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Backyard Party is an all-ages music and event space on the border of Pasadena and Altadena.

It’s also become a clearinghouse for free instruments for musicians affected by the January wildfires.

At a recent show for a teen band, all the pain still lingering since the fires was left at the door as teens rocked out, dancing with abandon.

Through a veil of dark hair tendrils, Audrey Cymone stares intensely into the darkened room. The 16-year-old singer of the high school band Kim Theory croons the melancholy-tinged lyrics from “ Growing Pains ,” their song about adolescent angst.

Why can’t things just be the same?

The question hangs in the air as the sound thickens during s

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