Meadows of Brushy Creek
February 2014
Volume 7, Issue 2
Happy New Year! First, Happy New Year to each and everyone of you. This news release relates to a popular retro orchestra helping a non-profit raise funds for art-related scholarships for graduating seniors at two TX Hill Country Schools. Also see at the end UPCOMING quick notes on more concerts and the FINAL Art Trek of the 2013-14 SAS Season. Thanks for your interest and attention. Hope your readers "get involved." NOTES TO EDITORS: The Society is in Spicewood. The Orchestra is from Kerrville. The concert is in Marble Falls. The caterer, Austin. Orchestra Director and SAS leaders ARE available for interviews. Online mention of the FINAL Art Trek of the season also will be greatly appreciated. – PFK Editors/Reporters are welcome as our guests at any concert. (Please advise). Preston F. Kirk, APR, Kirk Public Relations, Spicewood (Austin) TX, 830-693-4447; kirkpf@verizon.net
Sentimental Journey Orchestra Brings Big Band Sound And Sights to Spicewood Arts Society Fundraiser Concert, Feb. 8 CONCERT FUNDS ART SCHOLARSHIPS; MARCH ART TREK HEADS TO LAGRANGE/ROUND TOP
SPICEWOOD, TX (Jan. 6, 2013) – The Sentimental Journey Orchestra (SJO) of Kerrville will recreate the romantic big band sounds and sights of the 1940s for the Spicewood Arts Society’s 4th Annual Scholarship Fundraiser at 7 p.m., Sat., Feb. 8, in the Marble Falls Pavilion. (www.sjoswing.com) SJO, a 19-piece band under the direction of Ted Conerly, will wear World War II U.S. Army Air Force uniforms as a tribute to “the greatest music from the greatest generation” and in honor of the famous USAAF band of Glenn Miller. Copyright © 2014 Peel, Inc.
The orchestra features full sections of trumpets, trombones, saxophones, rhythm and vocalists with an authentic 48-star, WWIIera flag as a backdrop, as it recreates sentimental favorites by Harry James, Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Stan Kenton, Woody Herman, Les Brown, Russ Morgan, Ted Heath, Les Elgart, Henry Mancini and other greats. Patrons and members will be able to dance to classic swing-era music while enjoying a full dinner buffet provided by Sterling Affairs Catering & Events of Austin beginning at 6:30 p.m. Beer and wine will be available for purchase. (www.sterlingaffairs.com) Tickets are $75 and can be purchased online at www.SpicewoodArts.org. “This is a musical, visual and nostalgic experience,” said Janey Richardson, president of the 14-year-old, nonprofit arts organization. “Even pianist-arranger Ted Conerly appears in uniform as a tall, bespectacled, trombone-laying leader, evoking images of Glenn Miller, Tommy Dorsey and Benny Goodman. “This concert exemplifies our “Season Capriccio” – lively in tempo and brilliant in style,” Richardson emphasized, “and is a crucial aspect of our commitment to expanding the performing, visual and literary arts in our region of the Texas Hill Country.” Last year, the Society awarded $1,500 scholarships to six graduating seniors at Marble Falls and Lake Travis high schools who planned to further their education in the arts. SAS plans to award $1,500 scholarships this spring to seven grads at those schools by adding an additional scholarship in memory of SAS founder Cindy Jackson, who passed away this past fall. For more information on concert tickets or to preview raffle and silent auction items, visit the SAS website. SJO: AUTHENTIC RE-CREATION It will be difficult avoiding getting “into the mood” when this (Continued on Page 2)
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