In 1968, Dorothy Chandler founded the Blue Ribbon
to promote and support the educational, cultural, and community programs of the Music Center of Los Angeles County. The Blue Ribbon presently has a membership of about 500 women who champion the performing arts. Since its inception, Blue Ribbon has contributed through its annual dues and designated giving over $68 million to the Music Center Resident Companies as well as the Music Center's nationally-recognized education and community programs.
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The Blue Ribbon Children's Festival
This annual festival, created in 1970, is one of Blue Ribbon's proudest achievements. Blue Ribbon has hosted over 650,000 fifth graders since its inception and the festival is one of California's longest ongoing free arts education programs. Over a period of three days each spring, school buses bring students to the Music Center to experience a live performance at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion and activities on the Music Center plaza.
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The Blue Ribbon Presents Global Pop
As a part of our continuing commitment to the Greater Los Angeles, The Blue Ribbon became the principal sponsor of Global Pop at the Music Center in 2008. These concerts feature popular performing artists representing the richly diverse communities that make Los Angeles their home.
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