Big Band

Big Band
*Date*	Time	Performance	Price	Group Price 15 tickets
		Big Band Series (3 shows) Glenn Miller Guy Lombardo Preservation Hall Jazz Band	$95.00
Thurs 10/11/12	8:00 pm	Preservation Hall Jazz Band Sponsored by Summer Insurance (Dinner option $40 extra)	$37.50	$30.00
	Since opening its doors in the historic French Quarter to the public in 1961, the iconic Preservation Hall's goal has been to keep traditional New Orleans jazz in the spotlight. The band is doing just that under the auspices of current director Ben Jaffe, the son of founders Allan and Sandra Jaffe. The Preservation Hall Jazz Band has toured the country for more than 25 years to bring the distinctly American form of music to contemporary audiences. Basin Street Blues, Go to the Mardi Gras, I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate, Sweet Substitute, Short Dress, Shake That Thing, and When the Saints Go Marching In.
Sat 12/08/12	8:00 pm	208th Army Band	FREE Limited seating call box office	FREE Limited seating call box office
	Over the past few years, this big band has performed at a variety of venues including the Spoleto Festival in Charleston, Ft. Jackson, Walt Disney World, the Wright Brothers Memorial in Kitty Hawk, and Lowe's Motor Speedway. The primary mission of the band is to promote the espirit de corps for our fighting forces and to serve as a goodwill ambassador throughout North and South Carolina while always presenting a fantastic show.
Monday 12/31/12	8:00 pm	New Year's Eve Sponsored by Ben Arnold (Dinner $40 and Hampton Inn room $95 suite $120 extra)	$60.00	$55.00
	An Opera House tradition! Join the Dick Goodwin Big Band and a host of guest performers to welcome the New Year with music and dancing, hors d'oeuvres and desserts, wine and champagne, and fireworks at midnight. Reserve your hotel and dinner packages early!
Sunday 1/13/13	3:00 pm	Glenn Miller Orchestra Sponsored by Summer Insurance	$30.00	$27.50
	The world famous Glenn Miller Orchestra is the most popular and sought after big band in the world today for both concert and swing dance engagements. With its unique jazz sound, the Glenn Miller Orchestra is considered to be one of the greatest bands of all time. The present Glenn Miller Orchestra was formed in 1956 and has been touring consistently since, playing an average of 300 live dates a year all around the world. Glenn Miller's recordings of In The Mood, Chattanooga Choo Choo, A String of Pearls, Moonlight Serenade, and Tuxedo Junction were all major hit records. The Miller sound lives forever!
Thurs 4/18/13	8:00 pm	Guy Lombardo's Royal Canadians Sponsored by Summer Insurance (Dinner option $40 extra)	$25.00	$20.00
	"The Sweetest Music This Side of Heaven." Countless people remember with nostalgia the tradition of Guy Lombardo with his Royal Canadians playing at New York City's Waldorf Astoria on New Year's Eve. Since the death of Lombardo in 1977, the playing of Auld Lang Syne at the stroke of midnight has become a tradition as it is performed by various bands before enthusiastic audiences throughout the world. Those who look back remember that distinctive recognizable style - the exaggerated saxophone vibratos, the clipped brass phrases, and a vocal styling that immediately identifies the orchestra as Guy Lombardo's. Besides its signature Auld Lang Syne, the most important ingredient of the Guy Lombardo orchestra was its consistency in playing wonderful tunes like Seems Like Old Times, Boo Hoo, Coquette, Sweethearts on Parade and Ain't She Sweet, all written by Carmen Lombardo. Johnson Rag, Bye Bye Blues, and Enjoy Yourself are also some of its recognizable tunes. Today's orchestra includes in its program an occasional Lombardo style arrangement of contemporary classic pop tunes.