Our next
concert will be on Saturday evening, March 23 at Gosforth Civic Theatre, Regent Farm Road, Newcastle NE3 3HD, another new venue for
us, very near to Regent Centre metro and bus station on the Great North Road
through Gosforth.
As ever, we'll be featuring Caroline on vocals and we'll be joined by Martin Litton on piano. Martin is an internationally renowned pianist, arranger and bandleader, specialising in all classic jazz styles from ragtime to swing, so he's a perfect fit for us! He's equally effective as a soloist, accompanist or band pianist, as evidenced by his theatre show Swinging at the Cotton Club and in previous years with the Piccadilly Dance Orchestra. And of course the show will be compered once again by our saxophonist extraordinaire, Mr Steve Andrews.
Tickets (£20) are available in advance from Dave Kerr - ragtimedavekerr@aol.com or 0191 281 4011, or can be purchased on the night, subject to availability. Or buy them direct from the theatre in person or online at gosforthcivictheatre.co.uk.
Bar facilities are available, and doors open at
7pm. We hope to see you there!
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 classic jazz and hot dance music from the 1920s, and the early swing of Duke Ellington.
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