(Press release)
After
two years' enforced absence due to the pandemic, I'm delighted to let you know
that the New Century Ragtime Orchestra
will be performing their annual Tyneside concert, once again featuring Caroline
Stephen on vocals on Saturday 11 February, this time
at a brand-new venue!
We'll be playing our usual mix of classic ragtime,1920s hot dance music and early 1930s swing numbers at the King's Hall, Armstrong Building, Newcastle University NE1 7RU. The Armstrong Building is immediately opposite the Royal Victoria Infirmary on Queen Victoria Road, and the nearest car parks are at the bottom of Claremont Road or the Eldon Square multi-storey. The nearest metro station is Haymarket, a five-minute walk away.
The concert will start at 7pm on Saturday 11 February, with doors opening at 6.30pm. Tickets remain at an inflation-busting £15 (no increase for 5 years!) and are available on the door (subject to capacity) or in advance from Dave Kerr 0191 281 4011 or Email: ragtimedavekerr@aol.com
Pre-booked
tickets will be held on the door and paid for on collection, but regrettably
only by cash or cheque, as we cannot accept credit or debit cards.
We
hope you can join us for another authentic and entertaining evening's journey
through the music of exactly one century ago! Phil Rutherford
The
New Century Ragtime Orchestra: This twelve-piece
orchestra plays music from the dawn of ragtime in the 1890s through to the
early swing era of the 1930s.
Lovingly recreated from the original sheet music
and painstakingly scored for full ensemble, we perform not only ragtime composers
such as Scott Joplin but also the classic jazz and hot dance music of the
1920’s, and the early swing of Duke Ellington.
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