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Glen Boswick & the Sounds of Swing Orchestra
September 17, 2023 @ 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
$25
Join Concerts by the Bay for their 2023-24 season!
Since 1977, The Sound of Swing Orchestra has been Hampton Roads leading premiere big band swing dance orchestra. Specialist in the Big Band sounds of the 40’s through today, this fourteen piece swing orchestra performs the exciting memorable sound classics of: Count Basie, Duke Ellington1 Glenn Miller, Tommy Dorsey, Artie Shaw. Benny Goodman, Jan Savitt Jimmy Lunsford. Les Brown, Les Elgart, Ray Anthony, Michael Buble. Doris Day, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Rosemary Clooney, Linda Ronstadt, Harry Connick , Jr. and many more.
Dick Crist was founding leader for 27 years until passing in 2004. Bassist Glen Boswick became leader and continues today the exciting dance tradition of upbeat swing, sizzling latins, romantic ballads, and waltzes. Featured vocalist Danielle Roby and Russ Robertson sing the songbook of American popular standards, the best of Broadway, and the hits of today.
Tickets $25, available at the Mathews County Visitor & Information Center and at the door. Students admitted free! Join Concerts by the Bay for their 2023-24 season!
