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Eleanor presents The Band Stand on Saturday night from 7pm to 10pm.
When I was seventeen “It Was A Very Good Year” – so goes the song made famous in the 60s by Frank Sinatra and for me that was so true. I had just started working and was earning my first salary, so as a teenager I had spending power!
On the radio I was listening to the music of The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Eddie Cochrane, Petula Clark and Gary Puckett and The Union Gap but I was buying the LPs of music from the Bandstand era. Every weekend in our home my dad would be playing tunes of the Big Bands and we would hear the voices of Shirley Bassey, Frank Sinatra, Nat King Cole and Ella Fitzgerald.
The sounds of the Ray Conniff Orchestra and Chorus would permeate every room in the house and unknowingly by osmosis I grew to love it all and many years and many salaries later I am still happily spending on CDs to further increase my collection, only now I’m privileged to be able to share it on Saturday evenings!
Like many of the listeners, the music of the Bandstand era is the music of my childhood and it brings back warm and wonderful memories. |
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VALENTINE’S DAY IS NOT ALWAYS ABOUT ‘JUST US TWO.’
Valentine’s Day is not always about ‘just us two.’
This day is the perfect time to reflect on what your friends or family mean to you.
So whether you are coming with a date or your mate, join Junipa’s for a fun and lively evening filled with tapas, great company and live jazz band!
Venue: Junipa’s Bistro, Hobart Grove Centre Cnr. Hobart & Grosvenor Rd, Bryanston
Contact details: Blythe 011 506 – 7352 or blytheb@jnpr.co.za
| Date:2012/02/14 - 2012/02/14
Time:7.00pm
Entrance:R120 (this includes a your meal & entertainment
Type of Event: Swing bands, Standards, Show Tunes, Jazz | MARKET ON MAIN
Johannesburg's leading food and design Market, set in the prestigious Arts on Main complex which houses some of Johannesburg's leading Galeries and artist studios.. A must see to experience the inner city rejuvenation of Johannesburg. Picnic under the olive trees while enjoying Ethiopian, Moroccan, Chinese, Italian and Indian Food. Don't miss the Bunny Chows, Boerie Rolls and Snoek on Roosterbrood. These typical South African dishes will make sure you leave with a real flavor of what South Africa has to offer. Every Sunday from 10am to 3pm and every first Thursday of the month from 7pm till 11pm.
Venue: Arts on Main
Contact details: +27828681335
+27113340171 | Date:2011/10/30 - 2011/10/30
Time:10am till 3pm
Entrance:No charge
Type of Event: Swing bands, Standards, Show Tunes, Jazz | JOHANNESBURG'S GREATEST CUBAN SALSA PARTY
The memorable Son del Solar sessions are back, Greenside parties at its best but now in the middle of Newtown!! Come and join us for an extravagant night with the best Afro Latin beats, live music and art. A special blend of Salsa Cubana and Latin rhythms played by DJ Salsa Conciencia (France), live performance by Jazz Expressions Band and eye catching art from local young artists.
Tribute to Los van van and Manolito Simonet y su Trabuco.
Venue: SHIKISHA, NEWTOWN
Contact details: Monica on 076 350 5320
| Date:2011/11/05 - 2011/11/06
Time:20h00
Entrance:advR100 doorR120
Type of Event: Swing bands, Standards, Show Tunes, Jazz | INAUGURAL JAZZ BANQUET.HOSTED BY EJA
Inaugural Jazz Banquet to be hosted by The Ekurhuleni Jazz Association in honour of jazz presenter Mesh Mapetla.Tickets are available at R250 per person or R2500.00 per ten seater table.The ticket holder will be entitled to a three course meal,for refreshments a cash barwill be in oparation.There will be two live bands and cd's jazz presentation by our members.This will be a black-tie affair.
Venue: Leondale Hall,Germiston.
Contact details: 0842166025 | Date:2011/11/12 - 2011/11/12
Time:15.00 -22.00
Entrance:R250.00
Type of Event: Swing bands, Standards, Show Tunes, Jazz | ABSA TO HOST SANDRA HANEKOM SOLO EXHIBITION
Absa will host award-winning artist, Sandra Hanekom, in a solo exhibition titled ‘Sublime purgatory and the splendour of menace’ at the Absa Gallery in Johannesburg from 8-22 September 2011.
The works created for this exhibition display a private devotion to the ideals of beauty as well as the artist’s need to undermine sublime .
Hanekom has worked fulltime as an artist since 1994, and has been included in numerous group exhibitions and has had solo shows in Gauteng and the Western Cape. She has also had curatorial experience and has served on the boards of the Durbanville Cultural Society, the East London Art Society and the Bellville Arts Board.
Venue: Absa Art Gallery
Absa Towers North
161 Main Street
Johannesburg
Contact details: 011 888 8548 | Date:2011/09/08 - 2011/09/08
Time:08:30 - 16:00
Entrance:R0.00
Type of Event: Swing bands, Standards, Show Tunes, Jazz |
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 The Jonny Cooper Orchestra has several cds out now the most popular of which played on the Saturday Bandstand is “Swing Safari” .
Find out more about them and their cds by visiting their website on www.bigband.co.za.
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 Retailers that stock needles for record players:
Johannesburg
Contact Chris in Benoni – email spuy@vodamail.co.za
The music store next to Edgars in Lakeside Mall in Benoni
New World Pharmacy in Menlyn Mall Pretoria
Screenvision – 17 Wright Street, Industria West – 011 247 1300
The Cresta Electronic Shop, on the lower level near Nedbank
Cape Town
There is a company in the Cape – mail order – Arcadia Home
Shopping Tel no. 021 981 8898
The Music Shop in Werdmuller Centre, Claremont Cape Town |
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 The Big Band Musical Appreciation Society
The Society meets on the second Sunday afternoon of each month in St Johns College, Houghton, Johannesburg, and their secretary, Barney Segal, can be contacted for any information on 011 615 3412.
The society was formed in the 1990’s and housed in Sable House in Braamfonteirn, before moving four years ago to their present location at the Jeffrey Auditorium in Houghton. Their chairman, Jack Mink, has emphasized the need for younger members to join the society. Their motto is “It don’t mean a thing if it ain’t got swing” and this describes exactly the music that is either shown on videos or DVD’s at their meetings, or is played from CD’s. Music collectors and speakers, such as Don Albert and Harry Fidler, will often give informative talks on the music of the 30’s and 40’s, and showcase those talks with slides and shows form their own personal collections.
A tea is served during the afternoon and is a chance for like-minded musicians and those with a love of Big Band music to get together and reminisce.
The Society meets on the second Sunday afternoon of each month in St Johns College, Houghton, Johannesburg, and their secretary, Barney Segal, can be contacted for any information on 011 615 3412. |
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