Sunday Jazz BANG party (5 May)

Workshops are done. Everyone's going home tomorrow. You have mad skills and plenty of new friends. Let's get SERIOUS. We begin the evening with a little show and tell. Our guest teachers and musician take us through their meetings with the Original Groovers of the swing era. How did they meet old timers? What was it like learning with them? What tips do they have for people researching Australian OGs? And most importantly, is there any footage? Then we DANCE. Lots of good music played by great musicians, good, swinging fun. Oh, and dress however you'd like. You deserve it. --Music-- It's the end of the weekend. We have learnt everything. We have drunk all the coffee, eaten all the cake, bathed in all the breweries. Now we just want to relax, to party like it's 1938. Sam asked Andrew: "Can we get another vocalist, someone who's been around for ages and really know how to sing a swing song and make us dance?" And Andrew said, "Yes." Marie Wilson is serious jazz. She's been singing in Australia since the 1960s, and she has serious chops. We don't often get to hear her play for dancers (we never get to hear her place for dancers), but Andrew has tempted her up from the South Coast. So everyone listen up: the dame is here. And she is prepared to party. Drums: Andrew Dickeson Bass: Ash Turner Piano: Peter Locke Saxophone/clarinet/vocal: Brad Child Vocal: Marie Wilson