Betsy’s Ballroom at Yarmouth Senior Center
528 Forest Road
South Yarmouth, MA
LIVE Big Band Music of
“The Sound Dunes Swing Ensemble”
An Evening of Informal Dancing and Fun!!
Swing, Latin, and other Ballroom Music
Tickets are $10 per person
Come join us for a very casual chance to have fun! Dancers will be provided with fabulous music and a great dance floor and are encouraged to bring their own snacks and non-alcoholic beverages.
Dennis Village Green Bandstand
Route 6A
Dennis, MA
Featuring LIVE Music of
“The Sound Dunes Swing Ensemble”
The Sound Dunes Swing Ensemble will be performing at the “Summer Band Concerts on the Green”, MONDAY, JULY 1ST. This FREE program is sponsored and hosted by the Village Improvement Society of Dennis and is held on the Village Green Bandstand on Route 6A in Dennis, starting at 7:00PM.
In honor of Independence Day, the Sound Dunes will pay tribute to the women and men of our armed services with our rendition of several patriotic songs, along with the help of the audience. The performance will also celebrate some of the greatest American composers, bandleaders, and vocalists from the 30s and 40s through the 70s. Audience participation is welcome, so feel free to sing along or get up and dance!
On Friday, May 17th, the Sound Dunes Swing Ensemble (SDSE) performed at the student Future Farmers of America (FFA) Fundraiser. The concert/dance was held at Cape Cod Regional Technical High School in Harwich. Cape Cod Tech’s FFA award-winning Nursery Landscaping Team had previously competed with and bested all other schools in MA and is now sending that team on to compete in the upcoming 2019 National competition in Indianapolis. Money raised through this event went toward helping to finance that effort.
Attendees were impressed by the students in attendance and praised them as being polite, helpful and dedicated to the education that were getting from their teachers and their school. Others commented how much they enjoyed watching how much fun the teens were having trying to dance to the swing music that their parents (read “grandparents”) used to! A number of the students even remarked how much they enjoyed listening to the earlier style music.
In deference to the average (younger) age of the audience, SDSE decided to perform “something new” in addition to their usual repertoire of music of the 30s, 40s, and 50s with some more recent pieces hat might be more recognizable to the crowd. Among those newer pieces was Bohemian Rhapsody (originally performed by the rock group Queen), and we have attached a video of that selection here for you to enjoy.
FFA students are continuing to try to raise money for their trip to the Indianapolis competition by doing yard cleanups, light landscaping, and other odd jobs. If you would like to help them out and contribute to their well-earned effort, you might want to contact the school to find out their availability to do this type of work for you.
On Sunday, May 11th, The Sound Dunes Swing Ensemble (SDSE) performed during a fundraiser sponsored by The Alzheimer’s Family Support Center (AFSC) of Cape Cod. The band performed on the Harwich Bandstand in Brooks Park which served as the focal point for the event fundraiser and Walk. The weather cooperated for the first time in years since this event has been held, but band members were still a bit chilly on the bandstand (check out the photos)!
The crowd for the fundraiser not only enjoyed great music by the Sound Dunes, but also a Salsa dance demonstration and instruction session and stimulating speeches by a number of guest speakers. After the walk, the participants enjoyed an excellent free BBQ staffed by volunteer Ed McManus which included hot dog and hamburger refreshments.
The AFSC and the Birtwell Family thanked everyone for their generosity!
Here are a few photos that were taken during the SDSE performance from the May 11th event….
Cape Cod Regional Technical High School
351 Pleasant Lake Avenue
Harwich, MA
LIVE Big Band Music of
“The Sound Dunes Swing Ensemble”
An Evening of Informal Dancing and Fun!!
Swing, Latin, Ballroom, and Pop Music
$10 per person to Benefit the FFA Landscaping Team National Competition Trip
Cape Cod Tech’s FFA award-winning Nursery Landscaping Team has competed with and bested all other schools in MA and is sending that team on to compete in the upcoming 2019 National competition in Indianapolis. This fundraiser will help to finance that effort.
TICKETS available at the door For questions contact Cassie Madru at 20201648@techstudents.us
On Friday, February 15th, The Sound Dunes Swing Ensemble (SDSE) performed at the Mid-Winter Blast Dance sponsored by Harwich Council on Aging (HCoA). The dance was held in the auditorium/assemblyroom of the Harwich Community Center. Those who attended the FREE public event were treated to an assortment of Swing, Latin, Ballroom, and Jazz dance music, along with an occasional more recent selection.
An additional treat for the many dancers and toe-tappers who were in attendence was the public debut of our new female singer, Carole Madru, who also plays rhythm guitar for us. Carole joined our two longtime songsters, Tom Jahnke and Linda Delorey, for the crowd’s enjoyment.
We are fortunate to have a video snipet, provided by Carole’s husband James, of Carole singing “La Vie en Rose” (originally made famous by Edith Piaf) during that Friday evening performance. The video was taken from behind the band’s setup on the stage of the Harwich Community Center where James is usually positioned while he plays his Bass Guitar for us. You can barely see Carole in the video on the far side of the band about midway back at the microphone. We apologize that the audio may be a little muffled because of the location of the video camera/mic….
LIVE MUSIC BY THE SOUND DUNES SWING ENSEMBLE! (12PM – 2PM)
