Background
Bea grew up in the Los Angeles area, and began playing the piano at age 4 by listening to her seventeen-year-old sister, and by the age of seven she was also proficient at playing the accordion.
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At the age of thirteen, she talked her piano teacher into teaching her the basics of the organization She also plays the organ at the Orange County Fair, the Pomona Fair, and has played shows in Las Vegas and Lake Tahoe. Los Angeles Dodgers organist
When it was announced in 1987 that long-time Dodger organist Helen Dell was to retire at the end of the season after fifteen years, Bea auditioned at an exhibition game between the Dodgers and the University of Southern California Trojans on February 14, 1988.
She does not plan her songs, getting her musical cues from the events occurring on the field during the game and including a variety of popular popular and rock songs alongside older and less commonly played numbers.
From the late 1980s to the present day, Bea– alongside announcers Vin Scully and Rick Monday– became great crowd favorites at Dodger Stadium. On October 2, 2015, Bea announced her retirement following the 2015 season.
