Balboa Swing Dance comes to Denver February 27, 2009

Balboa Swing Dance comes to Denver

Jonathan Stout & the Campus Five perform as part of the Rocky Mountain Balboa Blowout

Denver, CO, February 11, 2009 — CM Dance presents Denver’s first original all Balboa swing dance event Feb 27-March 1. The Balboa festival will include Balboa swing dance contests, dance workshops, top-rated instructors and two nights of live music.

A highlight of the Rocky Balboa Blowout weekend includes Friday and Saturday night performances by renowned jazz bandleader Jonathan Stout and his Campus Five direct from Los Angeles, CA.
Jonathan Stout and his Campus Five, featuring Hilary Alexander is a septet dedicated to preserving the classic and often overlooked small group swing from the late 1930’s and early 1940’s. Founded by two dedicated swing dancers and vintage lifestyle enthusiasts, and using only the best of LA’s jazz community, the Campus Five was a way to expose many dancers and listeners alike to some of the more interesting and under appreciated tunes from the swing era, while still being the most danceable band playing swing today. The Campus Five picks tunes from the books of notable small groups as the Benny Goodman Sextet, Count Basie’s Kansas City Six/Seven, Artie Shaw and his Gramercy Five, as well as the small groups of Lester Young, Illinois Jacquet, Cootie Williams, Django Reinhardt, Duke Ellington, and Coleman Hawkins, and features vocal numbers from Ella Mae Morse, Anita O’Day, Peggy Lee and the young Ella Fitzgerald.
The Campus Five is the Los Angeles swing scene's hottest new band! Over the past year, the band has played to packed dance clubs from San Diego (Champion Ballroom) to Santa Barbara (Carrillo Recreation Center) and everywhere in between. They have packed many of LA's premier swing dance venues, including the world famous Derby, Suzy Q's, Rusty's Rhythm Club, Memories, Maxwell's at the Argyle, and One O'Clock Jump. The Campus Five has co-headlined the Satin Ballroom ("America's Largest Monthly Swing Event"), and was a featured band at this May's San Diego Lindy Prom . The Campus Five was also a featured band this summer's Camp Hollywood and headlined DanceFun’s Lindy Desert Dance weekend in Laughlin, CA.

More information at www.balboablowout.com

Jonathan Stout & the Campus Five – Balboa Swing Blowout weekend
Friday, February 27 at The Denver Turnverein, 16th & Clarkson, Denver, CO. 9 p.m. – 2 a.m. Saturday, February 28 at The Denver Turnverein, 16th & Clarkson, Denver, CO - 8:30pm – 12:15am. Tickets: $20 Friday night, $25 Saturday night ([email protected]) Ticket price includes refreshments. Cash bar at venue. Full dance festival and class pricing & schedule available at www.balboablowout.com

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