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“VISION 2020!!”
Ta Dah!
- To share our love for the JAZZ around us with ALL of the Comox Valley!!!
Special Note: We’re Keeping Our Distance!! …. catch you later!!
The Georgia Straight Big Band offers pure dancing and listening pleasure–
we play the Mega-hits from the Big Band Era, PLUS Swing and Latin tunes from
today’s popular arrangers and composers.
From Basie and the Duke, Miller and Gillespie, Alpert and the Beatles; the Georgia Strait Big Band entertains
with music from the most exciting composers of the Twentieth Century. (pre-millenial, i guess!)
Under the direction of Greg Bush, the Georgia Strait Big Band specializes in repertoire that is “eminently” dance-able. Fox-trot, swing, tango, cha-cha, bolero, rhumba….rock’n roll – our music has the rhythms to keep you on the dance floor all night long. Take a look at a sample of our repertoire.
The community-based Georgia Strait Big Band not only attracts and showcases accomplished musicians from the Comox Valley, but also proudly features some of the Valley’s finest singers who captivate audiences each with their own unique vocal styles, fronting the band in ballads and hard-swinging jazz standards.
The GSBB is headed up by Greg Bush, Professor of the Jazz Program at Vancouver Island University, musician, arranger and composer.
GSBB supports the Community
The Georgia Strait Big Band partners with various charitable organizations in their fund-raising efforts—groups such as the Comox Valley’s Dawn to Dawn Society, in aid of the homeless . The GSBB also supports young up and coming ballroom dancers at Penfield School in Campbell River. Annually, GSBB participates in the Children’s Network Telethon and puts on a Canada Day tea and dance for the general public.
For information about rates and booking the Georgia Strait Big Band, please contact
Rob Peterson at robdrum02@gmail.com / 1-250-792-2451
