Swing Connection performs popular dance music and concert music from the Big
Band Swing Era. Dancing to swing music is widely popular, and our complete
library of dance music and concert music will compliment your special
occasion. We are available to perform at events such as:
-
Corporate
functions
- Holiday events
- Weddings
- Parties
- Special party dates (e.g.,
Valentine's Day, April Fool's Day, Halloween, Mother's/Father's Day)
We will work with
you, event
planners, and sponsors to create a custom-made dance or concert program
just for your event!
Examples
of Programs offered by Swing Connection
Dance Events
-
Swing
Music Through the Decades
- Big Band Theme Songs, an entire
evening devoted to these signature tunes
- Calendar themes
- Seasonal Celebrations, your choice of
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter
- Monthly events, your choice of
holidays or other red-letter days
- States of the Union
in Song; we’ve got at least 40 different state songs in the book
Dance and/or Concert
Settings
-
Tributes to
the Great Song Writers.
An entire evening devoted to great American song
writers: Hoagy Carmichael, Johnny Mercer, Harold Arlen, Frank Loesser, Cole
Porter, Irving Berlin, Richard Rodgers, George and Ira Gershwin, Walter
Donaldson, Jerome Kern, and Harry Warren.
- Tributes to the
Great Swing Bands. An entire evening devoted to
great American swing bands: Tommy and/or Jimmy Dorsey, Les Brown, Benny Goodman, Artie
Shaw, Woody Herman, Harry James, Glenn Miller, Les Elgart, Duke
Ellington, Count Basie, Jimmy Lunceford, and the Casa Loma Orchestra.
Concert Audiences
-
The History of Big Band Swing
- Blues and the Big Bands
- Humor in the Swing Era
- A Review of Revues: Music before
Broadway Musicals
- Kidding the Classics: Popular
Renditions of Classical Themes
- Swing Band Arrangers: Their Sounds
and Styles
- The Evolution of Popular Swing Music:
A Four-Part Series (Popular Music Roots, Tin Pan Alley and Music
Publishing, Radio Days, and The Decline of the Swing Era)

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