{"id":341880,"date":"2026-06-01T20:27:32","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T20:27:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/341880\/"},"modified":"2026-06-01T20:27:32","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T20:27:32","slug":"community-sang-their-hearts-out-at-2nd-annual-sing-a-long-beach-event-press-telegram","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/341880\/","title":{"rendered":"Community sang their hearts out at 2nd annual Sing-a-Long Beach event \u2013 Press Telegram"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Long Beach Youth Chorus staff performed at the second annual Sing-a-Long Beach event on Saturday, May 30, 2026. (Photo by Christina Merino, Press-Telegram\/SCNG)\n<\/p>\n

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Stan DeWitt, executive director of the Long Beach Youth Chorus, performing at the second annual Sing-a-Long Beach event on Saturday, May 30, 2026. (Photo by Christina Merino, Press-Telegram\/SCNG)\n<\/p>\n

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Attendees danced and sang at the second annual Sing-a-Long Beach event on Saturday, May 30, 2026. (Photo by Christina Merino, Press-Telegram\/SCNG)\n<\/p>\n

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(L-R) Local duo Marc and Pattie Davidson performed alongside Stan DeWitt, executive director of the Long Beach Youth Chorus, during the second annual Sing-a-Long Beach event on Saturday, May 30, 2026. (Photo by Christina Merino, Press-Telegram\/SCNG)\n<\/p>\n

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The second annual Sing-a-Long Beach event was held on Saturday, May 30, 2026, at the Recreation Park Bandshell. (Photo by Christina Merino, Press-Telegram\/SCNG)\n<\/p>\n

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The second annual Sing-a-Long Beach event was held on Saturday, May 30, 2026, at the Recreation Park Bandshell. (Photo by Christina Merino, Press-Telegram\/SCNG)\n<\/p>\n

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Long Beach Youth Chorus staff performed at the second annual Sing-a-Long Beach event on Saturday, May 30, 2026. (Photo by Christina Merino, Press-Telegram\/SCNG)\n<\/p>\n

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Naples Islands Garden Club singing at the second annual Sing-a-Long Beach event on Saturday, May 30, 2026. (Photo by Christina Merino, Press-Telegram\/SCNG)\n<\/p>\n

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Long Beach Youth Chorus members performed during the second annual Sing-a-Long Beach event on Saturday, May 30, 2026. (Photo by Christina Merino, Press-Telegram\/SCNG)\n<\/p>\n

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The second annual Sing-a-Long Beach event was held on Saturday, May 30, 2026, at the Recreation Park Bandshell. (Photo by Christina Merino, Press-Telegram\/SCNG)\n<\/p>\n

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Naples Islands Garden Club singing at the second annual Sing-a-Long Beach event on Saturday, May 30, 2026. (Photo by Christina Merino, Press-Telegram\/SCNG)\n<\/p>\n

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Dozens of children, families and community members participated in the second annual Sing-a-Long Beach event on Saturday, May 30, 2026. (Photo by Christina Merino, Press-Telegram\/SCNG)\n<\/p>\n

\"Dozens<\/p>\n

Dozens of children, families and community members participated in the second annual Sing-a-Long Beach event on Saturday, May 30, 2026. (Photo by Christina Merino, Press-Telegram\/SCNG)\n<\/p>\n

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Marcelle Epley, president and CEO of the Long Beach Community Foundation and member of the steering committee for the Sing-a-Long Beach, performed during the event on Saturday, May 30, 2026. (Photo by Christina Merino, Press-Telegram\/SCNG)\n<\/p>\n

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The second annual Sing-a-Long Beach event was held on Saturday, May 30, 2026, at the Recreation Park Bandshell. (Photo by Christina Merino, Press-Telegram\/SCNG)\n<\/p>\n

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The Golden Sands Chorus, joined by Third District Councilmember Kristina Duggan, performed at the second annual Sing-a-Long Beach event on Saturday, May 30, 2026. (Photo by Christina Merino, Press-Telegram\/SCNG)\n<\/p>\n

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Long Beach Youth Chorus members performed during the second annual Sing-a-Long Beach event on Saturday, May 30, 2026. (Photo by Christina Merino, Press-Telegram\/SCNG)\n<\/p>\n

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Long Beach Youth Chorus members and staff performed \u201cHey Jude\u201d by the Beatles as the final song of the second annual Sing-a-Long Beach event on Saturday, May 30, 2026. (Photo by Christina Merino, Press-Telegram\/SCNG)\n<\/p>\n

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The Golden Sands Chorus, joined by Third District Councilmember Kristina Duggan, performed at the second annual Sing-a-Long Beach event on Saturday, May 30, 2026. (Photo by Christina Merino, Press-Telegram\/SCNG)\n<\/p>\n

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Long Beach Youth Chorus staff performed at the second annual Sing-a-Long Beach event on Saturday, May 30, 2026. (Photo by Christina Merino, Press-Telegram\/SCNG)\n<\/p>\n

\"Marcelle<\/p>\n

Marcelle Epley, president and CEO of the Long Beach Community Foundation and member of the steering committee for the Sing-a-Long Beach, performed during the event on Saturday, May 30, 2026. (Photo by Christina Merino, Press-Telegram\/SCNG)\n<\/p>\n

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Long Beach Youth Chorus members and staff performed \u201cHey Jude\u201d by the Beatles as the final song of the second annual Sing-a-Long Beach event on Saturday, May 30, 2026. (Photo by Christina Merino, Press-Telegram\/SCNG)\n<\/p>\n

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(L-R) Mary Barton, community leader and singer, and Stan DeWitt, executive director of the Long Beach Youth Chorus, performed during the second annual Sing-a-Long Beach event on Saturday, May 30, 2026. (Photo by Christina Merino, Press-Telegram\/SCNG)\n<\/p>\n

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Long Beach Youth Chorus staff performed at the second annual Sing-a-Long Beach event on Saturday, May 30, 2026. (Photo by Christina Merino, Press-Telegram\/SCNG)\n<\/p>\n

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The second annual Sing-a-Long Beach event took place on Saturday, May 30, at the Recreation Park Bandshell \u2014 providing an afternoon full of smiles, dancing and lots of crooning.<\/p>\n

The free singing event, organized by the Long Beach Youth Chorus, brought together dozens of people of all ages to sing songs from different genres and artists \u2013 such as Elvis Presley, Janis Joplin, Fleetwood Mac and Amy Winehouse. This year\u2019s songs included \u201cSweet Caroline\u201d by Neil Diamond and \u201cDancing Queen\u201d by ABBA.<\/p>\n

On the bandshell stage, Long Beach Youth Chorus members and staff led the crowd in singing the curated list of songs. Different community groups and city leaders joined the stage to perform as well. The Naples Islands Garden Club, for example, sang Elvis Presley\u2019s version of \u201cHound Dog\u201d and The Golden Sands Chorus, joined by Third District Councilmember Kristina Duggan, performed \u201cWake Up Little Susie\u201d by the Everly Brothers.<\/p>\n

The event ended with everyone singing to \u201cHey Jude\u201d by the Beatles.<\/p>\n

Long Beach Youth Chorus was able to put on the event with support from the Port of Long Beach, Arts Council for Long Beach, Duggan, Live at the Shell, and the Long Beach community.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Long Beach Youth Chorus staff performed at the second annual Sing-a-Long Beach event on Saturday, May 30, 2026.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":341881,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[7,179,23,131,133,132,137],"class_list":["post-341880","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-long-beach","tag-california","tag-community","tag-local-news","tag-long-beach","tag-long-beach-headlines","tag-long-beach-news","tag-los-angeles-county"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/341880","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=341880"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/341880\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/341881"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=341880"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=341880"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=341880"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}