Sounds of Success

Prime Time Band proves to be worthy successor to West Coast Symphony with Monday’s Fourth of July concert

The Prime Time Band of Santa Barbara performs its Independence Day concert in front of a large and appreciative audience at the Sunken Gardens at the Santa Barbara County Courthouse.

With community band members snapping their fingers behind her, vocalist Anikka Abbott threw the right amount of jazz into a classic, “Fever.”

The soloist then turned around and showed another side of her talent with the sweet “Moon River” from the movie “Breakfast at Tiffany’s.”

Known locally as a weather reporter for Santa Barbara’s KEYT-TV and its sister stations, Ms. Abbott later wowed the audience with “God Bless America.” Her beautiful rendition inspired many to stand during the Prime Time Band of Santa Barbara’s patriotic concert Monday in the Sunken Gardens at the Santa Barbara County Courthouse.