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Wednesday, January 29, 2014 • The South Whidbey Record
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Mara Bush, Liam Twomey, Mei Mei Hensler and Kari Hustad of the Langley Middle School Jazz Combo perform during the 2013 Sweetheart Big Band Dance.
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Dancers turn their partners during a song at the annual Sweetheart Big Band Dance last year. About 150 people attended the annual Sweetheart Big Band Dance in 2013, which helps students from the South Whidbey High School and Langley Middle School jazz band programs attend the Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival in February.
Swing the night away
South Whidbey jazz students perform for Sweetheart Big Band Dance By CELESTE ERICKSON South Whidbey Record The night awaits for dancers to feel the rhythm of South Whidbey’s finest music students. Jazz bands from South Whidbey High School and Langley Middle School will perform swing tunes, blues and dance music during the Sweetheart Big Band Dance from 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 1, in the new commons at the high school. The dance has been a staple for the bands and has grown every year to include a larger space for people to show off their moves. At the all-ages event, people can enjoy free refreshments, prizes and swing dance instruction by Walter Dill. Dozens of parents and volunteers also help to put the event together. The event is a great outlet for community members to dance and for the bands to raise money, said Jess Monett, middle school jazz band and band teacher.
One of her favorite parts of Dill will give a short swing dance conducting is seeing people enjoy workshop during the event and themselves. then have people break off. The “We get a lot of people to show high level of skill from the students up and dance,” Monett said. in both bands is “Everyone is the cherry on smiling and top of a delecthere for the table evening. right reasons.” “A lot of Sweetheart Big Band Dill said seepeople don’t Dance is from 7 to 9 p.m. ing young and understand Saturday, Feb. 1, in the old get together how good these new commons at South to boogie down kids are,” Dill Whidbey High School, 5675 is inspiring. said. “(Chris) Maxwelton Road, Langley. Having taught Harshman is Tickets cost $10 or $30 dance for 30 a phenomenal for families of four or more. years, Dill finds teacher who Tickets are available at the it reassuring really inspires door or from any jazz band to see parents kids.” student. For more details, call dance with their 360-929-9362. Dill praised children. the dance as a “That hasn’t good way for happened a lot the community over the last couple of generations,” to support the schools’ music prohe said. “I love an environment grams. that encourages families to do this The dance benefits 45 students together, and this one definitely from both the high school jazz does that.” band, directed by Chris Harshman,
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and middle school jazz band with their travels to attend the Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival in Moscow, Idaho. The students are hoping to raise $2,000 in ticket sales for festival transportation costs, which are needed at the end of February. In the meantime, students have rehearsed many swing tunes that people can look forward to, Monett said. The dance is an opportunity to practice performing, but also to enjoy the music performed by students, she said. “They really do like it because they can dance,” Monett said of those who attend. For the jazz students, the big band dance serves as a warm up for the upcoming Hampton Festival beginning Feb. 20. The event provides an important experience for the students to perform in front of a live crowd. “It’s a nice, supportive audience they get to perform for,” Monett said. Well-established musicians, teachers, conductors and many other students will fill the festival for the South Whidbey musicians to impress, said coordinator Jude Janis. Ticket sales from the event helps finance the cost and provide schol-
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