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Rey Fresco drummer Andrew Jones leans back in a crescendo during a rehearsal Monday night with the Ojai Youth Symphony at Matilija Junior High School in Ojai. Rey Fresco and the Youth Symphony will play together Saturday night at Libbey Bowl in Ojai. Said Jones, who lives in Ventura: "I'm excited about this. I've never played the Libbey Bowl."

Photo by Karen Quincy Loberg, Ventura County Star

Rey Fresco drummer Andrew Jones leans back in a crescendo during a rehearsal Monday night with the Ojai Youth Symphony at Matilija Junior High School in Ojai. Rey Fresco and the Youth Symphony will play together Saturday night at Libbey Bowl in Ojai. Said Jones, who lives in Ventura: "I'm excited about this. I've never played the Libbey Bowl."

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  • Rey Fresco drummer Andrew Jones leans back in a crescendo during a rehearsal Monday night with the Ojai Youth Symphony at Matilija Junior High School in Ojai. Rey Fresco and the Youth Symphony will play together Saturday night at Libbey Bowl in Ojai. Said Jones, who lives in Ventura: "I'm excited about this. I've never played the Libbey Bowl."
  • Ojai Youth Symphony's Dana Christie (left) lets Rey Fresco musician Corey "Coso" Franklin try out her stand-up bass. Franklin later said he's learning the stand-up bass and was looking for some pointers.
  • Ojai Youth Symphony musicians Paige Small (from left), Leilani Fiset and Keith Downer practice for the first time with local band Rey Fresco.
  • Edaan Byle, a violinist with the Ojai Youth Symphony, focuses on the conductor during a rehearsal with Rey Fresco earlier this week at Matilija Junior High School in Ojai.
  • The fingers of Rey Fresco's Xocoyotzin "Xoco" Moraza glide over his harp during a Monday rehearsal with the Ojai Youth Symphony. The two musical entities will perform together Saturday night at Libbey Bowl in Ojai. Said Moraza: "It's going to be a great experience for everyone."
  • Rey Fresco frontman Roger Keiaho sings during a rehearsal Monday night with the Ojai Youth Symphony. Keiaho said he's never played with a symphony before, adding that working with their string section "totally puts our music in a different light."
  • During a rehearsal Monday night with the Ojai Youth Symphony, Rey Fresco's Xocoyotzin "Xoco" Moraza plays the harp his dad made for him. Moraza's striking harp playing drew stares and smiles all night. Said violinist Zelda Grove: "I've never heard it used in that fashion before."
  • Andy Radford (center) waits for an arrangement change at Monday night's Rey Fresco/Ojai Youth Symphony rehearsal. It was the first time the two groups had practiced for their Saturday night show at Libbey Bowl in Ojai. Radford co-founded the Youth Symphony with Amy Hagen in 2001 and also shares music director duties with her.
  • Roger Steinman (from left) works with Joe Baugh, Roger Keiaho and Corey "Coso" Franklin of the band Rey Fresco during a rehearsal Monday night with the Ojai Youth Symphony. Steinman, who fashioned string arrangements to Rey Fresco's music, was quick to seize on the diverse, multicultural vibe in the rehearsal room, adding, "I feel like this is an extension of the Olympics."

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