[78-L] fwd: By George

[Don Chichester]

Can you put the performance on web cam?

 

Don Chichester
 
> Date: Wed, 7 Oct 2009 16:45:18 -0400
> From: dlennick at sympatico.ca
> To: 78-L at 78online.com
> Subject: [78-L] fwd: By George
> 
> [We promote Vince G..how about someone else who performers music of the 78 era! dl]
> 
> BRAD KAY AND THOSE SYNCOPATED SONGBOIDS PRESENT
> 
> "BY GEORGE!"
> 
> An Afternoon of Early, Rare and Great songs by George Gershwin
> 
> A confession: I have always wanted to perform Gershwin, but for years, was
> afraid to. In my corner of the world, George Gershwin is a household deity,
> a composer whose music I believed was best left in the capable hands of
> such performers as Fred Astaire, Oscar Levant, Leonard Bernstein, Ella
> Fitzgerald et cetera, not to mention George himself. I loved his music so much 
> that
> I didn't want to mess it up. To make a long story short, I got over this.
> 
> 
> Last year at Ragfest, the Syncopated Songboids and I performed the score of
> "Gold Diggers of Broadway," charming songs by Joe Burke and Al Dubin,
> including "Tip Toe Thru the Tulips and "Painting the Clouds with Sunshine."
> Charming, but not the best songs ever written. This year, I decided to go for
> the gold and do Gershwin.
> 
> We are concentrating on some of his earliest and least known songs, from
> the late 'teens into the early '20s - mostly pre-"Rhapsody in Blue." These
> include such obscurities as "Dixie Rose," the 1921 sequel to "Swanee"; "The
> Sunshine Trail," theme song to a forgotten 1923 movie; "Vodka," a hilarious
> Russian romp from 1925; "Drifting Along With The Tide," a totally obscure
> 1921 ballad that will haunt you forever, and several other gems you may never
> have heard, or heard of.
> 
> Of course, we are also doing some of his enduring hits like "Do it Again,"
> "I'll Build a Stairway to Paradise," "Fascinating Rhythm" and "The Man I
> Love," because, well, who can resist them?
> 
> This is a convivial, informal two-hour program, featuring fourteen singers
> and four musicians:
> 
> DAVID BARLIA
> MAREA BOYLAN
> SHARON EVANS
> CHARLES GARDNER
> INDIRA
> CAROL McARTHUR
> JAMES PARTEN
> RICK ROGERS
> CLAUDIA ROSE
> MIKAL SANDOVAL
> NICK SANTA MARIA
> MEWS SMALL
> KARIN SPRITZLER
> SUZY WILLIAMS
> 
> DAN WEINSTEIN, trombone & violin
> OLIVER STEINBERG, bass
> IRV GERSHENZ, drums
> BRAD KAY, piano and director
> 
> We've spent the summer putting this together, in an attitude of sheer love
> and joy. Hope you can partake!
> 
> DATE: Saturday, October 17, 2009
> TIME: 3 - 5 pm
> THE EVENT: The Orange County Ragtime Festival (Ragfest)
> THE VENUE: Boys and Girls Club of Fullerton, in the Gym
> ADDRESS: 348 W. Commonwealth Avenue Fullerton, CA 92835
> TICKETS: $20, sold at Steamers Jazz Club, 138 W. Commonwealth,
> (two blocks east of the B&G club)
> 
> For further information, see the Festival website: www.ragfest.com
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