Swing on the tarmac |
We did a fundraiser in the swell Art Deco-y historic terminal at National Airport - built in 1940, with soaring windows overlooking what used to be called "the airfield." Happily, the old site in now...
Posted by on Thu, 05 Mar 2009 13:13:00 GMT |
Thanks Thanks! |
Thanks for coming to the Black Cat on New Year's Eve. That's about 900 of you. Thanks. It was swell. Beautiful girls, splendid gents, and everyone else in between! Thanks to darling Edie Sedgewick fo...
Posted by on Fri, 02 Jan 2009 19:21:00 GMT |
New Years Eve! |
Doors open at the Black Cat at 8 p.m. on Wednesday night, We take the stage at 9:30, folks. There. That's the business part o fit. Just to tell all of you that I'm a-gettin' that fizzy feeling inside ...
Posted by on Tue, 30 Dec 2008 20:57:00 GMT |
the looming inaugural |
Yes, there is a frantic, panting scramble in Washington for inaugural festivities. Yes, we have gotten calls to appear at a few things. This comes under the category of YOU-NEVER-KNOW. You just don't ...
Posted by on Mon, 10 Nov 2008 23:41:00 GMT |
get out those party hats... |
Yowsah. Yippee. Hoo-rah. Just found out we will be back at the wonderful Black Cat Club for New Year's Eve, our 14th year at a very splendid place. It is our favorite job ON THE PLANET, home of our In...
Posted by on Fri, 18 Jul 2008 15:34:00 GMT |
the BIG dance |
Over 500 of our closest friends came to a nice, nimble, burgeoning, beautiful, bodacious swing dance at the old Glen Echo ballroom on Saturday night under the astute guidance of Flying Feet Enterprise...
Posted by on Mon, 31 Mar 2008 10:40:00 GMT |
An upcoming show... |
Thanks so much, sweet Emily Rose, for including us in your recent, incredibly romantic wedding. (The bride wore satin as luscious as ivory nougat and carried a dozen calla lilies...) We now anticipate...
Posted by on Wed, 19 Mar 2008 15:44:00 GMT |
the smell of old music |
We call to public attention the peculiar SCENT of old, old sheet music. It has the fragrance of - uh - libraries and academia, old trees, lichen, moss, fingertips, moth dust, incandescent lightbulbs b...
Posted by on Fri, 29 Feb 2008 14:31:00 GMT |
A WAMMIE for Peach |
We are happy and honored to report that Peaches O'Dell has won her third WAMMIE award as "Best vocalist" from the Washington Area Music Assoc. (WAMA), presented at a very swell affair Feb. 17. Thanks...
Posted by on Thu, 21 Feb 2008 13:22:00 GMT |
When ladies attack.... |
Well, when ladies attack, they have fun. A group of high-spirited gal pals leaped to the stage the other night, poked musicians with some of my batons, stole and wore their winter hats so neatly s...
Posted by on Fri, 08 Feb 2008 14:56:00 GMT |
