.-History:Lick High School was built in 1950 and is the oldest of the eleven high schools in the ESUHSD...
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