Language and Speech Center

Victorian Tea Party
The Language and Speech Center does a fantastic job for those people that have hearing loss and often difficulty speaking.  This facility has been aiding young folks for 35 years and has had great success.  It is a place where they feel at home with the very pleasant and patient staff.  They are taken on field trips around the country and also to foreign countries on special occasion.  It's a warm fuzzy feeling place.  Not only do the kids enjoy the program, but the staff also enjoys seeing their progress.   COMMUNICATION SKILLS ARE VERY IMPORTANT TO EVERYONE.

The Crowd at  the Victorian Tea

The Victorian Tea is a special Fund raiser that has grown and grown over the years.  Each parent sets a table for tea with different themes and settings, and boy, some of them are pretty fancy if you know what I mean.  They sell places at the tables  and the proceeds go the center to offer special events and productions.  Attendance this last year was approximately 300 to 400 guests in a huge tent placed in the parking lot.    Some of the guests' costumes are very creative.

Fred's String Band

In comes Fred's String Band to provide some upbeat and elegant music.  We perform classics and light classics and even some more contemporary selections for the pleasure of the guests while enjoying their tea and snacks.  A few selections were Honey Bun from South Pacific,  Lida Rose from Music Man, and  Merry Widow Waltz.  These are among the many pieces that are in our expansive library.  This has become an annual event for us, and we look forward to many more. 






This is one of the continuing adventures of AFG Music's live performances.  For more about our appearances, and all our services, go to www.afg-music.com  We hope to see you live and in person soon -at the shop or making music at your event.

ABBA Concert January 16, 2014

The New ABBA




We did a concert down in the Palm Springs area at the McCallum Theatre backing up the group ABBA. Most of the personnel have changed but the original drummer was still there.. We did all of their well known songs ie. I Do I Do I Do, Mamma Mia, Gimme Gimme, Dancing Queen. It was a real pleasure to perform some of their classic standard tunes. It went well, and the audience was dancing in the aisles.


This is one of the continuing adventures of AFG Music's live performances.  For more about our appearances, and all our services, go to www.afg-music.com  We hope to see you live and in person soon -at the shop or making music at your event.

Palm Springs String Quartet 3/29/14

Life in Palm Springs!

We did a String Quartet for a Gay couple in the Palm Springs area.  This engagement was unusual because the client  not only chose the music for the ceremony, he chose the music for the entire engagement.  Usually the clients are only interested in the music for the ceremony, because the songs they choose have a specific meaning to them.  He actually chose a variety of classical music (Baroque, etc.) and songs from Broadway shows. So it was quite a mix of  selections.

Anyway, we started the prelude music, and then went to the ceremony.  In walks Barry Manilow with his dog and sat down (Barry and the dog).  The ceremony went very well, and then everyone adjourned to the hors d'oeuvres and enjoyed the company.  We were approached  by several guests and were complimented on the selections and performance of the music.  These are the things we want to hear!!


This is one of the continuing adventures of AFG Music's live performances.  For more about our appearances, and all our services, go to www.afg-music.com  We hope to see you live and in person soon -at the shop or making music at your event.