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Les Brown Centennial Jazz Festival at Les Brown Centennial Festival
Courtesy of Joel Guldin | Posted on January 21, 2012
When
Sat, March 24, 2012
12:00 pm - 7:00pm
At Door
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Musicians
Rusty Higgins
saxophone, altoUnforgettable Big Band
band / ensemble / orchestraAbout
On Saturday, March 24, the Les Brown Centennial Festival begins at noon in the Williams Valley High School auditorium. Participating in the festival will be the Manhattan Dolls (www.themanhattandolls.com), the Unforgettable Big Band (www.unforgettablebigband.com), the Elizabethtown College Jazz Band and local high school bands. Special festival guests are Les Brown Jr, Jeff "Swampy" Marsh (Les Sr.'s grandson and the co-creator of Disney Channel's popular cartoon, Phineas & Ferb) and former members of the Band of Renown: Rusty Higgins, alto saxophonist and Don Clarke, trumpet. David Miller, host of National Public Radio's "Swingin' Down the Lane" (www.swingindownthelane.comm) will interview the festival guests between band performances. The festival ends at 7 pm. Food vendors will be on site throughout the day. Admission is $8.00 per person; students, up through college, are free....