RICARDO LEMVO AND MAKINA LOCA
will rotate half hour sets from 9:30p-1:30a with
DJ HEP JEN, DJ TRAVIS & DJ BRENDA STARR

Join us for a formal sit down dinner in the Ballroom at 7:00, or show up afterwards for the party at 9:30.
Plus, it's a CD Release Party: Pick up Ricardo's latest CD Ay Valeria! for only $15.00!

Ricardo Lemvo has established himself as a pioneer with his innovative music, combining Latin and African elements from salsa to soukous with an occasional merengue or Afro-Portuguese excursion. This Congo-born artist is the embodiment of the Afro-Latin Diaspora which connects back to Mother Africa via the Cuban clave rhythm. Lemvo is truly multi-cultural and equally at home singing in English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Lingala, and Kikongo.

Since forming his Los Angeles-based band Makina Loca in 1990, Lemvo has refined his craft and vision, raising his joyous voice with strength, singing songs that celebrate life, and most importantly, inspiring his audiences to let loose and dance away their worries.

11:30a - 2:00p
Dining

1:00p - 2:30p
Performance

$15.00 (plus beverages)
$7.00/Music only or Kids 7 & under

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For over fifteen years, David Wilcox has been making music that bravely navigates a path through the emotional static of modern life towards a better place. With a style that The Boston Globe says "Combines the best of both pop and modern folk aesthetics," he writes songs that are wake up calls to the heart, balm for the soul. Through yearning melodies and direct lyrics, they dare us to remember the promises we made to ourselves of who we want to be. They offer us a guiding hand, along with the hope and courage to go forward . . . Into The Mystery.

"For me, it feels like when I look out at the world there's just a need for people to be talking about where they get their hope now," Wilcox says, "That's what my music has always been about."

"These days, there's so much adversity and loss of hope that anything you can offer that's on the positive side is a welcome relief," he continues, "This record goes through some tough issues and carries a stronger hope by the time it reaches the end. That hope is that our lives will have greater meaning because we have this opportunity to do some emotional alchemy. To take this sorrow and hopelessness and to transform it, and to see that it's because of this frightening backdrop that our lives are going to mean something, that our actions will mean something."

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When she was sixteen, Jane Siberry traded marbles, make-up and sang harmonies in school washrooms with girlfriends. Thirteen recordings and five Juno nominations later, Siberry has become internationally known for her angelic and filmic music.

In 1981, Jane released her first recording independently, selling it off-stage. Signing with a Canadian label in 1984 she released "No Borders Here". This yielded the hit song, "Mimi On The Beach." Her 1985 effort, "The Speckless Sky", earned Siberry her first music awards, as it reached Gold status in Canada and garnered two People’s Choice Awards for "Album of the Year" and "Producer of the Year."

The acclaim brought Siberry to the attention of Warner/Reprise in the US, which signed her in 1987, and produced the hauntingly beautiful, "The Walking". Two years later, she followed up the enigmatic album with "Bound By The Beauty". The album caught the ear of producer and ambient music pioneer Brian Eno, who offered to produce some tracks for her next album, 1993?s "When I Was A Boy". This recording became Siberry's biggest commercial success, and included such hits as "Calling All Angels", which featured a duet with k.d. lang and first appeared in Wim Wenders? film, "Until The End Of The World".

The Swing Session has a new name: Stompy Jones! The same six fellas, the same jumpin' jazz and swingin' blues, but a new name to go along with a new album.

With their vintage attire and romping small-band swing, these fellas have injected a healthy dose of "Central Avenue" inspired Rhythm & Blues into the current swing scene. Little David's thumpin' stand-up bass, Bowen Brown's swinging double-shuffle drumming and the rolling boogie-woogie piano of Scott Lawrence provide the foundation. Riffing on top is Tim Hyland on trumpet and Jeff "Erv" Ervin on tenor and alto saxophone. Together these two highly respected "take-off men" create the fireworks of vintage jazz. At center stage, the "swing man" rejoicing and shouting the blues is the irrepressible Peter "Pops" Walsh! Not many of the current revivalists wear the mantle of "Swing" with as much confidence and ease as these journeymen of jump. "The swingin'est of 'em all" is what many of the best swing-dancers, jitterbugs and old-timey music enthusiasts are saying about The Swing Session! Whether they're appearing at a posh supper club, concert hall, or a little place "just down the road apiece" these fellas deliver high-fidelity, high flying, eight-to-the-bar romance with every performance. The Swing Session revisits the rumbling, driving, joyous, pulsating, overwhelming style of jazz that came to be known as Rock & Roll.

9:30p Dance
$20 Adv
$23 Day Of
Limited dinner reservations available.
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9:00p Salsa Lesson (Free w/Cover)
9:30p Dance
$20

To hillbilly music fans, Jo Miller and the Burly Roughnecks are a new favorite. For those who aren't already fans, JMBR will win you over with a musical display of rockin' hillbilly swing that is sure to make you holler! Guitar, accordion, upright bass and vocals blend together in a pulsing, rollicking groove of pure pleasure.

You might remember Jo Miller as the founding member and front person for the Seattle-based band Ranch Romance. Known for her consummate performance style and decisive original vocals, she and the band built quite a local name. Joined by Nova Devonie and David Keenan in '91, Ranch Romance went on to become national favorites playing concerts, festivals and dances throughout the United States and Canada. They won several northwest music awards, and released three CD's which are still available on the Sugar Hill label.

Based in Seattle, The Roy Kay Trio has been doing their best to get people out of their chairs and on the dance floor for over a year now. Influenced by many types of early music, the most well known being Charlie Feathers, Hank Penny, Johnny Burnette, Carl Perkins and Johnny Horton, the trio works hard to write songs that embrace the heart of early country while retaining the shear energy of mid-fifties rockabilly.

Ruby Dee & the Snake Handlers's Danielle, or Dan or Dee, as she is affectionately known by the guys in the band, has been singing in various bands since her punk rock days in San Francisco and LA- including stints with Mexican Death Holiday (opening for Perry Farrells' fledgling Jane's Addiction) and Vortex, playing with members of the former Dead Boys.

Dan's influences include: Patsy Cline, Hank Sr, Faron Young, and Johnny Cash, to name a few... A life of hard knocks and full tilt adventure have led Dan to the place where she is today: happily writing wistful and cranky tunes about all her ex's and experiences, whittlin' away at this gift called life.

October 12, 2003
11:00 am - 2:30 pm
$15.00 (plus beverages)

$7.00/Music only

For Scotland, the late 18th and early 19th century was a time of profound and uncomfortable changes. Economic and social structures were altered dramatically as the Industrial Revolution brought factories and mechanization to Scotland's rural world. At the same time, the Scottish Highlanders were being driven from their lands by the English conquerors, forced into the Lowlands, forbidden to practice their familiar customs. It was a difficult time, often a brutal time... and yet, this was a time of great poets, the likes of Robert Burns and Robert Tannahill. And it was a time of great music.

The Tannahill Weavers' diverse repertoire reflects the duality of Scotland's musical heritage. It embraces both the mystical quality of the Highlander's Celtic music, and the rollicking, sometimes even brawling qualities of the Lowlander's Anglo-Scots tunes. The Tannahill Weavers' arrangements blend the beauty of the traditional melodies with the power of modern rhythms. The penetrating sound of the Highland bagpipes is a thread of ancient memory running through it all.

9:30p Dance $20
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Maraca is a phenomenal 12-piece salsa band from Cuba. They are credited with having the best flute player in the world, Orlando Valle, who is renowned for his innovative style, speed and artistry. Maraca tours all over the world and they have been the sensation of every music festival they have attended. The Chicago Tribune calls them "the most influential Afro-Cuban band of the emerging century" and the Seattle Reader describes them as "the hottest band you've never heard of". Actually, you're probably very familiar with their music even if you don't know their name. Some of the best songs you hear when you're out dancing are by Maraca. Their music is incredibly infectious and you won't want to stop dancing; definitely take a minute to just listen and appreciate their music, though, because their artistry is amazing.

SWING w/
PORKPIE

8:30p Lindy Lesson
$5

9:30p Dance
$12

A Portland native, Pete Petersen graduated with a Bachelor of Music degree from the University of Denver's Lamont School of Music in 1993. He has been featured on NPR's JazzSet program and has worked as a sideman for jazz greats Kevin Mahogany, Jack Walrath, Stefan Karlsson, Ron Miles, The Denver Jazz Orchestra, and many others. Locally he was a longtime member of the Art Abrams Swing Machine Big Band, Keith Werner's Swing Revue Big Band and the Border Patrol Big Band, and he has performed with the Carleton Jackson/Dave Mills big band in the past. He is currently one of the Northwest's top call saxophonists and regularly works alongside many of the area's A-list jazzmen. He is a current and longtime member of the award-winning swing ensemble Lily Wilde and her Jumpin' Jubilee Orchestra, in addition to fronting his own jazz quartet, leading the Porkpie octet, and co-leading a 17-piece big band. He currently has one original CD release, Silver Lining.

9:30p Dance
$10

Hot Salsa! The only way to describe Latin Expression is "phenomenal". This 12-piece orchestra creates a sound complimented by flashy styles and synchronized movements. The orchestra is driven by balancing four horns, a five piece rhythm and percussion section, followed by three vocalists. This is the premier Salsa band in all the Northwest. The orchestra's repertoire includes a unique variety of merengue, bolero, cumbia, Latin Jazz, and other rhythms and styles generally encompassed by the term "salsa". Also described as "Power Salsa".

Latin Expression has been playing all over the West Coast including British Columbia for over 15 years, and are now recognized as an experienced, enthusiastic compilation of professional musicians.

"I have a feeling people are never really gonna know who I am," Bob Schneider says.

Lonelyland is more than just Bob Schneider's solo debut; it's a fully-realized album that deftly delivers emotion, melody, texture, and surprising twists. It's the work of a solid craftsman that's not afraid to take chances and a work overflowing with personality.

"This is the closest I've come to representing myself as a songwriter" Schneider says. "These are songs that speak for themselves and speak for me."

It's something of an understatement to say Lonelyland's focus is on serving the song. From the easygoing earnestness of ``Metal and Steel'' to the complex dynamics of ``Big Blue Sea,'' the rootsy funk of ``Bullets'' and ``Under My Skin,'' the lively pop of ``Round and Round'' and the bounce of ``Blue Skies for Everyone,'' each melody, hook, groove and vocal performance serves its master. And yet, it's very much an album rooted in adventure and improvisation; Schneider's managed to harness and display a flexible, but inherently cohesive, vision.

"My favorite songwriters never wrote songs that sounded the same or had the same general feel," Schneider says explaining the album's eclectic nature. "How could I expect to keep myself, let alone anyone else, interested if each song didn't do it's own thing or follow it's own path?"

Keri Noble comes to you by way of the Motor City, where her sudden acceleration was more BMW, less Ford Escort. Born in Texas in 1977, Keri started singing in her Father's Hispanic church as a teen and began performing in Detroit clubs and coffeehouses in 1999.

By 2000, Keri's original songwriting and unforgetable vocal talent had earned her three Detroit Music Award nominations. Detroit's top-40 radio station Q95.5 had begun airing Keri's demo. Q95.5's Steve Cochran may say it best: "There is a little bit of thunder in every song she sings". Keri is unique in that she naturally combines the pop sensibility of Sheryl Crow, the soul of Bonnie Raitt, and the mystery of Tori Amos into one power-house experience for the listener.

Stephanie Reese is a native of Seattle, WA. She left several years ago to attend Indiana University for opera performance and later Cincinnati Conservatory for Music, theatre, and dance. She went on to perform in Europe where she played the title role in "Miss Saigon"-Germany, The Disney world premire of "The Hunchback of Notre Dame"(Esmerelda), and "The King and I" at the historical Palladium Theatre in London's WestEnd (Princess Tuptim). Later she went on the first U.K. National tour of "The King and I" where she also understudied the role of Lady Thiang and alternated as The princess Tuptim. She is very excited to bring some of her work to home to her Seattle professional debut!

Spend an evening of enchantment, music, love and hope as Stephanie Reese, actress, vocalist and artist takes you on her extraordinary journey through music, poetry, stories and song.
Two nights only. Light reception to follow.

Back Pocket is a duo of two pianists from Toronto, Solomon Douglas and Goldon Webster, which has played at Swing Out New Hampshire (2001 and 2002), at the Austin Lindy Exchange (2001), at the Utah Lindy Exchange (2002), at the South Florida Lindy Exchange (2002), at the Melbourne Lindy Exchange (Australia, November 2002), at the Lovin' Oklahoma Lindy Exchange (Tulsa, April 2003), and in Seoul (South Korea, June 6th, 2003). Upcoming gigs this fall include return visits to Swing Out New Hampshire and to the Melbourne Lindy Exchange. Back Pocket's music is featured on the new Lindy Hop instructional videos by Doug Silton. Their specialty is after-hours dances, but they'll please a dancing crowd at any time of day.

SLACK KEY GUITAR GREATS
GEORGE KUO,
AARON MAHI
and
MARTIN PAHINUI
9p
$15 Adv
$18 Day Of
Limited dinner reservations available.
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George Kuo was born on November 17, 1955, but his beautiful slack key guitar style dates back a generation or two earlier. "I feel a lot of appreciation for the old style of slack key and the lifestyle of my grandparents, granduncles, grandaunts and all the older players. There's a special aloha for them that I try to convey in my style of slack key."
"My feeling is in the playing from the 1940s," he continues. "I like to play a nice relaxed, easy style. Not too much fancy stuff, keep it within the melody. It's more delivering a message than playing runs."

Aaron David Mahi, a native-Hawaiian, has served as Bandmaster of the Royal Hawaiian Band since 1981. He is a graduate of Kamehameha Schools and the Hartt School of Music in Connecticut where he received his degree in Music Education. Fluent in English, Hawaiian and German, Mahi's sound musicianship and sensitivity has added a new dimension to the Royal Hawaiian Band.

Theodora Fogarty and Andrew Curry bring a broad range of musical experiences and styles to this fun duet. An Acoustic duet, Duet a la Fete is finely suited for small halls and social gatherings. Their repertoire consists of Romantic music, mostly, but they also include Baroque and Modern pieces.

9:30p Dancing
$10

Yerbabuena is a 12-piece charanga orchestra based in Seattle. They've been performing traditional and modern Cuban salsa, including son, cha-cha-cha, guaguanco and danzon, to Northwest audiences since 1994. In addition to originals, their repertoire draws from the music of Cachao, Buena Vista Social Club, Orquesta Aragon, Los Van Van, Benny More, Eliades Ochoa, Candido Fabre, Original de Manzanillo and many other great Cuban artists.

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ZAH-ZU-ZAY

There are actually three bands playing at the Century on June 11th: Back Pocket, the Gordon Webster Quintet, and the Solomon Douglas Quintet.

Back Pocket is a duo of two pianists from Toronto, Solomon Douglas and Goldon Webster, which has played at Swing Out New Hampshire (2001 and 2002), at the Austin Lindy Exchange (2001), at the Utah Lindy Exchange (2002), at the South Florida Lindy Exchange (2002), at the Melbourne Lindy Exchange (Australia, November 2002), at the Lovin' Oklahoma Lindy Exchange (Tulsa, April 2003), and in Seoul (South Korea, June 6th, 2003). Upcoming gigs this fall include return visits to Swing Out New Hampshire and to the Melbourne Lindy Exchange. Back Pocket's music is featured on the new Lindy Hop instructional videos by Doug Silton. Their specialty is after-hours dances, but they'll please a dancing crowd at any time of day.

The Gordon Webster Quintet and the Solomon Douglas Quintet are a group consisting of four Seattle-area musicians plus either Webster or Douglas leading the band from the piano bench.

Both Solomon Douglas and Gordon Webster are die-hard lindy hoppers, and this apparently has some effect on their music which causes people to keep hiring them to play at camps and exchanges!

The Los Angeles-based Bonebrake Syncopators are a freewheeling five-piece jazz group, playing swinging arrangements of standards and forgotten gems from the Jazz Age...

think Red Norvo, Fats Waller & Artie Shaw riffing at the same speakeasy...

The lineup include veterans of West Coast bands like X, Big Sandy, The Dave and Deke Combo & The Lucky Stars. You might even recognize the lilting hawaiian steel guitar sounds heard on your favorite cartoon "Spongebob Squarepants" - that's in there too.

With the exotic, frenetic vibraphone of D.J. Bonebrake, the dynamic twin guitar tonalities of TK Smith and Jeremy Wakefield and a jumping rhythm section courtesy of Wally Hersom and Dave Stuckey, the Syncopators will definitely drive you...to dance!

Casey MacGill writes and performs music that swings, He's a classic Hollywood character in appearance and style. MacGill plays boogie-woogie, swing, and stride piano--Fats Waller meets Fats Domino. He's a prodigious scat singer, evoking the spirit of Cab Calloway, and is at home covering a range of material from the Gershwins to Leiber & Stoller to his own compositions. He also blows a lyrical cornet and pumps zydeco accordian, but his secret weapon is a 6-string ukulele.

For a man whose music seems timeless, Leon Redbone prefers to immerse himself in the here and now.

"What I do and what I record only work for the moment," Redbone says in his unmistakably croaky drawl. "That?s basically all I hope for in a performance, because that?s what I think a song is: It has to reach out and grab you for one moment. It can even be a single note which defines the entire song."

9:30p Dance
$15

From her emergence as a sensitive singer/songwriter in the late eighties, through her evolution as a top-charting alterna-folk/pop artist of the nineties, to her mature work as a sonic innovator and lyric master today, Patty Larkin shows us that it is possible to continue to evolve - to regroove our dreams as we grow. To listen to Regrooving The Dream is to be in the presence of a master - one who can take words and sound and provide us with a distinctive, bracing take on the modern world.

Angel Garcia is a a New York based performer and dancer with a wonderfully expressive and unique style.

9:30p Dance
$13
Limited dinner reservations available.
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So that's Melcochita! The horns blared, the congas and timbales kicked in, the woman in the skin-tight outfit started scratching the guiro, and the energy level exploded as the old man suddenly seemed about twenty years young, tearing into a song we'd heard somewhere before - something about "tibiri tabara" - and as if magnetized, the men in suits, the previously dancing couples, and us gravitated to the periphery of the stage to witness an explosion of rhythmic energy and playful artistry. No one danced. The only movement was the dropping of jaws, the nodding of heads and the stretching of smiling lips as the madman gestured wildly while singing his total nonsense. He suddenly dropped back to the timbales and cracked off a sizzling solo worthy of Tito you-know-who, only to return to the microphone to verbally joust with the two TV cameras staring him in the face. He ripped off some marvelously funny rhymes about Channel 34 and CNN, finishing minutes later with a fanfare, already sweaty and ready for more.

-Salsa-News.com

A Seattle Legend, Floyd is a regular at the New Orleans Cafe and the Pampas Room.

9:00p Salsa Lesson (Free w/Cover)
9:30p Dance
$13

Limited dinner reservations available.
BUY