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Rackham Symphony Choir kicks off the season with a bang!
Enthusiasm for the music of the Swing Era has never waned since crowds danced to music of big bands in music halls all over Detroit. Rackham Symphony Choir celebrates that music with JUMP, JIVE, SWING & SING: A TRIBUTE TO THE SWING ERA on Saturday, October 27, 2007. The original show features music by George Gershwin, Hoagy Carmichael, Fats Waller and others. Many of the tunes are so beloved and familiar that Rackham's Musical Director Suzanne Mallare Acton created an audience sing-along as part of the concert which features the Rackham Symphony Choir and the Rackham Ensemble Singers singing hits such as Wonderful, Let's Call the Whole Thing Off, Someone to Watch Over Me, Embraceable You, The Man I Love, Juke Box Saturday Night, Sentimental Journey and It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing). The show takes place on Saturday, October 27 at Zion Lutheran Church in Ferndale located at 143 Albany in Ferndale, three blocks south of Nine Mile, just west of Woodward. Concert is at 7:00 p.m. and tickets are $25 general admission and $20 for seniors. A portion of the event benefits the Zion Lutheran Church. Tickets are available by calling (313) 886-9074. Tickets will also be available at the door depending on availability but patrons are encouraged to purchase in advance. Featured in the afternoon's program are selections from The Fats Waller Revue with Detroit jazz luminaries Marion Hayden on bass, Alvin Waddles on piano, Charlie Gabriel on saxophone and clarinet, Alex Trajano on drums. The Fats Waller Revue was conceived by Alvin Waddles and began touring earlier this summer to enthusiastic response. Alvin Waddles is an accomplished pianist and musical director. Marion Hayden tours extensively with her all-female group, Straight Ahead. Waddles and Hayden also appear playing piano and bass respectively with the Rackham Symphony Choir each December in the annual holiday hit Too Hot To Handel. |
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