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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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Carmen L. Bright
Marketing Communications Associates, Inc.
Voice: 321-254-0171
Fax: 321-752-9814
Free, family friendly evening features jazz favorites
MELBOURNE, FL, May 24, 2011 - The sounds of American Jazz will fill the air on June 15 and 16 when the Melbourne Municipal Band (MMB) presents the first of its annual not-in-the-park picnic concert series. The main concert begins at 6:30 p.m. at the Melbourne Auditorium, 625 E. Hibiscus Blvd. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. for those who want to bring a picnic dinner and enjoy the sounds of “Art Martin and Friends.” Admission is free and no tickets are required.
Principal Conductor Staci Cleveland will lead the band as it explores some of the most popular American jazz tunes, including They Can’t Take That Away from Me, Sweet Georgia Brown, American in Paris and medleys of Duke Ellington and Benny Goodman compositions. Popular local vocalist Len Fallen will join the band to sing music by George Gershwin.
“Our picnic concerts are always so much fun and the band is very excited to present this wonderful program, which pays homage to some of the best-loved American jazz composers,” said Cleveland.
Instead of traditional concert seating, long tables will be set up to enable a ‘dinner and show’ experience and audience members can bring along their picnic dinners. Drinks, ice and snacks will be available for purchase at the Concession Table.
There is no charge for the concert and tickets are not required. Doors open at 5:30. Call 724-0555 or visit melbournemunicipalband.org for more information.
About the Melbourne Municipal Band
The Melbourne Municipal Band (MMB), 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.
Media Contact:
Carmen L. Bright
Marketing Communications Associates, Inc.
Voice: 321-254-0171
Fax: 321-752-9814
MELBOURNE, Florida, May 17, 2011 – The Melbourne Municipal Band (MMB), in conjunction with the Melbourne Police Athletic League (PAL) and 4 the Kids of Brevard, is holding its fourth Summer Youth Band Music Program from June 20 through July 14, 2011.
The free music instruction is open to all students enrolled in 6th through 9th grade who are interested in learning to play a musical instrument, or who already play a wind or percussion instrument. The MMB/PAL is paying one month’s instrument rental fee and the cost of the lesson book for beginning students. Parents or guardians are responsible for the rental after the first month.
The program will run Monday through Thursday, from 9 to 11 a.m., at Church on the Rock, 4028 Babcock St., Melbourne (across the street from Palm Bay High School). Each student will receive a 50-minute group lesson with a qualified teacher and also will have playing time as part of a band. Students will present a concert on the final day of the program, July 14th, at 6:00 p.m. at the Melbourne Civic Auditorium.
“This program has grown tremendously in the past three years, and we are very excited to be able to offer it to our area’s youth once again,” said Art Martin, MMB musician and Executive Administrator, and coordinator of the summer music program. “When young people learn to play an instrument, it’s an activity that they can enjoy their entire life and that can enrich their life forever.”
Additional information and registration forms for the summer program are available by contacting Mr. Martin by phone at 724-0555 or 956-2283, or via email at mmbpalsyb@gmail.com. Parents and students also can visit the band’s web site at melbournemunicipalband.org and click on the link at the bottom of the home page to access additional information or an online registration form.
About Melbourne PAL
PAL utilizes educational, athletic and recreational activities to create trust and understanding between police officers and youth. It is based on the conviction that young people – if they are reached early enough – can develop strong positive attitudes towards police officers in their journey through life toward the goal of maturity and good citizenship.
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.
Media Contact:
Carmen L. Bright
Marketing Communications Associates, Inc.
Voice: 321-254-0171
Fax: 321-752-9814
Email: MarComAsso@aol.com
MELBOURNE, FL, April 15, 2011 – The Swingtime Jazz Band will debut some new arrangements for dancing when it performs at its annual “May Flowers Ball” on Friday, May 27 from 7 to 10 p.m. at the Melbourne Auditorium.
“You don’t have to be a dancer to come out and enjoy this wonderful evening of upbeat music,”’ said Art Martin, conductor. “We play different styles of music with different beats and anyone who enjoys dancing, or who likes listening to the band, is more than welcome.”
Martin is a music performer, educator, adjudicator, and clinician who has played with well-know groups such as the Drifters, Platters, and the Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra. He has also performed with Little Anthony, Benny Golson, Joe Lovano, Dizzy Gillespie, Al Cohn, and Slide Hampton. Martin also manages the youth Summer Music Program sponsored by the Melbourne Municipal Band.
The May Flowers Ball 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. Swingtime vocalists Sally Hart, a singing star with the Lawrence Welk Show, and Len Fallen, another local favorite, also will be featured.
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.
Media Contact:
Carmen L. Bright
Marketing Communications Associates, Inc.
Voice: 321-254-0171
Fax: 321-752-9814
