ALL AGES LIVE SWING w/
THE UPTOWN LOWDOWN JAZZ BAND
9:00p Lesson
9:30p-12:30a Dance
All Ages
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Started in 1971 by Bert Barr, The Uptown Lowdown Jazz Band has performed continuously since that time now appearing at over 25 festivals and concerts annually throughout the United Stated and abroad. Major festivals include The Sacramento Jazz Jubilee, Sun Valley Swing & Dixie, The Great Connecticut Jazz Festival, San Diego Jazz Festival, Pismo Beach Jazz and America's Festival in Lacey, WA held over the 4th of July weekend. The full seven piece band has a worldwide reputation having performed in Japan, Holland, Belgium, Germany, Mexico and Canada.
LIVE SWING w/
LOOSE MARBLES
9:00p Lesson
9:30p-12:30a Dance
21+
$12
Loose Marbles is a band out of New Orleans, but they're known to pop up all over the map. They've put together a special blend of instruments and attitudes, with a sound that recalls the early jazz from the clubs and streets of New Orleans. Featured vocalist with Loose Marbles is the amazing Meschiya Lake. No strangers to dancers, Loose Marbles brings energy to the dance floor that will keep you dancing.
LIVE SWING w/
LOOSE MARBLES
9:00p Lesson
9:30p-12:30a Dance
All Ages
$12
Loose Marbles is a band out of New Orleans, but they're known to pop up all over the map. They've put together a special blend of instruments and attitudes, with a sound that recalls the early jazz from the clubs and streets of New Orleans. Featured vocalist with Loose Marbles is the amazing Meschiya Lake. No strangers to dancers, Loose Marbles brings energy to the dance floor that will keep you dancing.
3rd ANNUAL MASTERS OF LINDY HOP & TAP
LIVE SWING w/
THE SOLOMON DOUGLAS SWINGTET
No Lesson Tonight
10:00p-1:00a Dance
21+
$20
Come early for the Masters' Exhibition and save on both! Details at CenturyMasters.com
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The Solomon Douglas Swingtet's past gigs include the Atomic TOE (December 2002, Lindy Exchange in Toronto, Ontario), Swing Out Northwest (December 2002 and 2004, in Port Townsend, Washington), the Detroit Lindy Exchange (May, 2003), and the All-Balboa Weekend in Cleveland, Ohio (May, 2003). The bandleader is himself a swing dancer, which means that everything the band plays is directly focused on the dancers. Its repertoire is rooted in those of the Basie and Ellington bands, with other big-band standards and classic jazz tunes thrown in as well.
3rd ANNUAL MASTERS OF LINDY HOP & TAP
LIVE SWING w/
THE SOLOMON DOUGLAS SWINGTET
No Lesson Tonight
10:00p-1:00a Dance
21+
$20
Come early for the Masters' Exhibition and save on both! Details at CenturyMasters.com
BUY TICKETS
The Solomon Douglas Swingtet's past gigs include the Atomic TOE (December 2002, Lindy Exchange in Toronto, Ontario), Swing Out Northwest (December 2002 and 2004, in Port Townsend, Washington), the Detroit Lindy Exchange (May, 2003), and the All-Balboa Weekend in Cleveland, Ohio (May, 2003). The bandleader is himself a swing dancer, which means that everything the band plays is directly focused on the dancers. Its repertoire is rooted in those of the Basie and Ellington bands, with other big-band standards and classic jazz tunes thrown in as well.
3rd ANNUAL MASTERS OF LINDY HOP & TAP CLOSING DANCE
LIVE SWING w/
BRIA SKONBERG
9:00p Lesson
9:30p-12:30a Dance
All Ages
$15
At age 24, Bria Skonberg has been performing on stage for over 20 years. She has made appearances as a bandleader and guest artist all over North America, Europe, and Asia. She has been the recipient of numerous awards including the CBC Jazz Award of Merit (2006), and the coveted Kobe Jazz Street Friendship Award, presented at the Breda Jazz Festival in 2007. Early in 2008 she was a guest on Riverwalk Jazz with the Jim Cullum Jazz Band, representing the next generation of jazz . She is often a featured performer with Canadian icon Dal Richards and his Orchestra.
Bria currently resides in Vancouver where she graduated with a Degree in Jazz Performance from Capilano College in 2006. She co-leads and manages three jazz bands based in the Pacific Northwest: The Big Bang Jazz Band aka The 51st Eight, The Mighty Aphrodite Jazz Band and Bria's Hot Five. She is also a member of The Hoppin' Mad Orchestra, the Yukon based quintet New Orleans North, and is featured often with the Solomon Douglas Swingtet.
For the last five years she has been active as an advocate for upcoming musicians, working as a teacher and counselor at the Heebie Jeebies Youth Jazz Camp, Mammoth Lakes Youth Jazz Camp and the Sacramento Traditional Jazz Society Youth Jazz Camp in the summer. She has begun programming, narrating and performing educational elementary school shows, and has given clinics at Sacramento State University and the University of Colorado pertaining to improvising and her experiences.
LIVE SALSA w/
MARACA
8:30p Lesson
9:30p-1:30a Dance
21+
$TBA Adv
$TBA Day Of
Lesson: $5, plus cover
Cuban flutist and composer & director of the group Maraca, Orlando Valle, is definitely a spectacle to see live, as he directs his highly talented 12-member group. Nominated for "Best Salsa Album of the year" for 2003, and winner of many awards in Cuba, Maraca is considered one of the most popular names in Latin and Afro-Cuban Music. Their music is a cocktail of fusion and energy that stems from the jazziest improvisations to the most danceable elements of Caribbean and popular Cuban music.