Page 12 - September 2015 • Southern California Gaming Guide

PAGE 12
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA GAMING GUIDE SEPTEMBER 2015
TSan Manuel Band of Mission Indians Donates $70,000 to Symphony
he San Manuel Band of Mission Indians donated $70,000 to sponsor two San Bernardino
Symphony Orchestra concerts. A $70,000 grant from the San Manuel Band of Mission past, the Symphony develops curriculum-specific Indians will sponsor two concerts in the up-coming San Bernardino Symphony Orchestra educational materials to prepare the students for
the experience and to stimulate classroom dialogue following the performance.
“We are pleased to have received the consistent partnership of both the school district and the Tribe that, together, will allow so many children to experience live orchestral music,” said Symphony Executive Director Dr. Anne Viricel. “ The letters we received from students following their concert experience were truly priceless and serve as a testament to the real value of this incredibly generous donation.”
Visit sanbernardinosymphony.org for more information.
TRincon Band of Luiseño Indians Supports the 2015 San Diego Film Festival
2015/16 season including the holiday concert on December 12th, and “Echoes of America,” a series of concerts honoring America’s patriotic heritage scheduled for February 5th and 6th, 2016. e two concerts were selected based on their family focus and bene t to local education,
longtime priorities for the Tribe.
“We were thrilled with the generosity of the Tribe,” said Dr. Judith Valles, symphony board president.
“They have always been the first to step forward and support programs that benefit the arts and we are so blessed to have them in our community.”
The December 12th concert, “Home for the Holidays,” will include holiday music from around the world and throughout the ages. A pre-concert family music enrichment event will be held prior to the concert at no charge to ticket-holders.
And on the morning of February 5th, over 3,400 students from the San Bernardino City Unified School District, will be transported by the District to the California Theatre where they will hear selections including William Grant Still’s “The
American Scene,” Rodgers and Bennett’s “Victory at Sea,” Ferde Grofe’s “Grand Canyon Suite,” and several marches by John Phillip Sousa from the Symphony’s extensive Guthrie Music Library. The following evening, February 6th, the full concert
he Rincon Band of Luiseño Indians, owners of Harrah’s Resort Southern 14th year, the festival will be held at the Reading Theater in downtown San Diego’s California, gave $10,000 to the San Diego Film Foundation in support of the Gaslamp Quarter and ArcLight Cinemas in the UTC/La Jolla area. It is produced upcoming 2015 San Diego Film Festival. by the nonpro t San Diego Film Foundation.
“We appreciate the diversity of independent lms the San Diego Film Foundation makes available to audiences, including American Indian productions,” said Bo Mazzetti, Chairman of the Rincon Band. “Other tribal people are encouraged to produce movies,” Mazzetti said, “and people learn more about Native culture and history.”
e 2015 San Diego Film Festival will run September 30th to October 4th, with award-winning independent lms, lmmakers, actors, panels and events. Now in its
WMorongo Band of Mission Indians Provides 800 Students with Free Shoes
funded by the Morongo Charity Golf Tournament.
Spread across three days, the annual shoe shindig was held in late July as scores of
kindergarten through seventh-grade students from Banning, Beaumont, Cabazon and Yucaipa were sized for new footwear at a local shoe outlet.
e 18th annual Morongo Charity Golf Tournament, which raised $60,000 for new backpacks, school supplies, shoes and socks made the program possible for low- income children in the San Gorgonio Pass.
“ e smiles on children’s and parents’ faces are why we do this,” said tournament chairman Damon Sandoval, a Morongo Tribal Council member. “Morongo has a long history of helping people in need in e San Gorgonio Pass, especially children.”
Amy Herr, Chief Executive O cer of e Boys & Girls Clubs of the San Gorgonio Pass, said the annual program is a blessing to struggling local families.
“It really means a lot to these children and their parents to start the school year with new clothes and supplies they might not otherwise have,” Herr said. “ is opportunity really helps level the playing eld as kids head back into a brand new school year. We’re so grateful for Morongo’s help two years in a row.”
pink shoes and pairs of colorful socks that Tyara selected.
“I’m so happy because my husband works really hard so this is one less thing
we have to worry about and spend money on because of this opportunity from Morongo,” Esperanza said.
Vanessa S., 9, of Cabazon, described the program as “pretty cool” as she shopped on her own for the rst time as her mother waited outside the store.
“It’s awesome,” said the fourth-grader who woke her parents at 5 a.m. that morning to make sure she was on time for the event.“It’s really cool because I didn’t have my mom helping me shop. I got to pick whatever I wanted.”
Since debuting in 1997, the Morongo Charity Golf Tournament has provided more than $1 million to programs that serve local veterans, children, schools and hospitals. e tournament is just one of several annual community events sponsored by the Morongo Casino, Resort & Spa and the Morongo Band of Mission Indians, which have donated more than $5 million to hundreds of local and regional nonpro t organizations in the last ve years.
will be presented to the community. As in years
“Highlighting our region’s rich American Indian heritage is an integral part of the San Diego Film Festival, including our Native American Advisory Board and Film Track,” San Diego Film Festival, Vice President of Programming Tonya Mantooth said. “ e Rincon Band of Luiseño Indians’ donation will sponsor the Filmmaker Awards evening.”
e San Diego Film Festival will announce the lm lineup on September 1st. For more information visit sdfilmfest.com.
iggling toes and excitement reigned as 800 low-income students from Tyara M., 10, of Whitewater and her nine-year-old sister, Tamara, excitedly The Boys & Girls Clubs of the San Gorgonio Pass picked out free pairs hunted through the many styles of name-brand shoes and socks. eir mother, of new, brand-name shoes and socks as part of a back-to-school program Esperanza, was equally grateful for the program as she examined the black-and-
September 2015 Tribes in the News