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Eleanor presents The Band Stand on Saturday night from 7pm to 9pm.
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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| Album Just Jazz - by Chrissy Sykes Available on Itunes and Spotify
email: chrissysykes@gail.com
www.cdbaby.com
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The Best of Bandstand - Volume 4
Relive a time when music was the way of life, legends were made, and their songs celebrated, with The Best of Bandstand Volume 4. |
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The Best of Bandstand - Volume 3
A contemporary take on vintage songs... While the cover has changed the music in this double CD compilation remains vintage Bandstand and there is something for everyone. |
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The Best of Bandstand - Volume 2
Following your repeated requests, and the phenomenal success of Volume 1, 702 is proud to present ‘The Best of Bandstand – Volume 2’. |
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YOUR TICKET TO SWING!
Gourmet picnic, designer cocktails and a 17 piece swing band in an old Johannesburg Randlord mansion. Dress in inspired vintage and dance the night away. A Sunday Times reader event.
Venue: Emoyeni Conference Centre, Jubilee Road, Parktown
Contact details: goodtimes@sundaytimes.co.za | Date:2013/04/20 - 2013/04/20
Time:6pm for 630pm
Entrance:R380
Type of Event: Swing bands, Standards, Show Tunes, Jazz | THE FIRST ANNUAL JAZZ AND BLUES WEEKEND
There will be three concerts held in aid of the Teddybear Clinic for Sexually Abused Children. The Red Hand Blues Band will be playing on the 25th January at 20h00 and the two other concerts will be hosted by the Dutch Jazz Duo Denise Jannah and Wolf Martini with the American Pianist John Fresk. The concert on 26 January will start at 20h00 and the one on 27 January at 14h00. Popular tunes will be part of the programmes.
Venue: Theatre on the Square,Nelson Mandela Square
Contact details: Tony Yoko 0829000153 | Date:2013/01/25 - 2013/01/27
Time:25 and 26 Jan 2013 at 20h00 and 27 Jan at 14h00
Entrance:R 175 per person
Type of Event: Swing bands, Standards, Show Tunes, Jazz | POLESQUE 2012 POLE DANCE COMPETITION
POLESQUE 2012 Pole Dance Competition, presented by Pole Physiques Studio once again gives pole dancers, pole artists and pole fitness enthusiasts an opportunity to be awed by the magnificent display of talent and costumes.
POLESQUE 2012 showcase some of SA and the world’s most talented pole dancers and fitness athletes, judged by a panel of professional dancers with national and international experience and dance titles.
We aim to make POLESQUE 2012 (like POLESQUE 2011) an unforgettable event and a big step in the journey to promote the sport of Pole Dancing.
Venue: 64 Live @ The Emporium, Emperors Palace
Contact details: Ronel Roux
0829085557 | Date:2012/12/02 - 2012/12/02
Time:15:00
Entrance:R100
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 011 440 1996.
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 011 440 1996. |
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