| Along with the sensational, multi-talented GALAXY ALL-STAR ORCHESTRA there's a lot more star talent in this music. The stage review-you-can-dance-to features rising star...MATT DUSK performing Frank Sinatra favourites; songstress GLORIA SLADE singing romantic ballads; the swingin’ harmonies of the three sisters of Swing....Wendy, Marsha and Melissa Irvine as...THE MOONGLOWS performing Andrew Sisters and Pied Pipers’ harmonies; plus the high-kickin'... STARDUST DANCERS who bring entertaining hand-clapping energy to the stage with acrobatic jitterbug, swing and interpretative dancing. | |
Theatre reviewer, BRUCE RAYMOND wrote "Terrific Big Band salute…the whole evening was as much a tribute to the skilful musicians of today as to those greats of the past." |
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The two-hour-plus show has two sections: the first spotlights Benny Goodman (credited with starting the Swing Era and referred to as the ‘King of Swing’); trumpet king Harry James (credited for discovering Frank Sinatra.); and Glenn Miller (the most popular bandleader of all time). The second half features the music of Tommy Dorsey (the ‘Sentimental Gentleman of Swing’); Artie Shaw (dubbed ‘the King of the Clarinet’), and Les Brown, Count Basie and other Big Band giants. Songs include: Sing, Sing, Sing, Two O’Clock Jump, All or Nothing at All, Moonlight Serenade, Chattanooga Choo Choo, Pennsylvania 6-5000, Beginning to See the Light, Sunnyside of the Street, Boogie Woogie Bugle Bow, Bei Mir Bist Du Schon, Getting Sentimental Over You, I’ll Never Smile Again, Luck Be A Lady Tonight, World On a String, Stardust, Begin the Beguine, Marie, Sentimental Journey, In the Mood, Goody Goody, Tangerine, That’s Life, New York New York, My Way, It Don’t Mean a Thing if it Ain’t Got That Swing…over 30 classic Big Band charts guaranteed to make audiences applaud, give standing ovations and…dance the night away. |
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Kings of Swing Kings of Swing "carries the banner for the joy of swing much more effectively than contemporary, similarly themed shows...Stand, band, and take a special bow" states Toronto Star's music critic Geoff Chapman. |
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