Our ever popular swing band, Swing Connection, was chosen to perform as the full 8-piece band at a lavish 40th birthday party on 30th October 2009. We were chosen over all of the local New York bands and the client flew the whole band out to perform at his event. This was the same weekend as the NY marathon AND Halloween, so it was pretty hectic getting there!
The venue was a converted warehouse space on Broadway, New York, USA, and the evening was designed around a ‘Las Vegas’ theme. The main stage and ball room was dressed as a replica of the ‘Sands’ casino and Swing Connection were one of a handful of acts that performed over the course of the evening. Wandering musicians, burlesque acts, tap dancer, an outstanding swing band (that was us of course) and an MC dressed as Cab Calloway! What more could you ask for at your birthday party?!
Swing Connection performed a one hour set of their Ratpack and swing classics and as predicted went down a storm. We even got asked to perform ‘Fly Me To The Moon’ twice but that would have been a little excessive in a one hour set. The final song list (not in order of performance) looked something like this:
- Beyond The Sea
- Can’t Take My Eyes Off You
- Cheek To Cheek
- Come Fly With Me
- Everything
- Fly Me To The Moon
- Hallelujah I Love Her So
- I Can’t Give You Anything But Love
- I Get A Kick Out Of You
- I’ve Got You Under My Skin
- It Had To Be You
- Let’s Face The Music And Dance
- Mack The Knife
- Mess Around
- Moondance
- My Way
- New York, New York
- Summertime
- The Lady Is A Tramp
- They Can’t Take That Away
- Wonderwall
The band received great feedback from the event and we are crossing all our fingers for a repeat booking !?!
Photos shown were taken by the event photographer.
