Jazz this Friday…
Posted August 19, 2009 at 12:57 am by Ian Byington
We're talking jazz....
Jan fron the Community Theatre just dropped me a note:
Fans of the annual San Juan Island Jazz Festival of the late 1900s (sounds so long ago, doesn’t it?) and just good-ol’ jazz fans and dancers should be ready to do some rompin’ and stompin’ THIS Friday, August 21.
Seattle’s popular Uptown Lowdown Jazz Band, one of the most highly praised participants of the Festival — brings their unique style of Dixieland to the Whittier stage at 8:00 pm.
Friday Harbor resident Ary Hobbel, who was the final Festival president in 2000, is excited to see Uptown and their Dixieland/ragtime style of jazz returning to our area and hopes if they have a successful appearance, it might lead to more jazz coming to the island. “Uptown Lowdown is a band that provides excellent musical quality…you can’t go wrong,” said Ary.
The band, which was founded by Bert Barr in 1971, is celebrating 38 years of performing throughout the United States and abroad. Using a modified version of the San Francisco Traditional style, the group takes its own Seattle Style twist by including two bass sax players and remaining “Drummerless in Seattle.”
PLUS! Bring your dancing feet…we’ll have a dance floor right on the Whittier stage.
Tickets are $22 for adults, $11 for student reserved. You may purchase on-line at www.sjctheatre.org or call the box office at 360-378-3210.
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