We had a great time at our recent (and second) appearance at the Woman's Club in Orange. Thank you, James Bianco, for having us again - we had a bigger crowd and it was a fun night! James does a great job running this event, and we hope to be back again. Stay tuned, as we'll be at the OC Fair in August!
Yes, I'm slowly but surely moving into the modern era…I just set up an Instagram account (under Jim Ziegler) and I'll be posting a lot of band related material there. I already have some picture posts from the NYE gig and the OC Fair gig, and there'll be more to come. Please check it out and follow me if you'd like, and I thank you.
Well, the new year is just underway and we already have two gigs…the first is a return to PBDA up in Pasadena, on Saturday, February 21. We always enjoy playing for Erin and Tami and the great folks at the Ballroom Dance Association - I'll post details soon. The other big news is that we'll be returning to the Orange County Fair again for the Fair After Dark Series - this year the Swing Nights are on Saturday, and we'll be performing on Saturday, August 8, three sets of music starting at 8:30 pm. We hope to see you at one or both of these events, and we're hoping for more appearances at Mariners Church in Irvine and perhaps a return to Old Towne Swing in Orange. I'll keep you posted, and thank you.
As I write this 2025 is drawing to a close, and I want to thank my band and all of our fans and friends who came out to dance. listen, and purchase our recordings this year. It was a great year long celebration of our 30th year as a band. From Mariners Church (one of most reliable clients) to Pasadena Ballroom Dance Association to our great gig at the Orange County Fair in August, it's been wonderful. We'll be taking the year out tonight at a private New Year's party in Laguna Woods, and it should be a lot of fun.
Here's hoping for more great gigs and more swingin' fun in 2026. as we move into the next 30 years! Thanks again, everyone!
It was so nice to wrap up this great year with another appearance at PBDA in Pasadena. This post is a little belated as it happened last week, but still I wanted to let you know. I had the regular band with me which mad it an early Christmas present for me, as it can be hard to get everyone at time. Despite my leaving my trumpet book at home(!) I managed to remember my parts and put together some swingin' sets. My thanks as always to Erin and Tami for having us - they said the audience had a great time, which is the main point of course.
We have a private New Year's party to finish off this great year. Thanks to all of our fans and friends who have made this a wonderful 30th anniversary. Here's a picture of us from last week - let's keep on swinging into the future!
Wow, my apologies for not posting in a while - getting my school bands started again and other matters have kept me busy. We are winding down our year now, and it's been great to celebrate our 30th year performing for many different people. We recently performed at Mariners Church once again, and we have two more gigs before the end of the year…the first is a return to PBDA in Pasadena on Saturday, November 22, for their Saturday Swing Out, and our final one is a private event on New Year's Eve at the Towers in Laguna Woods, a party and dance for the residents there. We hope that you can make it out to our November 22 gig, and who knows - we may have gigs before the end of the year. Thanks everyone!
What a great time we had at the Orange County Fair! It was a gig worth waiting for, and it was so nice to see so many fans and old friends, as well as some great musicians. We played 3 sets of swinging music, and were well received. My thanks to the band (Dave, Tom, Phil and Frank), and to Jennifer Stockert for taking some wonderful photos, some of which have been posted on Facebook already. There was another photographer there who took some great shots as well, and I hope to post some of them here in the near future.
Here's hoping that the Fair After Dark event will be repeated last year, and that we'll be a part of it again!
Hello again! We have a few jobs coming up in July, but I wanted to remind you again about our big appearance at the Orange County Fair this year - we will be performing as part of a new evening series called Fair After Dark, which will take place on the weekends of the fair - Friday nights are Swing Nights, and we'll be doing the last Friday of the series, August 15, with 3 45 minute sets (8:30 - 9:15 pm, 9:30 - 10:15 pm, and 10:30 - 11:15 pm). We will be on the Plaza Pavilion Stage. This is a great high visibility gig for us, and I'd love to have a great turnout. If successful, it's possible that they'll make it a regular event. So please come out and support us! I'll have my regular crew (Phil, Tom, and Dave) plus special guest Frank Lenz on drums. Here's the direct link to the Fair After Dark events calendar:
https://ocfair.com/oc-fair/things-to-do/special-events
I also have this posted on my Facebook band page and will post this link on the Calendar page here. We hope that you can join us there, and thanks very much.
I'm pleased to announce that we'll be making an appearance at the Orange County Fair this August! The date is Friday, August 15 - we'll be doing 3 45 minute sets between 8:30 and 11:30 pm. The entertainment people at the Fair have decided to feature swing music this year and we're very happy that they found us. It's also a great showcase for the band and enhances our 30th anniversary year. We certainly hope that you can join us there, and I'll provide full details soon. Thank you!
We've got some great gigs coming up - we hope to see you at one or all of them to help us celebrate our 30th anniversary. They are:
Saturday, April 12 - return to PBDA, 8 - 11 pm
Wednesday, May 12 - debut performance at Old Town Swing in Orange, 9 - 11:30 pm
Sunday, June 22 = feature set for the Society for the Preservation of Dixieland Jazz, 3 - 4 pm
Hopefully more to come! See you soon, and thank you.