Saturday, May 28th: Please welcome… for their debut performance at our swing dance… The Allan Vaché Swingtet!
Allan Vaché has performed with, or appeared on stage with, such jazz and swing greats as Benny Goodman, Teddy Wilson, Lionel Hampton, Gene Krupa and many others. His vast and accomplished career includes playing with “The Jim Cullum Jazz Band” of San Antonio, Texas, for 17 years, and was a regular on the “Riverwalk – Live from the Landing” radio show. Allan moved to Orlando in 1993 to perform at various attractions including Walt Disney World and Church Street Station. He is a nationally known act with numerous recordings to his credit. We are very excited to have him play for us and are sure you will be to!
Don’t know how to swing dance? Looking to learn? As always, our dance kicks off with a beginner swing dance lesson at 7pm. The band takes stage at 8pm and plays till 11pm. All ages are welcome and admission is only $12. Click here for more details and directions.
Returning for the next dance is The New Tradition Jazz Ensemble, by far the best Big Band in the area! This high energy, 18 piece big band play all your favorites along with some new arrangements that are guaranteed to keep your feet moving!
New to swing dancing? No problem! Rob & Dawn will be teaching a beginner swing dance lesson from 7pm to 8pm that will take you from the very basic and then teach you 4 moves you can enjoy practicing right away at the dance that follows at 8pm.
Drinks and snacks are available and this is a non-smoking, all ages welcome event, all for only $12.00 per person!
Saturday, May 14th
7pm: Beginner Lesson Included with Admission
8pm: Swing Dance
Admission $12.00
6949 Venture Circle, Orlando, FL 32807
Non-smoking, family friendly event!
The next swing dance is Saturday, April 23rd, and making their big debut to the Orlando swing scene is The Encore Swing Band! Get ready because this is a big big band with a very big sound! Encore Swing is a 25 piece big band from Florida’s west coast. Their sounds are reminiscent of the Big Band Era with a personality of the likes of Glenn Miller, Tommy Dorsey, Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra, The Rat Pack, Nat King Cole, Rosemary Clooney, Tony Bennett and such.
New to swing dancing? No problem! Rob & Dawn will be teaching a beginner swing dance lesson from 7pm to 8pm that will take you from the very basic and then teach you 4 moves you can enjoy practicing right away at the dance that follows at 8pm.
Drinks are available for purchase and this is a non-smoking, all ages welcome event, all for only $12.00 per person!
Saturday, April 23rd
7pm: Beginner Lesson Included with Admission
8pm: Swing Dance
Admission $12.00
6949 Venture Circle, Orlando, FL 32807
Non-smoking, family friendly event!
Returning by popular demand… The Cook Trio!
The Cook Trio’s sound was inspired by Django Reinhardt, born in Belgium in 1910. The first truly influential Jazz artist to originate from Europe and arguably the first to successfully highlight the acoustic guitar in what hitherto been a horn-driven, decidedly Black American genre.
The percussive strumming style of the “Gypsy Jazz” he helped create with his popular Quintette du Hot Club De France during the ’30s and ’40s is the only form of Jazz whose origins are found outside America. When most people think of Jazz, they think of a nattily dressed Miles Davis brandishing his trumpet, or John Coltrane and his alto sax. They rarely remember Django Reinhardt, the rough-and-tumble guitarist who, by ingeniously changing the movement forever, earned a place in the Jazz pantheon long before Miles or Trane learned to walk.
The Cook Trio consists of Ian and Jason Cook and Kyle Jones, who were brought together by their common love of Reinhardt’s passionate music. Their music speaks of Jazz’s original sound and wartime Paris’ unquenchable thirst for life.
New to swing dancing? No problem! Josh & Mara will be teaching a beginner swing dance lesson from 7pm to 8pm that will take you from the very basic and then teach you 4 basic moves you can enjoy practicing right away at the dance that follows at 8pm.
Saturday, March 26th
7pm: Beginner Lesson Included with Admission
8pm: Swing Dance
Admission $12.00
6949 Venture Circle, Orlando, FL 32807
Non-smoking, family friendly event!
