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"Big sounds from big bands"
Photo by Tim Miller/Belleville Intelligencer
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07/19/15 - trentonian.ca
QUINTE WEST – Sunday afternoon saw Trenton in full swing for their Big band Festival. The annual musical event brought back the big sounds of big bands to Trenton’s Centennial Park for the fourth year in a row. The festival kicked off Saturday at the Trenton Port Marina with a free performance by the Commodores' Orchestra followed by Dancing Under the Stars with the Swingmasters at Riverfront Square. The Toronto All-Star Big Band, Ragweed Jazz Band and the Brian Barlow Big Band - with special guest vocalist Alex Samaras – brought out a large crowd Sunday, entertaining with music from another era. A group of about 15 young people had made the trip down from Toronto to listen to music and dance the day away… (read more) |
"Swingin' sounds"
Photo by Emily Mountney-Lessard/Northumberland Today
07/21/14 - northumberlandtoday.com
TRENTON - It was a swingin' Sunday in Trenton's Centennial Park.
The third Big Band Festival kicked off Saturday night and continued on Sunday with the swingin' sounds of big bands... (read more)
TRENTON - It was a swingin' Sunday in Trenton's Centennial Park.
The third Big Band Festival kicked off Saturday night and continued on Sunday with the swingin' sounds of big bands... (read more)
"Swingin' sounds at Trenton Big Band Fest"
Photo by Jerome Lessard/The Intelligencer
07/23/13 - intelligencer.ca
The Amphitheatre at Centennial Park in Trenton got swept away to another era and heard some of the best names in Big Band Music Sunday afternoon... (read more)
The Amphitheatre at Centennial Park in Trenton got swept away to another era and heard some of the best names in Big Band Music Sunday afternoon... (read more)
"Benny Meets Artie," Rex Hotel Orchestra headline 2nd Trenton Big Band Festival
07/01/2013 - News release/program change
If you’re a big band swing and jazz fan, then you need go no farther than Trenton this summer to find some of the world’s best. The second annual Trenton Big Band Festival, sponsored by the City of Quinte West, the Seasons Dufferin Centre, and the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation will swing into downtown Trenton and the Centennial Park Amphitheatre on Saturday July 20th and Sunday July 21st... (read more)
If you’re a big band swing and jazz fan, then you need go no farther than Trenton this summer to find some of the world’s best. The second annual Trenton Big Band Festival, sponsored by the City of Quinte West, the Seasons Dufferin Centre, and the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation will swing into downtown Trenton and the Centennial Park Amphitheatre on Saturday July 20th and Sunday July 21st... (read more)
"Big band festival in Trenton a big hit"
07/26/2012 - emcquinte.ca
The first ever Trenton Big Band Festival wowed about 400 music lovers last weekend at the Centennial Park amphitheatre... (read more)
The first ever Trenton Big Band Festival wowed about 400 music lovers last weekend at the Centennial Park amphitheatre... (read more)
"Big bands produce big sound"
07/25/2012 - trentonian.ca
It took almost nine months of planning and preparation, but organizers were ecstatic with the final result of Trenton’s Big Band Festival Sunday afternoon in Centennial Park... (read more)
It took almost nine months of planning and preparation, but organizers were ecstatic with the final result of Trenton’s Big Band Festival Sunday afternoon in Centennial Park... (read more)
"Big bands still big in Quinte West"
07/19/2012 - qnetnews.ca
The big band sound of the thirties and forties will be alive and well in Trenton this weekend with the arrival of the Big Band Festival... (read more)
The big band sound of the thirties and forties will be alive and well in Trenton this weekend with the arrival of the Big Band Festival... (read more)
"Locals get Big Band Festival Preview"
06/11/2012 - trentonian.ca
Residents of the community piled into the Seasons Dufferin Centre Sunday afternoon to listen to the sweet, sultry sounds of the Commodores as part of a preview celebration for Trenton's Big Band Festival... (read more)
Residents of the community piled into the Seasons Dufferin Centre Sunday afternoon to listen to the sweet, sultry sounds of the Commodores as part of a preview celebration for Trenton's Big Band Festival... (read more)
"Trenton Big Band Festival"
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The sounds of Dorsey, Glenn Miller, Benny Goodman and Artie Shaw echoed through the air on a hot, sultry afternoon... (read more)
The sounds of Dorsey, Glenn Miller, Benny Goodman and Artie Shaw echoed through the air on a hot, sultry afternoon... (read more)