
Best of the Big Bands
15/10/2009
Empire Theatre
Front Street
Consett
DH8 5AB
Tel: 01207 218 171
www.leisureworksonline.co.uk
Chris Dean’s Syd Lawrence Orchestra
Having just been voted the ‘Best Big Band in the Land’ for the 11th consecutive year, The Syd Lawrence Orchestra’s popularity continues to go from strength to strength. Leader, Chris Dean, packs a real punch with this dazzling new show ‘The Best of the Big Bands’ offering an evening filled with the most distinctive music ever to grace the turntable, seamlessly combined with audience banter, producing a unique fusion of music and humour. Featuring the sounds of Glenn Miller, Count Basie, Tommy Dorsey, Artie Shaw, Benny Goodman, Billy May, Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald and played for you by performers with a real passion for their music, this show is bound to leave you dazzled from the very first number.
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