MELBOURNE, FL, June 8, 2011 – The Swingtime Jazz Band – the dance ensemble of the Melbourne Municipal Band - is celebrating the summer’s first full moon with its annual June Moon Ball on Friday, June 24, from 7 to 10 p.m. at the Melbourne Auditorium, 625 E. Hibiscus Blvd.
The dance will include a wide variety of selections covering swing, waltz, polkas and Latin music – as well as the occasional rock tune. Several soloists will be featured during the performance. Vocalist Len Fallen, a local favorite and Swingtime regular, also will be featured.
“Dancing skills are not required,” said Art Martin, interim conductor. “We play different styles of music with different beats and anyone who enjoys dancing or who just likes to listen to great music, is more than welcome.”
The dance begins at 7 p.m. Those who would like to brush up on their dancing skills can do so from 6 to 7 p.m., when Laura Beers (www.adancersvoice.com or 751-4766) offers lessons. The fee for lessons is $5, payable to the instructor.
Dance tickets are $5 in advance or $6 at the door. Swingtime, considered one of the finest jazz and big band groups in the Southeast, also is available for hire for community, church and other social functions. More information about the event, ticket locations, and the band is available by visiting www.mmband.org or calling 724-0555.
About the Melbourne Municipal Band
The Melbourne Municipal Band, established in 1965, plays free concerts for the citizens of Brevard County nearly every month, and also contributes to the community through parades, patriotic concerts and ceremonial performances. Some 30 percent of the band’s 80-plus members are professional musicians. In a typical year, the band serves 69,000 concert attendees, and its members give 27,000 hours of community service in the form of rehearsals and performance time.
Swingtime is the 18 to 21-piece “Big Band” dance ensemble of the MMB, playing music from the 1920s to the 1970s. The for-hire band features saxophones, trombones, trumpets, a piano, guitar, bass and trap set, along with two vocalists and a conductor/announcer.
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