ASA MURPHY and his
swing band will entertain guests at the St Joseph's Hospice Midsummer Night Charity Ball on this year's summer solstice.
It will include live entertainment from a
swing band, an American food stand, a selection of world and American gins, bourbons, American IPAs and ''world famous'' Speakeasy cocktails.
The young musicians created a range of great groups: from the Junior Band, Choir, and the Senior Concert Band through to the Samba Band,
Swing Band and ensembles for clarinet, saxophone and flute.
Clearwater, FL, December 28, 2018 --(PR.com)-- On Thursday December 20th at Clearwater's Fort Harrison, the Jive Aces, the number one
swing band in the United Kingdom wrapped up the year for nearly 100 dancers at the monthly Swing Dance for Charity.
The Rip Roaring Success are the hottest Western
Swing Band East of El Paso featuring Wild Miss Lucille on double bass, Miss Jay tearing it up on smokin' hot fiddle and the token gent, the one and only Rusty on six strings of flamin' geetar and hillbilly vox.
15 - South West
Swing Band, The Usual Place, Academy Street, Dumfries 7pm.
Still a fledgling festival, there are just three ticketed events - an evening with the popular Sundown
Swing band at Brighouse Sports & Social Club on Thursday, May 24, from 7.30pm; an afternoon of Indie rock by Brighouse band Ego States at Rastrick Bowling Club on Saturday, May 26, at 3pm; and a concert by well-known Brighouse folk musician Roger Davies and his band, also at the bowling club on May 26, from 7.30pm.
Visiting Bahrain for the occasion is Greek swing jazz sensations the Speakeasies
Swing Band, electro swing-dance band Swing Zazou from the UK, The Ska Vengers and six-piece UK band The Electric Swing Circus.
Along with the auction, a live jazz and
swing band are due to perform at the event, which will be held in the Discovery Museum in Newcastle.
The 500-strong audience at the city centre venue were also blown away by Don Mather and his Miller Men, a
swing band that celebrated the sounds from the 40s, 50s and 60s with vocalist Gary Rutter.
Music came from a live
swing band and tickets cost PS70.
And the Apollo continues its dance programming this month with "Ellington at Christmas." Featuring a 15-member
swing band playing Duke Ellington's Nutcracker Suite and Sacred Music, the show will include performances from Dance Theatre of Harlem School students and the inimitable Savion Glover.
swing music - a style of jazz played by big bands popular in the 1930s; flowing rhythms but less complex than later styles of jazz