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The world famous Glenn Miller Orchestra will be appearing at 8 p.m. Feb. 22 in the Waller Auditorium on the Lenoir Community College campus as part of the college's 50th year celebration.
Reserved seats are available for $20. Advance tickets are $10 and $12 at the door.
The 19-member band continues to play many of the original Miller arrangements that keep exciting fans who have not heard them played for a while.
Additionally, they are also playing more modern selections in the big-band style, carefully selecting only those newer tunes that lend themselves naturally to the Miller style and sound. They are selected pieces that will stay around for a while. The entire repertoire which now exceeds 1,700 compositions keeps the band popular with both young and old.
The performance at LCC will include selections such as People Like You and Me, Too Little Time, Moonlight Serenade, Moonlight Cocktail, Little Brown Jug, Danny Boy, Stardust, Serenade in Blue and Chattanooga Choo-Choo. The list of big band favorites goes on and on.
The legendary Glenn Miller was one of the most successful of all the dance bandleaders back in the Swing era of the 1930s and '40s. A matchless string of hit records, the constant impact of radio broadcasts, and the drawing power at theaters, hotels and dance pavilions built and sustained the momentum of popularity.
Miller disbanded his musical organization in 1942, at the height of its popularity, volunteered for the Army and then organized and led the famous Glenn Miller Army Air Force Band. It went to Europe to entertain servicemen, and then on dec. 15, 1944, Major Miller took off in a single-engine plane from England to precede his band to France, never to be seen again. The army declared him officially dead a year later.
Due to popular demand, the Miller Estate authorized the formation of the current Glenn Miller Orchestra in 1956 under the direction of drummer Ray McKinley, who had become the unofficial leader of the Army Air Force Band after Miller's disappearance.
Since then, other leaders have followed McKinley including clarinetists Buddy DeFranco and Peanuts Hucko, trombonists Buddy Morrow, Jimmy Henderson, Larry O'Brien and tenor saxophonist Dick Gerhart.
For more information, or to order tickets, contact Sharon Miller at 233-6865. |
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