Swing Into Spring!

Great combinations.

I believe that our greatest innovators are the ones who make connections between the seemingly disparate and find a way to fit them together. Einstein combined space and time. Henry Burnett Reese combined peanut butter and chocolate. Nita Collins has combined big band with bellydance.

Fawn will be singing, too!

What are your favourite combinations?

A ridiculously good deal.

Fifteen bucks for an evening of dancing AND a dessert? Someone seriously needs to review their pricing strategy.



Of course I'll be there.

Doing the History Bee-Boppa-Do-Wap

Twenty years ago, Whitehorse, Yukon hosted the 8^th International Congress on Circumpolar Health. It was a big event, with participants from countries that ring the Arctic Circle. It was the end of the Cold War and Russia would be coming, too.

It had to be perfect.

The event's organizers needed a ballroom dance band (none of this foolish contemporary "pop" music for them) and, since there were none in the territory, they looked at bringing a band from "Outside". The cost was astronomical, so they approached a local music teacher and asked him if he would be willing to pull a band together. The Congress was willing to pay for forty charts (all the music needed for sixteen musicians), tuxedos for each player, and a substantial payment for each player in exchange for two nights of ballroom music. The Congress saved a small fortune.

For lack of a better name, the group called themselves "The Big Band"; the most northerly big band in the country.

Within four bars of their first song (Glenn Miller's "In the Mood"), the dance floor was packed.

Twenty years later, The Big Band is still going strong.

This Friday, please join us as we celebrate twenty years of music, fun, and dance.

Three Great Musical Sourdough Rendezvous Events

1. The Big Band.  Queens' Ball.  High Country Inn.  Friday night.
2. Nanuq.  Dog Howling Competition.  Shipyards Park.  Saturday afternoon.
3. My darling wife.  The Capital Pub and Brewhouse.  Tonight from 10:00 to 11:00.  See poster below.

9th Annual Dessert and Dance

Dessert, dance lessons, and music for dancing played by The Big Band. For $10/person. Can you think of a better deal in Whitehorse for "date night" with your significant other?



See you there!

Spring into Swing and Swing into Spring

In case you missed all the posters around Whitehorse and the announcement on Fawn's blog, The Big Band will be playing  at the Yukon Arts Centre tomorrow night (Saturday).   If you've ever wanted to dance on the Arts Centre stage to a 16-person big band, here is your chance!  

Oh, and Fawn will making her Big Band singing debut, so even if you're not into dancing, one day when she's a famous singing sensation you'll be able to say, "I was there when..." 

Dehcho Drummers Rocked da House!

Three of the Dehcho Drummers performed at ATCO Place at the Canada Winter Games tonight. They rocked! A lot of people got up and danced, which was great to see. The area in front of the drummers wasn't really made for dancing, so the circle was more of a peanut, but otherwise, it was great to get up and do some drum dancing again. From everything I've been hearing, the Dehcho Drummers are a big hit at the Games.

This picture was not taken at the games, but was borrowed from www.dehchofirstnations.com

Also playing tonight was Serena Ryder. This girl's going places.

Oh, and if you missed The Big Band, we'll be playing at the closing ceremonies of the Games.

BIG BAND - TONIGHT!!!

You can catch THE BIG BAND tonight! Or, rather, this evening, from 17:20 to 18:00 at the Canada Winter Games Cultural Festival at ATCO Place.

WOOHOO!

The Big Band -

The Big Band played at the Dessert and Dance, held at Porter Creek Secondary School last night. If you missed hearing (and dancing to) The Big Band at the Dessert and Dance, don't miss them at the 2007 Canada Winter Games Cultural Festival and at the Closing Ceremonies!

Keep an eye on this site for details as they arise.