Virginia Tech Jazz Lab Band and Southern Colonels Swing & Salsa Concert with Salsa Dancing
Venue: Old Dominion Ballroom (Squires), Blacksburg
Date: Tuesday, December 9, 2014
Time: 7:30 - 9:30 PM
Event Types: Music, Arts & Theatre
Cost:
General Admission: $8.00
Students: $5.00

Description:
The Virginia Tech School of Performing Arts Department of Music presents the Jazz Lab Band and Southern Colonels in concert for an evening for swing and salsa music with dancing on Tuesday, December 9, 2014 at the Old Dominion Ballroom located within the Squires Student Center.

Schedule:
• 7:30 pm - Swing Music
• 8:30 pm - Salsa Dance Lessons
• 8:45 pm - Salsa Music

The Virginia Tech Jazz Ensemble is the flagship ensemble of the Virginia Tech jazz studies program. The group performs advanced big band literature of the past and present, and frequently commissions new works and arrangements. Past honors include the Service Grant Award from Festival Williamsburg, the National Jazz Hall of Fame's Collegiate Jazz Festival Award, and numerous communty citations.

Under the direction of Major George McNeill, the Southern Colonels are a 17-piece jazz orchestra consisting of musicians from the Virginia Tech Corps of Cadets Band Company. Founded shortly after the Regimental Band, the Southern Colonels remain one of the preeminent jazz orchestras at Virginia Tech. The group performs at numerous formal engagements and dances throughout the academic year.

For more information, visit: http://www.performingarts.vt.edu/events/view/jazz-band-and-southern-colonels
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